The Sens had a successful trip abroad last week, leaving Sweden with a pair of wins against Colorado in the NHL Global Series. To help fight jet lag and readjust to the Eastern time zone, they started this week with back-to-back off days before returning to the ice at the Bell Sensplex on Wednesday.
"Actually, it was better than I thought," said Boucher after yesterday's practice. "It was good and the guys were excited. Bobby and Boro are back so it's the closest we've been to having a full line-up with only Smith missing."
While the coach has handled many road trips in the past, he admitted that dealing with such a large travel schedule and crossing so many time zones was new for him.
"I've never had to live what we're living tomorrow. Many times it's the opposite," Boucher shared about managing the team's return from Sweden. "I have no clue how long it should take so we'll see tomorrow."