JustNapalmIt
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Player Discussion Evan Bouchard
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BIeucheeseWithWings
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Shit, the players could pull him aside too. Different sport, I know, but Kobe would have been on his ass from the jump.
KeithIsActuallyBad
Fire Dustin Schwartz
The opening shift of the last game begins with a five alarm giveaway in his own zone. These are starting to become frighteningly frequent. Perhaps he played over his head in the playoffs last year.
I mean the signs were there in the playoffs. He was still giving the puck away, doing dumb shit etc. The only difference? He was scoring to offset it.
Like I said before Bouchard lacks athleticism and team have figured out his game a bit. I'm sure he will improve from here, but it does not justify paying him what he wants. He's just not a top guy.
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It's funny because some posters here have the biggest blinders on, or are just extremely bias, or just can't see this stuff ahead of time developing with players. I took so much heat with this guy, yet other posters say he would have been Canada's second best defensemen in the Gold Metal Game.......
KeithIsActuallyBad
Fire Dustin Schwartz
He was never perfect in the playoffs but he was far better than this and arguably our best player against the Canucks. Bonehead turnovers aren't exactly foreign to this team (see: Kapanen) but generally if a player makes a really bad turnover it's almost always him.
I don't understand what happened to this player. Maybe he overachieved last year but this year he's been dreadful.
Like i have said before he processes the game too slowly, lacks foot speed, Lacks east west mobility. Obviously last year he had some bigger moments, but he got a lot of points piggy backing from Mcdrai. Ekholm also really elevated Bouchard's game.
At the end of the day he has a great shot and a good breakout pass, but the league eventually gets film on players and adapts.
So he’s having a terrible year but wants Nurse money next year. Do we trade him now before we get to a Broberg situation?
oXo Cube
Power Play Merchant
Still no. He's been bad no question but how quickly we all forget how hard it is to get players with this skillset.
I'm absolutely not trading him at his lowest value and I'm still actively trying to sign him long term rather than bridge and watch the price go even higher when his game recovers.
