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Is pending RFA Evan Bouchard worth $10-plus million per season?



TSN Hockey analyst Martin Biron joins SC with Jay Onrait to discuss the Oilers’ urgency in getting a new deal done with Connor McDavid, how he’d fix Edmonton’s goaltending woes, if he’s comfortable giving Evan Bouchard a $10-plus million per season deal, and how the Oilers can improve their depth in the off-season.

43 Comments

  1. LMAO !!!! He’s not worth 5.
    Oilers and the fans are slowly moving to becoming the dumbest fans.

    He’s a 4th liner on Florida. Ahahaha.

  2. 5 его цена в базарный день. Силовую борьбу избегает, в обороне он просто жалок. С Макдэвидом и Драйзайтлем в ПП многие прилично очков наберут.

  3. Well he needs 10 million less to stay in Canada. He can go to a tax free team for 8 and take home approximately the same . That’s why we have a tax free team in the final almost every year.

  4. Fk no take away McDavid and draisitle and see how many points he has .. those two set him up constantly .. I'm edmontonian and love the Oilers I wouldn't pay him more then 4 mill. A year prove me wrong Bouchard don't play with McDavid and draisitle let's see those points then

  5. Doesnt hit, doesnt defend, has no defense capabilty, no forethought to the play, doesnt takethebody in front of the net, oh ya hes worth way more than 10 mill a year. Ffs

  6. There's no point in making a trade for a goalie that isn't a clear improvement over Skinner.

    Merzlikens isn't. Gibson might be an improvement, but he's injured too much. How would a Swayman deal look, and is it realistic?

  7. Nurse is not worth his $9.5 million per yr I thought Rielly at $7.5 was bad but Nurse is overly paid and he isn’t even that good.

  8. Not a chance Defensively Bouchard is a lazy liability. He cost Edmonton so many goals against and 2 just in that last game. He cost us the cup. we can get 2 defense men for that .

  9. Are you insane crazy Bouchard is not worth that come on now Oilers made that stupid mistake with Nurse and they let Broberg go cause he wanted 4 mil we’ll let Bouchard go if he wants 10+ mil he’s not worth it

  10. He had a bad round against far and away the best team in the NHL 3 years running (they would of smoked Vegas if Bob showed up), up to that point he was absolutely lights out. Same goes for last year, except he was still solid in the finals. 10 mil is high, but Bouchard is an 8-8.5 mil defenseman in this NHL. He leaves a bit to be desired in the defensive zone sometimes with his sometimes lackadaisical approach, but he wasn't drafted and isn't going to get paid to be a defensive stalwart. He was drafted and is going to get paid to put up top5 offense from the blue line, while being a passable defender 80-90% of the time, which is what he has done the last 3 years.

    Nurse at 9.5 is far more outrageous then Bouchard at 10

  11. 🛑GET RID OF DARNEL NURSE THIS PYLON HAS BEEN CANCER TO THE OILER FRANCHISE FOR A DECADE‼️

  12. So McD, Drai, Nurse and Bouch are going to take 50% of the salary cap? The supporting players that took a discount in hopes of winning a cup won't do that again knowing what Bouch is going to make. How are they going to afford the rest? Bye Bye Oilers cup chances

  13. Bouchard… two primary assists for the Panthers in Game 6 — and he’s asking $10M/year from the Oilers? 😂 But sure, let’s blame Skinner for every goal and do "goalie fixes". The goalie gets the heat, while the Panthers’ 7th man in an Oilers jersey gets a raise. Makes total sense.

  14. Trade Bouchard,, This guy is the next Nurse,, over paid and one way D,, does not defend well, unlike Nurse who does NOTHING WELL !!!

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