Little Fury
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That were even talking about a teenager being the best option for a sheltered 5-6 D is absolutely nuts.
See or get?
Yup. The kid ain't learning anything in junior and it makes no sense to send him to the AHL.
He has been a decent third pairing defenceman.
That were even talking about a teenager being the best option for a sheltered 5-6 D is absolutely nuts.
Why not? Draisaitl went back to junior after putting up over 100 points. He came back a better player for it. Thank God MacT figured that out. Would have sure been nice to have that 7+ mil in cap space last year though.Yup. The kid ain't learning anything in junior
Seemed to work for Draisaitl and countless other players over the years. Like I said in another post when has it damaged a players development getting that junior year? I can’t think of a case. I can however think of many cases where rushing players to the NHL has hurt development.
People forget how much of a grind 82 nhl games is.
Why not? Draisaitl went back to junior after putting up over 100 points. He came back a better player for it. Thank God MacT figured that out. Would have sure been nice to have that 7+ mil in cap space last year though.
It’s just not smart. You have a player with a similar skill set in Bear who can be recalled and is burning a ELC year either way. If your playing him for 40 some games you should send him down. Slide his contract and let him grow. Push his expansion draft eligibility back a season as well.Who said anything about playing 82 games? Certainly not me and I havent seen anybody else suggest that either. If he plays 40+ games in a role where he continues to keep the arrows pointed up then whats the issue?
How? By not looking terrible?I definitely think Bouch as earned more than nine games.
It’s just not smart. You have a player with a similar skill set in Bear who can be recalled and is burning a ELC year either way. If your playing him for 40 some games you should send him down. Slide his contract and let him grow. Push his expansion draft eligibility back a season as well.
The potential downside of keeping him up far outweighs the potential upside of this perceived notion that he’ll develop better here when it may not even be the case in the first place.
How? By not looking terrible?
How? By not looking terrible?
Great games by Nurse and Talbot. Nurse is our best dman.
Again...you are purposely misleading his performance to support your position.
Are you even watching this player?
There is lots to see IMO and the good far outweighs the bad.
By being the fifth best defenceman on the team.
Like I said I’d love an example of when the extra year in junior hurt a players development. To me a player should have to make it impossible to send them down for it to make any sense burning an ELC year. Bouchard has just been ok and that’s not good enough. Very few rookie D men come into the NHL and play well in their draft +1 year and even the ones that do generally get lit up in the D zone. This isn’t an outdated philosophy it’s reality. If it was outdated you would think 1 D man from the 2017 draft would have played 40+ games in the nhl last year but they didn’t.Lets see how this plays out instead of blindly applying an old and possibly outdated philosophy.
Bouchard always appears composed, always puts the puck in a useful area even under pressure. 95% of the time onto an oilers stick.
Bouchard has more of a case to stay than Garrison and Benning at this point. If we want to win we should keep the best players playing.
He does some things well no doubt but it hasn’t resulted in a single goal for the team yet. He’s also done a lot of things poorly in his own zone which has resulted in goals against the team.Again...you are purposely misrepresenting his performance to support your position.
Are you even watching this player?
There is lots to see IMO and the good far outweighs the bad.
It doesn't really seem like it.
A 19 year old coming in and not looking terrible is actually impressive in and of itself. Doing so on a team that is challenged past the top four D warrants sticking around for a while.
That's a different question altogether. However, in the here and now Bouch is the best option in that role.
He does some things well no doubt but it hasn’t resulted in a single goal for the team yet. He’s also done a lot of things poorly in his own zone which has resulted in goals against the team.
I think he goes down after 9 games and Bear comes up to replace them. I think at the moment they are similar players eith Bouchard being the better. That said I don't think the difference right now is worth the implications to the expansion draftI don't want to burn a year off his ELC, especially with the Seattle draft coming up, but.... he's been one of our best dmen so far, easily. Hard not to like what he's brought so far - even with him not getting onto the score sheet yet.
Which is why I’m willing to give him another 5. Unfortunately that’s the sample size we have to make a decision. Unless he has some truly special moments in these 5 games the risk of keeping him up just isn’t worth it.4 games. Its been 4 games.
Do you not think that this is a tad premature?