Reid Boucher making his NHL debut tonight!

[SteveCangialosi123]

Is it so bad that I really don't care if a good offensive player sucks defensively? Maybe I would have in the past, but this ''Two way'' stuff has really turned me off.

It's not bad I don't care either. Having an exclusively offensive winger is not bad at all. Literally every team has one or two. We do too, but they suck offensively as well lol(ryder and brunner). If Boucher can score, that's all I care about. You can teach defense.

 

[NJDevs26]

I'm completely fine with having players be aware of 'two/three' zones. It's fine for Elias and Zajac (when he's scoring). Even Kovy tried to be more defensively aware when he was here.

It's when worrying about the defensive zone gets a disproportionate amount of importance compared to the offensive zone that I have an issue with it for forwards and the Devils' treatment of them. When it becomes 'far' more important to worry about backchecking than it does about scoring.

 

[billingtons ghost]

omg Can't handle the photoshop.

 

[Reid Boucher]

How I feel:

 

[Richer's Ghost]

A very successful debut i'd say.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

Am I all alone on the Reid Boucher Train still?

 

[JerryGigantic]

Am I all alone on the Reid Boucher Train still?

You were never alone. Kid looked solid. And Boosh - Lokti - Ryder line was baller. Seems like they could do some work.

 

[NJDevs26]

He won himself at least a few more games tonight.

 

[New Jersey Devils]

Hope he plays on Friday. Not sure what team he grew up rooting for, but being from Michigan, I have to assume the Wings. Would be cool for him to play against his hometown. His family could catch a flight this time too.

 

[StvBroDan]

Nice work Reid great start.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

Hope he plays on Friday. Not sure what team he grew up rooting for, but being from Michigan, I have to assume the Wings. Would be cool for him to play against his hometown. His family could catch a flight this time too.

If he doesn't play Friday this franchise can go **** itself.

 

[BenedictGomez]

He was good in the minutes he was given, but I think people are overestimating his play tonight.

I'll call it a very successful debut, but it's not like he was amazing or anything. As long as he can play like he did tonight, I'm all on-board with giving him limited minutes and a learning opportunity on the 3rd-line. It's not like it can hurt at this point, and anyone with something resembling offensive skills should probably be on this team.

 

[NJDevs26]

lol that would be the equivalent of Ftorek scratching Rafalski against the Wings in his rookie year. I could definitely see Pete giving him the shaft Friday.

 

[Chessarmy]

Boucher was fine, didn't light the world on fire but showed that he may have NHL talent and can probably score at this level.

But its early....reaaallllyyy early, one game in fact, so I'm tempering my expectations

 

[glenwo2]

Boucher didn't score a bunch of goals but he did look like he belonged out there, especially with that pass to Ryder for a score.

 

[JerryGigantic]

If he doesn't play Friday this franchise can go **** itself.

lol that would be the equivalent of Ftorek scratching Rafalski against the Wings in his rookie year. I could definitely see Pete giving him the shaft Friday.

Petey announced him for Friday. So he has another game, at least.

“I thought he was good,†DeBoer said. “Again, I don’t want to anoint him anything. I don’t want to talk about this for the next week every day, but he had a good, solid game, which will get him another game and we’ll see how it goes.â€

Elias was singing his praises, so that should help his cause.

“Good player. Real good player,†Elias said. “He doesn’t panic. He doesn’t rush into the play. He stays in the right spot for you to try to give him the puck and he was good.â€

Article on TG Blog:

http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/...not_enough_to_break_devils_hex_in_tiebreaker/

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Good guy Patrik. He won't even fault Subban for the slew foot so I would expect him to give Boucher a gold star for sure.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

So happy for this kid.

You can't send him down if he puts up points. Hope he gets his first at home.

 

[Brooklyndevil]

Not to put pressure on the kid but me like very much. He even knows how to throw a check.

 

[RandoDoomer]

So how many #15 Boucher jersey's will we see at the Rock on Friday?

Might finally be an appropriate retrofit to that old Langer jersey you have kicking around.

 

[I Hate Tie DOMI]

So happy for this kid.

You can't send him down if he puts up points. Hope he gets his first at home.

DeBoer can. He will bench him and play guys like Sestito and Janssen.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

So how many #15 Boucher jersey's will we see at the Rock on Friday?

Might finally be an appropriate retrofit to that old Langer jersey you have kicking around.

I actually saw one Boucher jersey. Saw a handful of Boucher shirts too. Wondered where the shirts came from...had the number right and everything.

DeBoer can. He will bench him and play guys like Sestito and Janssen.

This would get him fired. This kid isn't the savior but he's the closest thing we have to a future franchise forward. If Pete even has an inkling of benching him Lou will fire him and/or send Reid down.

 

[I Hate Tie DOMI]

This would get him fired. This kid isn't the savior but he's the closest thing we have to a future franchise forward. If Pete even has an inkling of benching him Lou will fire him and/or send Reid down.

I'm pretty sure nothing at this point can get him fired other than a 10 game losing streak and even then I think he survives just like last year.

 

[ScottyK]

Looked pretty good. Little timid in the first two periods I think he was looking for Elias a little too much. Once he was with Loktionov and Ryder it seems he took that extra half second to make the right play. Tedenby needs to look at Reid and the way he handles himself in traffic for a small guy he's strong and very quick moving side to side. He makes room for himself something the Devils have wanted Teddy to do for three years now.

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

I'm pretty sure nothing at this point can get him fired other than a 10 game losing streak and even then I think he survives just like last year.

I know. But I keep telling myself otherwise. Pay me no mind.

Looked pretty good. Little timid in the first two periods I think he was looking for Elias a little too much. Once he was with Loktionov and Ryder it seems he took that extra half second to make the right play. Tedenby needs to look at Reid and the way he handles himself in traffic for a small guy he's strong and very quick moving side to side. He makes room for himself something the Devils have wanted Teddy to do for three years now.

I found it funny that he fell 2 seconds into his first shift. Was visibly nervous and who wouldn't be? Settled down nicely. Marty was cracking up on the bench when he fell and when he ended his shift Marty patted his head.