Completely disagree on this. Bouchard is a much better shooter and is at least as good of a passer.
Yes for sure Bouchard is a better shooter but Barries passing is as good if not better IMO.
Barrie averaged almost 0.69 ppg in 190 games while in Edmonton.
Bouchard has averaged 0.53 ppg in 174 games not including his first 2 seasons on the team. in those 2 seasons he played ,limited games in limited roles.
Barrie is also a better defender which is why he can play with Nurse and Boucahrd cant.
Also...putting Barrie on Nurses pairing and Ceci on Ekholms pairing makes the defence better than it is now.
Dont get me wrong I am not thrilled about the possibility of losing a young player like Bouchard. He is a really good offensive talent. The irony in what i am suggesting is that I thought that the team could afford to trade Barrie because I thought that Bouchard would be able to fill in offensively.
I just think that this team absolutely cant afford to miss the playoffs and they need a quality #1 goalie badly.