I never said he was an AHL D, I said at times he played like one.
And yes I think he had far too many games this season where his head wasn't in it and he played like an AHL defensemen.
Player Discussion Evan Bouchard
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And yes I think he had far too many games this season where his head wasn't in it and he played like an AHL defensemen.
Slats432
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I don't want to be debbie downer and I caught a lot of extended highlights because I couldn't watch the whole game, but was he as defensively horrible as he looked in the highlight package?
McJadeddog
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It was mostly Nurse actually. Nurse was directly at fault for the first goal. Didn't pressure on the 2nd goal, and was almost directly at fault for multiple other goals. Nurse was complete dog shit, one of the worst games I've ever seen him play truthfully.
I agree. Nurse was their least reliable defender by far.
Would Emberson fare better if given the same opportunity? I'm not so sure. But I do know that it's a big problem how many goals Nurse is on the ice (and directly responsible) for.
Something needs to give.
Forgot About Drai
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Nurse was extremely scrutinized for a bit - but hes still treated w/ kid gloves compared to how people talk/treat Bouch.
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It's really incredible. Pull him away from Nurse, and he really seems fairly competent on defence.
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HFOil- When you're consistently told that Nurse was only bad b/c of Ceci, but simultaneously are told Bouchard is bad b/c of Nurse
I love that I ignored some people so I just see the statements after. Clearly I made the right decision haha.
2 assists, casual 26:26 TOI, +3 and outshooting the Knights 12-2 at 5v5 while he was on the ice.
He's 41st among d-men all time in career playoff points. Of the 40 names ahead of him, only Bobby Orr has a higher career point/game in the playoffs.
He's 41st among d-men all time in career playoff points. Of the 40 names ahead of him, only Bobby Orr has a higher career point/game in the playoffs.
MessierThanThou
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Yeah, we just saw arguably the fourth best single game performance of the entire playoffs from this man...
And still Many posters will piss on him next time he is on the ice for a Goal against
MessierThanThou
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The hate for him seems to have quieted down a lot after we changed goalies... Weird. On a totally unrelated note:
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