from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

The result of the 3-2 OT pre-season loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday afternoon at the Canadian Tire Centre doesn’t mean a whole lot in the big scheme of things, but it was the decision to sit winger Bobby Ryan and defenceman Cody Ceci for the whole first period that will have a lasting effect.

Late for a 12:30 p.m. meeting, both were told by Boucher they’d be spectators — on the bench — for the first period against the Habs. Though they saw a regular shift afterward, Ryan (11:59 of ice time) and Ceci (14:46) got the message and, in many ways, it couldn’t have worked out better for Boucher.

He’s a stickler for details and he wants everything done correctly.

“I don’t mind it. I guess the early message is, ‘There’s a way I’m going to do things,’” former NHL forward Ray Ferraro, an analyst on TSN’s Senators broadcasts, said Sunday from Vancouver. “I don’t know how much you’ve been around Guy but I get the impression his shoelaces are tied exact on each side.

“That’s where being late is not going to happen, being sloppy is not going to happen. There’s going to be all kinds of mistakes on the ice because there always is but the approach he’s always had is about what many coaches have today and that’s being super-detailed.”

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