Bruce Boudreau is an everyman, the kind of guy you could sit next to at the end of the bar and talk to for hours.



He’s got story after story after story from a lifetime spent coaching and playing hockey at every level on this continent.



He’ll leave you howling. He’ll leave you crying.



So naturally, when the 63-year-old Wild coach was actually willing to trek down to the State Fair on Labor Day of all days and co-host three straight hours of “Russo Radio” with me at the KFAN booth, I jumped at the chance.



I will say this: The most awkward part of hosting any show — for me, at least — is that first few minutes when I’ve got to banter, so I must thank Will and a couple of his pals from Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar.



Will arrived perfectly timed at the very top of the show and handed us one giant, overflowing bucket of cookies — one of the 36 million chocolate cookies Sweet Martha’s...