News Article: Evan Bouchard Awarded OHL Defenceman of the Year

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Knights’ Evan Bouchard Named OHL Defenceman of the Year – Ontario Hockey League

Bouchard finished with 20-54-74/56GP/+32 in the OHL regular season/playoffs.

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[Bryanbryoil]

Good for him.

 

[CycloneSweep]

noT A TOp fiFTy proSPEct

 

[Captain Controversy]

noT A TOp fiFTy proSPEct

Button knows his shit. Lol
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[Bryanbryoil]

noT A TOp fiFTy proSPEct

Too bad you couldn't have written that in crayon, it'd be even more appropriate

 

[CycloneSweep]

Too bad you couldn't have written that in crayon, it'd be even more appropriate

I typed it on this

 

[McDNicks17]

Didn't like his lack of urgency when accepting the reward.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Great for him, hard to be love this prospect any more, honestly.

I wonder where Samorukov ended up in the "voting" after his strong season.

 

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Great for him, hard to be love this prospect any more, honestly.

I wonder where Samorukov ended up in the "voting" after his strong season.

2nd in voting was Mac Hollowell (TML prospect) 3rd was Bode Wilde (NYI Prospect)

I believe Samorukov was awarded the best defensive D and best body checker in the western conference OHL coaches poll

 

[Canovin]

Great for him, hard to be love this prospect any more, honestly.

I wonder where Samorukov ended up in the "voting" after his strong season.

"Best Dman for 2nd half the season" Award

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Fair enough, thanks all

 

[Canada Drai]

who cares. he sucks.

 

[BudBundy]

Oh no! He’ll bust! Alexei Semenov was the last Oilers pick to win OHL Oustanding Defenseman.

Good for him and I love him as a prospect. Now lets all take a deep breath and remember he’s got a lot of work to do. Patience is the word.

 

[McDNicks17]

Oh no! He’ll bust! Alexei Semenov was the last Oilers pick to win OHL Oustanding Defenseman.

Good for him and I love him as a prospect. Now lets all take a deep breath and remember he’s got a lot of work to do. Patience is the word.

You're forgetting former Oiler great, Danny Syvret!

 

[Morpheus]

Right on!
Arrows pointing up!
Me don’t care what button nose has to say...

 

[Pass the Saitl Sauce]

"Best Dman for 2nd half the season" Award

Yup, for all the hype around samorukov he didn’t reach his current level of play until the WJC

 

[bobbythebrain]

 

[Hynh]

Yup, for all the hype around samorukov he didn’t reach his current level of play until the WJC

I think that has to do with Ryan Merkley being traded.

 

[BudBundy]

You're forgetting former Oiler great, Danny Syvret!

Wasnt he a Philly draft pick?

*edit*. Ooooh. He was an Oiler pick! Good catch!

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Didn't like his lack of urgency when accepting the reward.

I know this is a joke post and a damn good one, but the lack of a sense of urgency thing is pretty ridiculous. You know who else has a lack of urgency in his game? Sekera. His ability to make decisions under fire was noticed big time by me when he returned. We've seen too many D that are in such a rush that they are forcing plays and we know how that plays out.

 

[Hynh]

You're forgetting former Oiler great, Danny Syvret!

Does it really count if he wins it before being drafted?

 

[Aerchon]

It's too early for anything other than speculation and hope but...

I still can not figure out how we got him at 10. It's insane. Probably something wrong with him. Otherwise it makes no sense.

Incredible numbers. Nhl level everything with elite vision, IQ, passing AND an accurate and heavy slapper... AND he is a RD! Wtf.

I know his skating is average and his defense needs work but those "faults" don't offset his incredible skill set for me.

Hope he can come in and be a positive contributer sooner rather than later.

 

[TheRebuild]

It's too early for anything other than speculation and hope but...

I still can not figure out how we got him at 10. It's insane.

I hear you. I was really happy when we ended up getting him because he's pretty much the exact player we need. Could use a few more like him on D to be honest, someone with a big shot that can walk that line fairly comfortably or jump into a play. Can't wait to see what he does next year.

 

[CycloneSweep]

I know this is a joke post and a damn good one, but the lack of a sense of urgency thing is pretty ridiculous. You know who else has a lack of urgency in his game? Sekera. His ability to make decisions under fire was noticed big time by me when he returned. We've seen too many D that are in such a rush that they are forcing plays and we know how that plays out.

This may end up sounding out to lunch but hear me out.

He reminds me of Draisaitl. Draisaitl at times in the WHL was knocked for almost being to relaxed. Not much urgency in his skating and defense but was almost always where he needed to be offensively and put up stellar numbers.

Draisaitl looked like a slower skater in the WHL mostly because his anticipation and IQ was high enough he didn't really waste energy. Skated when he needed, as hard as he needed to be in the right spot. He fixed that for the NHL.

Bouchard is similar imo. His defensive needs read work but looking at the ridiculous amounts of minutes he plays and his offensive ability and reads, Bouchard doesn't "play with urgency" cause it's almost wasting energy st this point. You can't play 30+ minutes a night if you are constantly hustling to every puck when you have the IQ to not have to. Yeah it bites him at times but I feel like that's something he can easily clean up for the NHL level

 

[OilerTitanFan]

Chris Pronger never played with urgency. All he did was stand at the point and unload bombs. And in the defensive zone, unload two handers.