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STAYING PROFESSIONAL

“It’s not an easy situation and there have been days where you just want to lose your mind, definitely,” he said. “Hopefully, there are brighter days to come. Now that you’re in the lineup, you’ve got to play hard and make sure you stay in the lineup.”

Boedker says he has leaned on his wife and family to deal with his situation.

“You’ve got to come to work every day, regardless of how you feel you’ve been treated. I’ve been brought up a certain way and you just stay professional and do your work every day. It’s a job. It’s a job that pays you money — a lot of money, to a lot of people. If young people in the organization want to take notice, they can, but you’ve got to stay professional.”

WELCOME GIFT

Boedker’s only goal of the season came during Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. Jets defenceman Neal Pionk fanned on an attempted pass and it landed directly on Boedker’s stick in the slot with goaltender Laurent Brossoit out of the net.

“That was nice,” Boedker said. “If any guy deserve that puck to pop right out, that was me. It was nice to see all the guys on the bench be really happy for me. I appreciated that a lot, so that definitely felt really good.”

THE BLUELINE REPORT

As expected, defenceman Mark Borowiecki stayed at home to be with his wife, Tara, and baby boy, Miles Marek, and didn’t rejoin the team here. The baby was born Sunday morning. It’s expected that Cody Goloubef will remain in the lineup against Colorado, with Belleville call-up Andreas Englund being a healthy scratch … The Senators have officially assigned defenceman Christian Wolanin to Belleville. Wolanin, who suffered a torn labrum in training camp and hasn’t played a competitive game since representing the United States at the world championships last May, is expected to play for Belleville this weekend.