Adam Boqvist Appreciation Thread

Gargyn

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I watched this kid in London lots and he’s nothing like that player yet. Different leagues by a huge amount of course but he’s not asserting himself like he has his entire career up to this point. He hasn’t been shooting the puck or jumping into the play at all. That’s what makes him special. I hope they don’t neuter this part of his game. On the power play he just stands there and takes away his best attributes. I don’t understand it.
 

BK

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I watched this kid in London lots and he’s nothing like that player yet. Different leagues by a huge amount of course but he’s not asserting himself like he has his entire career up to this point. He hasn’t been shooting the puck or jumping into the play at all. That’s what makes him special. I hope they don’t neuter this part of his game. On the power play he just stands there and takes away his best attributes. I don’t understand it.

He is very focused on playing a good defensive game first but we are starting to see him assert himself more each game.


The standing around on the PP is a Hawks issue not a Boqvist one.
 

Kevin Musto

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I watched this kid in London lots and he’s nothing like that player yet. Different leagues by a huge amount of course but he’s not asserting himself like he has his entire career up to this point. He hasn’t been shooting the puck or jumping into the play at all. That’s what makes him special. I hope they don’t neuter this part of his game. On the power play he just stands there and takes away his best attributes. I don’t understand it.
Boqvist is playing way better now than he did in London. I was actually very disappointed after seeing him in the OHL and it was very discouraging. His play in the NHL has made me excited for him again.
 
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Gargyn

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Boqvist is playing way better now than he did in London. I was actually very disappointed after seeing him in the OHL and it was very discouraging. His play in the NHL has made me excited for him again.
Guess I’ve only caught 4 or 5 Hawks games. He was invisible last night against the Canucks. But ya that power play might be the worst powerplay I’ve ever seen. No puck support or player movement. Embarassing.
 

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Guess I’ve only caught 4 or 5 Hawks games. He was invisible last night against the Canucks. But ya that power play might be the worst powerplay I’ve ever seen. No puck support or player movement. Embarassing.
It’s been ten years of this crap.
 
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Boqvist is playing way better now than he did in London. I was actually very disappointed after seeing him in the OHL and it was very discouraging. His play in the NHL has made me excited for him again.
Weird, because I watched him a bunch and think the opposite, along with a few others here. He is the same player, minus the aggressiveness that he had in London. Once he gets that aggressiveness back in his game, watch out.
 

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Boqvist in time will be a good fit with Keith on that top D pairing, if not already.
 

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My only worry is that his offensive game doesn’t develop because he is just changing his game to get by at the nhl level. I don’t see that happening right now and he’s not just getting by, just a concern
 

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My only worry is that his offensive game doesn’t develop because he is just changing his game to get by at the nhl level. I don’t see that happening right now and he’s not just getting by, just a concern

I would agree but you can see him starting to push plays more and more. He is also jumping into the offensive zone more as well.
 
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I can't find it, but someone asked Corey Pronman a few weeks ago if Boqvist's defensive play had changed his mind about his ceiling. Pronman said no, that Boqvist is going to be a very good top 4 D for a long time but probably won't be a top pairing guy.
As someone who thinks he's absolutely going to be a top pairing guy, that's disappointing. However, it's just one man's opinion and AB is still not even 20 years old yet.

In any event, it's making me wonder if I'm seeing what I want to see with him and I'm not actually being objective.
 
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BK

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I can't find it, but someone asked Corey Pronman a few weeks ago if Boqvist's defensive play had changed his mind about his ceiling. Pronman said no, that Boqvist is going to be a very good top 4 D for a long time but probably won't be a top pairing guy.
As someone who thinks he's absolutely going to be a top pairing guy, that's disappointing. However, it's just one man's opinion and AB is still not even 20 years old yet.

In any event, it's making me wonder if I'm seeing what I want to see with him and I'm not actually being objective.

CP is also rated his skating low and has never been uber high on him so it is not a shock.
 
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Styles

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I can't find it, but someone asked Corey Pronman a few weeks ago if Boqvist's defensive play had changed his mind about his ceiling. Pronman said no, that Boqvist is going to be a very good top 4 D for a long time but probably won't be a top pairing guy.
As someone who thinks he's absolutely going to be a top pairing guy, that's disappointing. However, it's just one man's opinion and AB is still not even 20 years old yet.

In any event, it's making me wonder if I'm seeing what I want to see with him and I'm not actually being objective.

I don’t really get this opinion because Boqvist focused way more on his defensive play than his offense all year. He was way better in his own zone than I thought he would be. We only go little tastes of what he’s truly going to be throughout the year. I could care less if he’s just average defensively (from what I saw I think he will be more than that) as long as we see some great plays like this.

 

RayP

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I don’t really get this opinion because Boqvist focused way more on his defensive play than his offense all year. He was way better in his own zone than I thought he would be. We only go little tastes of what he’s truly going to be throughout the year. I could care less if he’s just average defensively (from what I saw I think he will be more than that) as long as we see some great plays like this.



Maybe next year we can even see him make plays like that against real NHL teams. :sarcasm:
 

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