Evan Bouchard just signed a 4-year deal to stay with the Edmonton Oilers, and the numbers prove it’s a bargain. In today’s episode, host Nick Zararis breaks down why Bouchard is one of the best defensemen in the NHL, how his connection with Connor McDavid transforms the Oilers’ offense, and why his postseason numbers are being overlooked. Bouchard is one of the game’s best and is integral to the Oilers contender status
0:00 Evan Bouchard signs with Oilers
3:11 Offensive defensemen are valuable inefficiency
7:16 Bouchard’s impact outweighs occasional mistakes
11:52 McDavid-Bouchard pairing dominates minutes
16:28 Bouchard’s impressive playoff performance stats
21:04 Offense more valuable than defense for defensemen
24:36 Ranking top NHL defensemen, Bouchard 5th-8th
Why Evan Bouchard Is a Top-5 Defenseman in the NHL and the Edmonton Oilers got a steal
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10 Comments
The Bouch Bum is highly overrated and overpaid 😂
OMG WHAT IS EVANS AGENT PAYING You For Your ASS KI$$ING NONSENSE . HOLY HELL MAN. WE KNOW WHAT HE IS HORRIBLE DEFENDING , OK OFFENSE AS LONG AS IT'S WITH CONNOR. GIVE IT A REST . NO ONE BELIEVES THIS SMOKE SUNSHINE FLUFF
Overpaid bum
ur biased bro… he is not top 5. every GM in leavue would take guys like Slavin, Werenski, over him of it was for rigjt now. not to mention Makar Hughes, Fox etc
another 10 million pylon LOLhim and Nurse 20 mil for 2 PYLONS BOTH WOULD BE 3RD PAIRING ON ANY OTHER TEAM
YOU ARE INSANE!!! He is a shitty defenseman… terrible in his own end… BRUTAL!!! He is a power play
specialist…. Top 5?? There are four better defensemen on the Panthers!!!
LMFAO Not even top 10
Maybe top 15?? But definitely not top 5
In the O-Zone yes but that's were it ends…His gap control and neutral zone tracking is some of the worst in the league. In his own zone his effort is brutal. Just seems like a lack of interest. He's more worried about getting hit than digging pucks out of the corner. On any other team Evan does not have the same points.
As well, If he makes Team Canada for the Olympics he might play one game. Coaching staff will quickly see he can't play without the puck against the top players. He's out of position a lot.