I don't have a moment to translate right now for those who don't speak French. I will try to type it down later. Unless someone else wants to tackle it in the meantime.
Damn, Bouchard has a thick accent.
He said that he's letting players who are coming from all over do their thing, which sometimes doesn't work out because the players don't know each other well. They don't yet have confidence in each other.
The purpose of the AHL is to develop for the NHL, to see who can progress and who can't. What's important is knowing who can eventually help the Habs progress, in the meantime the Rocket is a nice laboratory for hockey.
What Bouchard likes about Kotkaniemi is that he's happy to be here and to play a lot. He told him that he made a couple moves that won't work in the NHL, but he has a lot of talent and potential and they're going to work together and yes it will involve a lot of mistakes.
He says that he's had a relationship with Kotkaniemi since two years ago, it was rapidly built at the training camp. It helped when they spoke on the phone that morning. has a lot of skills that can't be taught. The best news is what he's living now. He's in a growth environment.
If losing one game, losing two games, is the price to win 12, then so be it.
Cale has had a lot of progression, but he's still a young player, but now with higher expectations. He needs to learn with misses, such as his missed shot tonight. This is the best school for this.