There’s no sugarcoating it — everything about the Brock Boeser situation this weekend was messy.
On Saturday morning, it became public knowledge that Boeser was going to be a healthy scratch for the first time since his rookie season — on “Hockey Fights Cancer Night” at Rogers Arena, no less.
“It hurt...it hurt a lot,” an emotional Boeser told reporters after the game on Saturday.
When Boudreau was asked about sitting Boeser on a night that clearly meant a lot to him, Boudreau told the media he “had no idea” that it was Hockey Fights Cancer night.