Bouchard really makes me laugh. He was made into a "top" player strictly because of the fanboy media. He was a fringe NHL prospect with terrible skating and hockey IQ. Somehow he got talked about as being a premier offensive defenseman with a canon of a shot. Hence the dumbest catchphrase in sports with the Bouche-bomb. Even though his shot is awfully muffin like topping out in the mid 80's in velocity. It reminds me of Phaneuf back in the day when everyone thought he had a rocket of a shot. Then he entered the All-Star hardest shot competition and he was hitting 85mph. He was just so wild with his shot that it appeared heavy. Bouchard with a huge regression in offensive numbers, thanks to being demoted from the PP, and just awful defensive metrics is just his career leveling out.
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