Snippets From Coach Boudeau's Daily Media Briefing

I'm sure the team is enjoying the extra day(s) off, but I'm chomping at the bit a little.

In his post-practice comments today, Coach Bruce Boudreau said a couple things:

• Poti isn't ready. They "don't want to push [it]" and want it to be a "one-time injury only". He included that the team has missed him "a lot".


• Federov and Kozlov got the practice off. He declined to elaborate, but joked it was a "Russian Holiday".


• He hasn't spoken to Ovechkin, referring questions about the situation to GM George McPhee, but he expects to not have Ovechkin Saturday night in Buffalo.


• He expects to back Green's minutes down a little when Poti returns.


• He complimented Semin's two-way play and his improvement on the PK.


• He thinks Clark has played much better the last three games and he just needs a breakout game to get him where the team wants him to be. He said Clark's speed is about 85%, but that his pace on forechecking the last couple games has been much better.


• He playfully bristled at the notion that the team is having trouble in the third periods, referencing one of the paper's headlines about blowing a one-goal third period lead.

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