Except, that wasn’t what Boucher had in mind. He says that he knew all along that he was sticking around and was in constant communication with the front office throughout the weeks leading up to the trade deadline. “I won’t lie to you, I think it was the most peaceful deadline I had compared to the other years,” Boucher told me. “I was also talking with Bobby (Webster) and all of them, and I never thought I was going to be going away. The media says one thing, but really, the GM, and the people around here would have told me if something would have happened, and then I would have been a little bit more concerned. “I felt like I was doing everything I was supposed to do, being a good vet, playing well, doing what I’m supposed to do when I get the minutes, and staying professional. That’s all you can do, really.”