Two things: Boughner returns to Windsor and Red Wings forward Jiri Hudler’s ‘short leash’

Of brief but important note this evening: According to the Windsor Star’s Jim Parker, former Columbus Blue Jackets assistant coach Bob Boughner, who left the team due to family reasons, will reprise his role as the Windsor Spitfires coach after the Red Wings chose not to pursue Boughner or Pete DeBoer as the replacements for Brad McCrimmon and Paul MacLean… After returning from Columbus, Boughner briefly spoke to Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock about an assistant coaching job with the club. When the Red Wings opted to go in a different direction, Boughner began to discuss his future with the Spitfires. And as we know from the Free Press’s Helene St. James, among others, the Wings were interested in acquiring the services of Scottie Upshall and/or Tomas Fleischmann before the Florida Panthers overpaid for their services, but opted to stick with the team’s current crop of forwards for the present moment. St. James (via an early edition of the Free P...