He's pretty much exactly to what Sweeney was describing though...Aggressive, put everything on the line to win type of player and can skate on the top line. I'd take him on this team 1000 days a week.
He's not though. Yes he likes to engage physically, yes he's a great two way player, yes he's great on the forecheck BUT when the playoffs hit and he is the one people are being physical with, he's the one getting pressured, he becomes a perimeter player and fades away. He's just doesn't push anybody out of Boston's top six and trading Smith or Loui for him is lateral move, at best, and I'd wager we regret trading the far younger Smith for a guy who is no offensive dynamo.
This team needs to revamp it's defense to become more mobile to facilitate the up tempo transition game the league is trenging towards and they need a player who can put the puck in the net. Oshie is neither.