Proposal: Bouch for Chabot

[sensfan4lifee]

Ottawa in this trade is getting the better, younger, more valuable handedness, cheaper this year player.

And is somehow upset because of a contract that doesn't even exist yet.

RFAs will get under whatever their market value is unless your GM is a moron. By suggesting Bouchard will get an atrocious deal as an RFA, sens fans suggest their GM is a moron

Yeah but the majority of Sens fans don't want to even do this trade lol i don't see how this is even continuing

 

[sensfan4lifee]

Maybe I just don’t live in your fantasy land where a 0.5PPG defenceman with worse analytics is better than a 1PPG defenceman with better analytics.

Actually he's going by the basis that Bouchard's numbers are inflated by playing with Mcdavid and Drai, something which Oilers fans tend to ignore when discussing Bouchard. And yes I prefer Sanderson over Bouchard its just my preference to have D-man who play both ways instead of being one dimensional like Bouchard is, and the Sens fans have already had an offense D-man on the team before his name is Karlsson and he's won 3 Norris trophys and scored 100 points before, if the Sens didn't keep him for 11m there def not going to take Bouchard who no offense he couldn't even hold prime Karlssons jock.

 

[TeamRenzo]

What stats do you have to back that up? Any?

Has Sanderson going through 4 playoff rounds as a stud number 1 defenceman?

Do you keep a picture of Bouchard in your locker?

 

[Fourier]

Have you ever heard the expression the best defense is a good offense? Bouchard is the epitome of an ice-tilter. Is he the best defensive player in the defensive zone? No, not at all, but he has a good breakout pass and he dominates the neutral zone and the offensive zone in a way that naturally leads to a lot of puck possession when he is out there.

This post accurately describes Bouchard. He gets the puck moving in the right direction.

Away from all of McDavid, Draisaitl and Ekholm since the start of 2022-23 here are his 5 vs 5 numbers.

TOI 593:10 CF% 58.51 SF% 59.05 GF% 50 xGF% 60.01 SCF% 59.96 HDCF% 62.93

By comparison here are team numbers with none of the four on the ice:

TOI 3172:19 CF% 49.79 SF% 49.71 GF% 50.25 xGF% 50.66 SCF% 50.07 HDCF% 53.94

All of the possession numbers rise about 10 points when he is on the ice.

People see a few highlights of some big errors and conclude that he fits their stereotype. But the reality is that the Oilers are simply much better when he is on the ice regardless of who he is playing against.

As to the comparison with Sanderson, lets look at Sanderson over the last two years away from Zub, Stutzle and Tkachuk:

TOI 306:45 CF% 46.57 SF% 45.39 GF% 30.77 xGF% 39.91 SCF% 39.85 HDCF% 38.24

And for comparison sake the rest of the team away from the 4:

TOI 1515:13 CF% 46.67 SF% 45.81 GF% 43.75 xGF% 43.97 SCF% 44.17 HDCF% 44.05

Sanderson does get more of a defensive deployment than Bouchard but there is little statistical evidence to support that he tilts the ice anywhere near how Bouchard does. Offensively, they are not in the same league.

As to the original proposal I doubt that the Oilers even consider it. I'll leave it to Ottawa fans to decide on their interest.