Bruce Boudreau seemed surprised at the number of reporters clustered around him Friday, after his team returned from an 0-4-1 trip with a conference-lagging 1-7-2 record. They might have been surprised he was still coaching the underachieving Ducks.
"Hello, world," Boudreau said, not quite smiling.
He remains part of the Ducks' world for now, but the pressure to win is intensifying on him and on them. They played well enough in parts of their last three games — at Chicago, Dallas and St. Louis — to bring energy to their practice Friday at Honda Center and keep Boudreau employed through their next game, at home Sunday against Nashville.