I left this board last night because the whole GDT became a Bouillon hate fest and absolutely nothing else; consecutive pages about Bouillon being the worst NHL D while both teams were scoring and a game was actually going on.
You have to admit that's utterly ridiculous.
Somebody should've started this hate Bouillon thread much earlier do deflect useless traffic from the GDT. Bouillon is worthwhile in a much smaller role than he is currently playing due to the Gorges injury. He's at the crossroads of his career, period.
To state Tinordi, or another rookie D wouldn't make the same, or any, mistakes is idiotic. To claim you'd rather live with mistakes from rookies than dwindling veterans is another, more justifiable statement.
Still, there's two philosophies regarding this during a final stretch where teams are still fighting for a playoff hunt. One side still thinks you should give talented rookies more experience. The other side maintains that a veteran will have more composure under pressure and will end up making less mistakes, even though they might still make some.
IMO, the only rookie D that merits ice time, regardless of the mistakes they make is Beaulieu, mainly because he brings offense, something NONE of the veteran Ds like Bouillon, Weaver and, even, Murray, can bring. In that case, the mistakes are far outweighed by a missing element to our current D, offense beyond Markov and Subban….
Somehow, I feel an opinion that goes beyond "Bouillon sucks!", like this one is a little more interesting than the venting going on….
You have to admit that's utterly ridiculous.
Somebody should've started this hate Bouillon thread much earlier do deflect useless traffic from the GDT. Bouillon is worthwhile in a much smaller role than he is currently playing due to the Gorges injury. He's at the crossroads of his career, period.
To state Tinordi, or another rookie D wouldn't make the same, or any, mistakes is idiotic. To claim you'd rather live with mistakes from rookies than dwindling veterans is another, more justifiable statement.
Still, there's two philosophies regarding this during a final stretch where teams are still fighting for a playoff hunt. One side still thinks you should give talented rookies more experience. The other side maintains that a veteran will have more composure under pressure and will end up making less mistakes, even though they might still make some.
IMO, the only rookie D that merits ice time, regardless of the mistakes they make is Beaulieu, mainly because he brings offense, something NONE of the veteran Ds like Bouillon, Weaver and, even, Murray, can bring. In that case, the mistakes are far outweighed by a missing element to our current D, offense beyond Markov and Subban….
Somehow, I feel an opinion that goes beyond "Bouillon sucks!", like this one is a little more interesting than the venting going on….
