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Bruce Boudreau, the man considered to be one of the top candidates for the Senators’ coaching job, arrived in Ottawa on Thursday night.

And, in an exclusive interview with Postmedia at his Ottawa hotel, he sounded like a man who wouldn’t mind if he got the chance to stick around for awhile.

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Friday, the former Anaheim Ducks coach will sit down with Senators GM Pierre Dorion for a face-to-face interview about the club’s vacant post behind the bench. Accompanied by his daughter Kasey, who makes her home in the area, the 61-year-old Boudreau indicated he’s excited about the possibility of coaching Ottawa.

Though he was hesitant to speak specifically about the Senators because that’s a discussion he has to have with Dorion, Boudreau has a few reasons why he’s interested in coaching Ottawa, not the least of which is for family reasons.

“My daughter lives here, my grand-daughter who I don’t get to see too often and she’s only (18 months) and actually all my family is back East. That’s always a really compelling thing,” Boudreau told Postmedia. “Ottawa itself is compelling itself because they’ve got the opportunity to be a pretty good team and they’ve got a lot of pretty good pieces in place.”