The coaching carousel is in full swing.

Bruce Boudreau, fired by the Anaheim Ducks after their first-round ouster, is in Ottawa to meet with the Senators about their head coaching vacancy, reports the Star Tribune's Michael Russo. Boudreau joins a list of heavy hitters who've interviewed for the position: Guy Boucher, Randy Carlyle, Marc Crawford, and Mike Yeo (who was called back for a second interview).

Russo points out that Boudreau's daughter and granddaughter live in Ottawa, while his mother is in St. Catherines, Ontario. With Boudreau's ties to the region, it would be hard to see him turning down an offer, should the Senators make one.

The Wild have reportedly met with Boudreau and Carlyle, and have also interviewed John Torchetti, who took over Minnesota after Yeo was fired. Russo adds that Boucher and Crawford have been spoken to by general manager Chuck Fletcher over the phone.

Boucher and Crawford have both been coaching in Switzerland, but want to come back to the NHL.

Russo's "guess," meanwhile, is that the Wild will look to someone with previous NHL coaching experience, so the names being bandied about certainly make sense. There's also Bob Hartley, who was fired earlier in the week by the Calgary Flames.

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