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 PlusOne
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Registered: July 2006
Location: Regina, Sask
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 12 March 2021 13:12 |
If a person is big on putting young players in positions to succeed, I don't see how putting a rookie on his offside does that. Vets struggle to do it but yet you expect a rookie too.
I don't know how you sell benching your teams best PK and best defending dman who's been playing excellent and been helping your team win most of your games in Larsson to McD or Leon and tell them you are doing it because you are serious about winning.
To get Bouchard in, I would probably rotate him and Bear.
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I dont read Oilers blogs or listen to TSN radio. I do listen to NHL radio as it covers the whole league and tends to be higher quality and less biased. I only mention this as I dont know about all the bloggers you mentioned in your first post (I only trimmed this for size)
I agree that you cant just put Bouchard in just for the sake of it. I also agree that shoehorning him in to his offhand side might be a recipe for disaster. (although he has apparently played there for long stretches before and is quite comfortable)
I also agree that I think he should be rotating in with Bear. Dont make it a "screw up and you are sitting" scenario. Have a convo with both. Discuss a plan and stick with it for a ten game stretch or so. Evaluate then. Create a new plan. If one emerges skew it to that player.
If they arent going to do that, the biggest thing for me is Bouchard needs to play hockey. If they cant come up with some way for him to do so in the NHL they need just send him to the Condors and call him up 3 weeks before the playoffs (fingers crossed) so he can quarantine and get back on the ice just in case he is needed for them.
Sitting and watching hockey for weeks at a time does not help the team, doesnt help the player and wont make it any different next year than this year. By that I mean he wont have any more NHL experience of off hand experience that will make him any more than he is right now.
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 12:21 |
und(i)sputed O.L.F.N Heavybra(i)n Champ(i)on of the Woooooooooooooooooorld. Plus. One.
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