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 Skookum Jim
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Mike wrote on Thu, 03 February 2022 04:56 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 03 February 2022 00:49 |
He's over matched on the top D pairing..
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Are we doing with Bouchard what we've done a million times before with guys like Poti, Petry, Schultz, etc...?
I see a stud there - but to go from AHL/Pressbox to top pairing over the span of basically a few games is a big ask for anyone, especially for Dmen. Might seem like a step back, but I wouldn't mind seeing him on 3rd pair with PP1 time. Either get a UFA to be like Giordano or Ristolainen (no idea how good he is anymore, just remember wanting him a long time ago) to fill in with Nurse on the top pair, or go nuts and do something like Barrie++ for Chychrun or someone like that.
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Agree Bouchard 3rd pair + PP1. Only trouble, his replacement is Ceci or Barrie on RD. Ceci and Keith are a good pair, Barrie is not much of an upgrade defensively.. get Chychrun for a 1st +, or Barrie ++, and you'd have something.. except he shoots left. :(
I think Bouchard's actually regressed defensively since he's been given top pairing with Nurse. Nurse is a horse, he can handle most of the volume of minutes he gets.. Bouchard can't. Plus he has a hard time physically, and positionally to handle pressure in hs own end, he's ok from the blue line out.. but thats not the primary duty of a defenceman. Can't expect to score 4 or 5 goals every game in order to get a win.
I don't know what Playfair has been doing but it doesn't seem to be helping Bouchard get any better at playing NHL level defenceman.
I'm critical of Bouchard because I expect more, you can see the ability, but the hockey IQ isn't there to match, thats what player development is supposed to do, he should be getting better.. Lowetide often says defencemen don't develop in straight lines.. hopefully its true with Bouchard and his development starts trending upwards.
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