 In his second season, the team's performance nose-dived and it placed 30th out of 31 teams in the NHL.On March 1, 2019, with the Senators in 31st place, Boucher was fired and associate coach Marc Crawford named as interim head coach.Boucher worked as an assistant coach for Canada men's national U-18 ice hockey team in 2006, 2007 and 2008.