Confirmed with Link: Guy Boucher 2: The Guy-quel

[Vesa Awesaka]

If Boucher doesn't believe in dumping the puck, does Borowiecki even have a role on this club anymore?

He does not believe in it but apparently understands that some players arent capable of skill plays. Guys are given chances and if they fail they are suppose to dump the puck in and be safe

 

[Burrowsaurus]

He does not believe in it but apparently understands that some players arent capable of skill plays. Guys are given chances and if they fail they are suppose to dump the puck in and be safe

Or just replace boro with someone who can do the things Boucher wants.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Or just replace boro with someone who can do the things Boucher wants.

This. If a bottom of the barrel player on your team doesn't fit the coach's system, it should be a relatively simple and straight forward task to replace him.

This isn't bringing in a top 4 D. This is bringing in a #6 D man. It's not asking for very much.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

This. If a bottom of the barrel player on your team doesn't fit the coach's system, it should be a relatively simple and straight forward task to replace him.

This isn't bringing in a top 4 D. This is bringing in a #6 D man. It's not asking for very much.

I think its more complicated then that. Teams need pker and checker. Were not going to have a whole bunch of marc-andre bergerons on the team because they can carry the puck

 

[Do Make Say Think]

This. If a bottom of the barrel player on your team doesn't fit the coach's system, it should be a relatively simple and straight forward task to replace him.

This isn't bringing in a top 4 D. This is bringing in a #6 D man. It's not asking for very much.

As always

The budget

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I think its more complicated then that. Teams need pker and checker. Were not going to have a whole bunch of marc-andre bergerons on the team because they can carry the puck

Boro doesn't PK well either so yeah.

 

[Langdon Alger]

This. If a bottom of the barrel player on your team doesn't fit the coach's system, it should be a relatively simple and straight forward task to replace him.

This isn't bringing in a top 4 D. This is bringing in a #6 D man. It's not asking for very much.

Who would you like to see? There are some decent free agent options I guess.

 

[Baby Ryan]

Good god thank goodness.

Frequent dumping of the puck in last season was...an issue to say the least.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Boro doesn't PK well either so yeah.

nobody did last season. feels like our pk has sucked for years

scratch that we were 11th the year before

 

[edguy]

nobody did last season. feels like our pk has sucked for years

scratch that we were 11th the year before

We have some great PKers. It was the system last year. Boucher should fix that up this year

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

We have some great PKers. It was the system last year. Boucher should fix that up this year

Agree. Way too passive last yr.

 

[Micklebot]

Boro doesn't PK well either so yeah.

he was fine at it two seasons ago. Perhaps him not pk'ing well last year was more on the system than the player. I'll give him a mulligan.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Who would you like to see? There are some decent free agent options I guess.

The pool of players doesn't have to be restricted to FA's. A trade using one of our B level prospects or a mid round pick should yield us halfway decent bottom pair guy. Maybe some teams are likely still trying to shuffle money around, I could see us grabbing a cast off or redundant player from a team in tight.

As always

The budget

Sure, but this player would likely come in at less than 2 mill. I want to believe that we could make that happen given our philosophy of "staying the course" on July 1.