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Registered: October 2006
Location: Vancouver
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 25 October 2021 08:21 |
Here is a question for you. If before last years season someone came to you and said, in the 21-22 Bouchard to start the year looking like a legit stud, at worse top 3, right shot dman but the trade off is they did what they did with him last year. In doing that, the Oilers were a good team last year, made the playoffs but lost out no because the defense was bad, it was because they couldn't score. Would you take that? I sure would.
I don't know if how they handled Bouchard last year was completely right but I do know it sure didn't hurt him. I do know that by all accounts whatever they did last year, helped him improve. I don't know if he would have just improved anyway, I doubt it but he could have. I don't know if he played more, he'd be that much better. He's been more than I ever could have expected so I don't know how he could me much better but maybe he could. All I know is, he was drafted by the Oilers, they slow played the crap out of him, maybe more than I personally would have liked but he looks fantastic, so far everything I had hoped he would be when he was drafted so I am having a hard time being upset with how the Oilers handled him at all if this is the end results.
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No, I wouldn't take that at all. It was dumb when they did it and it's still dumb now.
The other thing that we haven't talked about is the management perspective. Maybe if they had played him more, Holland would have realized that Bouchard was ready for a bigger role (let's not forget, he started the season on the 3rd pairing, so obviously even his own coaches and GM didn't know how good he was). And then maybe when Larsson walked, maybe Holland doesn't panic and think he needs to trade Bear because he HAS to re-sign Barrie to play with Nurse because he doesn't think (incorrectly imo) that Bear/Bouchard are up to the task.
[Updated on: Mon, 25 October 2021 14:55]
Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games
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