I didn’t cal him a top pair defenseman, I stated the fact that he spent most of his time on the top pair with Werenski this year.The rushed excuse is always weak.
If a player is not "rushed" and just never gets called or stays up, people just say "well he sucked", but if a player was "rushed" people say "oh he was rushed, that's why he stinks", no maybe he just stinks regardless of specific development choices.
That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works. D pairs are routinely just run at even strength and often balanced out. Calling a #5 Defenseman a "top pair" DMan is misleading at best, and an outright lie at worst.
So you chose to deliberately mislead? HmmI didn’t cal him a top pair defenseman, I stated the fact that he spent most of his time on the top pair with Werenski this year.
The only reason Barrie was playing ahead of Bouchard on the PowerPlay was to keep Bouchard affordable.Even Bouchard had problems. He has arrived , but only after being stapled to Ekholm for a whole season. At the same time, they shipped off Barrie just to gift Bouchard a spot on the top powerplay. The team bent over backwards to support Bouchard's development. Perhaps Boqvist didn't have similar support?
Neither of those defencemen have shown any sign of being capable of playing like NHLers in their own zone. The Oilers seem to consider being able to play defence optional for their blueliners.The only reason Barrie was playing ahead of Bouchard on the PowerPlay was to keep Bouchard affordable.
When they were both on the team and Bouchard, for whatever reason got an opportunity on the power-play, he always outperformed Barrie.
Do you actually have a team to root for?Neither of those defencemen have shown any sign of being capable of playing like NHLers in their own zone. The Oilers seem to consider being able to play defence optional for their blueliners.
I don’t buy cards anymore. But that must’ve felt great at the time!I pulled a pretty rare Boqvist rookie auto so that's probably the reason he busted. Sorry.
I remember they were talking about a D man from that draft who was addicted to video games ,and was a huge concernOlli Juolevi.
The guy that Marek said had the video game addiction was proven to be Jakub Zboril. Zboril confirmed in an interview with Czech mediaI remember they were talking about a D man from that draft who was addicted to video games ,and was a huge concern
Forsling, yes.Just wait.
This is where Bill Zito’s team excels.
For example, OEL and Orrsling.
Zito’s had his misses, thankfully they are few and he knows how/when to cut ties.Just wait.
This is where Bill Zito’s team excels.
For example, OEL and Orrsling.
OEL was more than fine in his time here. Was happy to have him.Forsling, yes.
OEL still wasn't very good last season.
I feel like for Boqvist to excel he needs to be put in a similar situation that Bouchard was put in, unfortunately that's not going to happen in Florida unless he plays with Forsling, which is doubtful.
Boqvist will still put up some points though, there's not a lot of competition for him when it comes to offensive defensemen in Florida.
I disagree. Barrie was worse in those ways we see how Bouchard is better but Bouchard had defensive concerns. Bouchard has never been a great skater and has been a sleepy decision maker. He was kept off to protect him from getting burned in short handed chances againstThe only reason Barrie was playing ahead of Bouchard on the PowerPlay was to keep Bouchard affordable.
When they were both on the team and Bouchard, for whatever reason got an opportunity on the power-play, he always outperformed Barrie.