"Boudreau is not happy with how the team is looking right now, and it seems like neither is Craig Berube, highlight by an outburst behind the bench on Tuesday. Speaking from his own coaching experience, Boudreau expressed sympathy for how Berube is feeling considering the effort he's seen from the team. "As a coach we've all been there, frustrated over the play of the team," Boudreau said. "I look at the players, they don't look like they're playing with any energy.""
"It's a tough situation to navigate, Boudreau said. "You can only call out your best players so often," he said. "I think that was about the fourth time this year. After a while, to me it's like telling a six-year-old, 'you better clean your room or you're gonna be in trouble!' After a while it's going in one ear and out the other.""
""I don't think they've quit on Craig at all, I just don't know what it is," he said. "It's like they're taking sleeping pills before the games. Instead of sniffers on the bench, they're taking Ambien. That's how they look sometimes, there's just no energy. ... When they get behind, for the most part, it's like jeez, here we go again. And they don't have that fight to"
Boudreau expressed sympathy for Berube's frustration over the team's apparent lack of energy and recurring flat starts. The team produced a dismal effort through the first two periods against the Blackhawks despite an earlier public call-out from Berube after the Edmonton loss. Berube's repeated public admonishments have yielded minimal improvement and created a delicate leadership dynamic. Boudreau cautioned that constant public scolding of top players loses effectiveness, likening repeated warnings to admonishing a child. He described the team's play as lethargic, comparing players to taking sleeping pills and noting a lack of fight when falling behind.
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