It’s not so much left vs right but more so the players play style itself. The Islanders have a very similar player in Dobson (as well as age) while Edmonton’s closest to Romanov is Ekholm. A guy like Romanov will do more for the Edmonton blueline vs a guy like Bouchard for the Isles, not counting just points. Romanov plays a very throwback style of defense that’s rarely seen anymore and he’s still relatively young.
it matters a lot to us. We have a weak right side and a strong left side. He'd be a 3LD on our team getting less minutes. He's not replacing Nurse or Ekholm in top 4.
Counter offer to the OP
Wait so Klingberg is useless but how useless would Romanov be to the Oilers if Bouchard leaves ?
Klingberg and Stetcher are useless pieces for the Isles and they do nothing except downgrade the roster. It’s like offering Hudson Fasching and Dennis Cholowski for Evan Bouchard.
counter - Dobson and Barzal for McDavid
Klingberg on his worse day is better than the garbage you mentioned. See how this works ? Its insulting to offee Romanov for Bouchard.
The offer is bad on paper but if it’s looked at deeper and left vs right shot is ignored, it’s closer then you’d think for reasons I explained above. Obviously if Nurse (or Kulak) is moved out and Romanov takes his place while playing the way he has for the Isles, it’s a solid upgrade for Edmonton. Bouchard while being an offensive wizard is very similar in play style to Dobson. OP isn’t an Islanders fan making the post nor does either team even think about this offer one bit. Oh and Klingberg is a #7 at this point who most teams wouldn’t use on a nightly basis outside of injuries/giving someone a night off.Klingberg on his worse day is better than the garbage you mentioned. See how this works ? It’s insulting to offee Romanov for Bouchard.
Bouchard even with having an off year is still at 40 + points and over +20. He set playoff records approaching Paul fn Coffeys records as a 24 year old. There is no world where the Oilers trade Bouchard unless the opposing team overpays.
Oilers fan offered this, Islanders is not looking to trade for Bouchard. Weird offer anyway.
You can do that but it’s terrible for the Isles and makes no sense either.
As much as I'd love for this to work for NYI it just doesn't. We need Horvat and have pretty thin C depth behind him, especially with Nelson 50/50 to leave
And from Edmonton's POV:
Downgrade for Edmonton. Don't see the point.
Respectfully, you don't understand how good Bouchard is if you think anyone in their right state of mind would swap him for Romanov.
I get what you're saying here. I really do.
Bouchard is 6th in the league among defence in even strength points and has better metrics than Romanov...
Look at who made the original offer, it wasn’t an Islanders fan. It was one of your own senile crew who wants to move out Evan Bouchard for a cheaper option thinking it’s even smart.
oh I'm not busting on Isles fans here, it's nonsense for them when they already have Dobson. It might make even less sense for the Oilers though.
