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 inverno76
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Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
2 Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 28 April 2025 09:15 |
| inverno76 wrote on Mon, 28 April 2025 08:47 |
| Jay wrote on Sun, 27 April 2025 23:59 |
| PlusOne wrote on Sun, 27 April 2025 23:27 |
| Jay wrote on Sun, 27 April 2025 23:15 |
| PlusOne wrote on Sun, 27 April 2025 23:14 |
Everyone who thinks Buochard should be traded for a bag of pucks should remember this game.
THAT is exactly why all 32 teams in the league will overlook defensive issues for an elite offensive RHD!
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It's not just this game though. It's the playoffs. I'll take the guy who shows up when the lights are brightest.
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100%.
I didn't mean he was here for one game like this. I mas meaning that this game is Bouchard in a nutshell. He made a couple mistake, some fans call for his head, ignoring all of the things he did that very few d'men in the NHL can do.
He played 35 mins, 5 more than any other Oiler, including some PK time. He broke up numerous zone exits and zone entries by the Kings. None of that speaks to the offensive display of greatness.
Whether it is Ekholm coming back or management finding a partner to cover his 6, Bouchard is a major key to the success of this team. Cover his weaknesses and let his positives shine.
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35 min?! Damn.
Agree with all of this. I don't think they can count on ekholm coming back healthy. Was a mistake to do it this year and it bit them. Time to move on if they can. A decent gm should easily be able to find a replacement that can hold down the fort and let 2 do what he does.
Finding someone who can babysit (9.)25?... Well that's another story.
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Nurse had a bad game and like most of the blue line a not so great series, but this is recency bias. He’s quietly turned around his game this season. Bouchard for all of his offensive prowess is still more scary almost every time he’s on the ice and not playing with intensity.
Not to be a Debbie Downer, as he gets up for the big moments, but if he could deliver that kind of play more consistently we wouldn’t need his last minute heroics.
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Would argue complimenting Nurse on being slightly above average in the regular season would be recency bias for him. .
Consistently bad for 3 playoffs in a row, and a couple regular seasons surrounding 1 year of being kinda decent playing against middle tier competition most of the year. He set an insanely low bar leading into this season and beat it for a while, great, but this is the time where we need him to perform like he's worth even 1/2 his cap hit.
I do put more of the blame on Knob last night for the hole we dug. Thought it should have been clear already from the season and this series that Bouch+Nurse as a pair should be avoided like the plague.
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Agreed that the pair should never see the ice again unless they’re the only two left is the only correct decision. I’d say Nurse is playing at the level he capable of, I just tire of 9.25M contract being brought up like it’s his fault he’s overpaid. If he was getting paid 7M, no one says a thing this year, or if they do it’s complimentary.
Without Ekholm, he’s probably the Oilers best all all around Dman. Take that for what it’s worth. He can play in any situation adequately. PP, 5v5, PK, last minutes of a game. We can call it babysitting, or it’s finding a compatible partner. Like you said, 25 and 2 are a dangerous combo. Bouchard has struggled to lead a D pair too and I don’t think the answer is in that dressing room right now.
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