Boudreau: 'Ridiculous' that Jones won't miss time after skipping ASG

Bruce Boudreau is a little upset.

The Minnesota Wild bench boss is taking umbrage that Columbus Blue Jackets blue-liner Seth Jones will not miss Tuesday's game between the two sides despite skipping out on All-Star festivities because of the flu.

"I think it's ridiculous," Boudreau told Blue Jackets team reporter Brian Hedger. "It's wrong, and I don't know how it can be justified ... (There's) now a gray area in this rule forever and ever."

The league mandates that players who skip the game through injury must also miss one regular-season contest, on either side of the weekend.

The Los Angeles Kings, for instance, must scratch Jonathan Quick on Tuesday, after he withdrew from the All-Star weekend to rest a nagging injury.

Jones technically didn't miss the All-Star Game due to an injury, and it was the league who decided that he not come to the All-Star Game in fear of a possible flu outbreak, according to Michael Russo of The Athletic.