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 Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Adam wrote on Tue, 02 February 2021 13:00 |
Anyone else concerned that the coach still wants training wheels on Evan Bouchard? To me, it speaks to one of two problems:
1) A coach who's too gun shy to play young players, and who will push veterans in front of them to the team's detriment; or
2) A player who's not living up to his draft potential and who's likely to be somewhat limited in what he can do as an NHL player.
Consider - there were 8 defencemen picked in the first 22 picks of the 2018 NHL Entry draft. Of those, six of them (Dahlin, Hughes, Boqvist, Dobson, Smith, and Miller are all every day roster players this season. Ryan Merkley, picked 11 choices after Bouchard is the only other one not to play in the NHL yet, but he is 10 months younger than Bouchard and hasn't had an opportunity to play any pro hockey yet, compared to Bouchard's full season in the AHL.
I think Bouchard's numbers suggest that there is a player there so I'm curious why the coach is so reluctant to play him. Is his skating so bad that they fear he can't keep up?
There's a lot of questions here, and almost any way you cut it, it's a cause for concern.
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No one wants to give Tip the benefit of the doubt that Bouch just had a back issue? :)
Gonna be very interesting to see what happens if Bouch makes a couple mistakes. This is as good as an opponent you could hope for to let a rookie get his feet wet. #FreeBouch
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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