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Post by Marshall Bruce Mathers III on May 27, 2020 21:58:39 GMT -7
Now as I get stoked for the upcoming playoffs my mind is drawn to the state of Bouchard's present physical condition. He may not even be eligible to play in the playoffs regardless of his conditioning because of the amount of games played in the NHL. The point of this is does anyone know or have read or heard about Bouchard's fitness level and/or what he's been doing to stay in shape. edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers/edmonton-oilers-pipeline-update-evan-bouchard-still-on-track#commentsCouldn't find anything about his physical conditioning, but an encouraging piece about his development. Love the bit about his in-game adjustments. I think he's eligible to be on the playoff roster, but I'm not sure he's the best use of a spot. Going to be very interesting to see who they decide to go with. Holland said something about having 10 D, 16-17 F, and 3-4 G on the roster. I think we're allowed 30 (?) including goalies. The obvious 8 D are: Nurse-Bear Klefbom-Larsson Russell-Benning Jones-Green Who would be the last 2? I'm guess two out of Lagesson, Bouchard, Samorukov, and -possibly, though highly unlikely- Broberg. Now the 17 forwards: Nuge-Draisaitl-Yamamoto Ennis-McDavid-Kassian Athanasiou-Sheahan-Archibald Nygard-Haas-Chiasson Neal-Khaira-PRussell Benson-Marody For those who hate Khaira, he could potentially be waived and McLeod bought up. Finally, 3 Goalies: Koskinen Smith Skinner All in all, Bouchard is a highly likely candidate to be on the roster.
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Post by discostew on May 28, 2020 8:37:01 GMT -7
I think Bouchard will be called up. It would be good for him to get the extra practices in. And just be around for the playoff experience. Highly unlikely he sees any action though.
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Post by fogolin2 on May 29, 2020 16:44:37 GMT -7
Holland said something about having 10 D, 16-17 F, and 3-4 G on the roster. I think we're allowed 30 (?) including goalies. The obvious 8 D are: Nurse-Bear Klefbom-Larsson Russell-Benning Jones-Green Who would be the last 2? I'm guess two out of Lagesson, Bouchard, Samorukov, and -possibly, though highly unlikely- Broberg. Now the 17 forwards: Nuge-Draisaitl-Yamamoto Ennis-McDavid-Kassian Athanasiou-Sheahan-Archibald Nygard-Haas-Chiasson Neal-Khaira-PRussell Benson-Marody For those who hate Khaira, he could potentially be waived and McLeod bought up. Finally, 3 Goalies: Koskinen Smith Skinner All in all, Bouchard is a highly likely candidate to be on the roster. I'd say Lagesson and Bouchard for those 2 d slots. I would take 1 less forward and add a goalie. I'd leave Benson out and add whatever warm-body goalie we have. I'm worried about our goalie's ages, and this break. Having said that, both Smith and Kosko tend to start seasons pretty well. This is going to be such a weird unprecedented sprint scenario, that it's anybody's guess how individual players will respond. Does anybody know what the potential schedule of games could look like? Multiple games each day in the same venue is so weird. But, are there going to be back2backs? Are certain teams going to play earlier or later in the day based on their home time zone? All of this is exciting, but very very weird.
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Post by Marshall Bruce Mathers III on May 29, 2020 17:40:03 GMT -7
Holland said something about having 10 D, 16-17 F, and 3-4 G on the roster. I think we're allowed 30 (?) including goalies. The obvious 8 D are: Nurse-Bear Klefbom-Larsson Russell-Benning Jones-Green Who would be the last 2? I'm guess two out of Lagesson, Bouchard, Samorukov, and -possibly, though highly unlikely- Broberg. Now the 17 forwards: Nuge-Draisaitl-Yamamoto Ennis-McDavid-Kassian Athanasiou-Sheahan-Archibald Nygard-Haas-Chiasson Neal-Khaira-PRussell Benson-Marody For those who hate Khaira, he could potentially be waived and McLeod bought up. Finally, 3 Goalies: Koskinen Smith Skinner All in all, Bouchard is a highly likely candidate to be on the roster. I'd say Lagesson and Bouchard for those 2 d slots. I would take 1 less forward and add a goalie. I'd leave Benson out and add whatever warm-body goalie we have. I'm worried about our goalie's ages, and this break. Having said that, both Smith and Kosko tend to start seasons pretty well. This is going to be such a weird unprecedented sprint scenario, that it's anybody's guess how individual players will respond. Does anybody know what the potential schedule of games could look like? Multiple games each day in the same venue is so weird. But, are there going to be back2backs? Are certain teams going to play earlier or later in the day based on their home time zone? All of this is exciting, but very very weird. I’m guessing it’ll be similar to the Olympics and WHC. Multiple games a day. Then games they think are higher profile get the more prime time slots.
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Post by SuperDave17 on Jul 19, 2020 3:07:19 GMT -7
A surprisingly honest assessment from a Nucks fan:
And his AHL highlights:
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Post by mrtea on Jul 19, 2020 7:26:58 GMT -7
A surprisingly honest assessment from a Nucks fan: And his AHL highlights: I like and agree with the comment he made about sending McDavid up ice with stretch passes, I can see it now "Bouchard up ice to McDavid....HE SCORES !!!".
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Post by SuperDave17 on Oct 20, 2020 14:29:43 GMT -7
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Post by SuperDave17 on Oct 31, 2020 10:42:16 GMT -7
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Post by mrtea on Oct 31, 2020 16:07:38 GMT -7
For those of us that don't have an Athletics subscription, could someone sum up what is said in the article? I know I would appreciate it. I love reading about our prospects, especially when almost all of them are doing well. It's nice to here Samorukov is picking back up again. I read Lagesson is also doing really well, this is excellent for our future D corps. What's really impressive is that all our prospects are bringing different strengths to the table. In 2-3 years we are going to have a DEEP defensive corps. What a difference a few years can make to the team when there is good drafting. Now to hit a couple of home runs on the offensive prospects list and we should be smiling. We've just got to get out and stay out of the buyout category and things will look much better.
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Post by SuperDave17 on Oct 31, 2020 18:29:30 GMT -7
1) He's become the top-minute muncher dman for his team.
2) His shot is the perfect rebound weapon when there's traffic in front of the goal. But he could mix things up a little more at times, like an actual slapshot that aims for him scoring the goal himself, or faking a shot into a pass.
3) He's carrying the puck more. It means his edgework has improved, but his straight ahead speed hasn't noticeably so. He'll never be mistaken for Paul Coffey or Quinn Hughes, but improved edgework and a greater willingness to carry the puck has added an arsenal to his game where previously he would just dump it in the other end. And that willingness to carry until a play becomes available makes his already stellar passing game that much more effective.
4) His gap control isn't great at times. And that can sometimes mean losing and then chasing his man, leading to chances against or bad penalties. But he usually recovers, keeps his man to his back, cuts off pucks and then makes a breakout play.
5) He's not a perfect player, but he isn't a liability in any one area of the game anymore. He's at least NHL ready.
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Post by mrtea on Oct 31, 2020 20:06:19 GMT -7
Thanks Super! That was super!
With the play offs as late as they were and now waiting till January for the possibility of NHL play, it's thrown my sense of the seasons off. Part of me is not convinced that we will even see NHL play in January. The other part can't wait to see training camp and then especially seeing the season start and how our team looks. Hopefully we see chemistry in the lines and pairings = team chemistry.
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Post by oildude on Nov 3, 2020 11:12:17 GMT -7
Thanks Super! That was super! With the play offs as late as they were and now waiting till January for the possibility of NHL play, it's thrown my sense of the seasons off. Part of me is not convinced that we will even see NHL play in January. The other part can't wait to see training camp and then especially seeing the season start and how our team looks. Hopefully we see chemistry in the lines and pairings = team chemistry. My opinion is that when Bouchard and Broberg become fixtures in the top four we will be cup contenders every year.
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Post by mrtea on Nov 3, 2020 12:35:26 GMT -7
Thanks Super! That was super! With the play offs as late as they were and now waiting till January for the possibility of NHL play, it's thrown my sense of the seasons off. Part of me is not convinced that we will even see NHL play in January. The other part can't wait to see training camp and then especially seeing the season start and how our team looks. Hopefully we see chemistry in the lines and pairings = team chemistry. My opinion is that when Bouchard and Broberg become fixtures in the top four we will be cup contenders every year. That is pretty much how I see it. The rest of the team will be more experienced and mature. I believe we will be down right scary.
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Post by oildude on Nov 5, 2020 11:49:33 GMT -7
Really the biggest thing Holland bought this offseason was time. In a perfect world Lavoie, Benson, McLeod, Bouchard, Sammy, Broberg are ready in the next two years(some maybe earlier , some a little later). Hell even Konolov might be ready sooner than later. Our future line up is unpredictable but I could see in a few years: Nuge/McD/Pullijarvi Kahun/Drai/Yammimoto Benson/Holloway/Lavoie Ennis/McLeod/Archibald Nurse/Bear Broberg/Bouchard Samakourov/Jones Konolov Again an outright guess but I could see it.
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Post by Marshall Bruce Mathers III on Nov 5, 2020 12:47:27 GMT -7
Really the biggest thing Holland bought this offseason was time. In a perfect world Lavoie, Benson, McLeod, Bouchard, Sammy, Broberg are ready in the next two years(some maybe earlier , some a little later). Hell even Konolov might be ready sooner than later. Our future line up is unpredictable but I could see in a few years: Nuge/McD/Pullijarvi Kahun/Drai/Yammimoto Benson/Holloway/Lavoie Ennis/McLeod/Archibald Nurse/Bear Broberg/Bouchard Samakourov/Jones Konolov Again an outright guess but I could see it. 8 Chiarelli picks. Not bad lol.
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Post by drtaf on Nov 5, 2020 16:15:59 GMT -7
maybe we should hire him as a scout?;-) Not sure if you were counting broberg but he is the best IMO and he was KH's doing
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Post by SuperDave17 on Nov 5, 2020 17:43:47 GMT -7
McD, JP, Yam, Benson, Bear, Bouchard, Sam and Jones were the Chia picks.
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Post by mrtea on Nov 5, 2020 17:56:59 GMT -7
McD, JP, Yam, Benson, Bear, Bouchard, Sam and Jones were the Chia picks. Who would not have taken McDavid at that spot? Almost the same for Puljujarvi, except we do know of at least one GM who passed. It's also premature to call this a very good pick yet. Yam I got nothin', but Benson and Bear were known commodities to the Edmonton area. Bouchard was the pick to make in that draft position. Samorakov and Jones were Chia for sure.
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Post by Marshall Bruce Mathers III on Nov 5, 2020 17:57:38 GMT -7
McD, JP, Yam, Benson, Bear, Bouchard, Sam and Jones were the Chia picks. McLoed too.
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Post by mrtea on Nov 5, 2020 18:25:22 GMT -7
One thing that Chia definitely deserves credit for was laying the foundation for a good developmental system through the farm teams we've had since he was hired. We now have a development system that does not play second fiddle to our prospects, but instead gives our prospects the developmental tools and facilities to get to the next level.
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