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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Bouchard and Ekholm played with McDavid much of the year. They were a 5-man unit, like the Soviets used to do.
Simple question: if Bouchard were on another team, in a normal role, do you think his point total would be anything like what it was with the Oil last year?
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Codi Ceci played 1370 ES mins last year and 716 of those mins neither Draisaitl nor McDavid were on the ice. 52% of his ES ice time were with the 3rd and 4th lines matching up against the other team's best forwards.
I'm not a big fan of Ceci, but Broberg is not going to jump into that role and do well. Bouchard wouldn't either.
Ekholm could, but I doubt they split him up from Bouchard.
They aren't better but they are short picks and if Kane comes back early, they will need to put someone who makes $3 mil or more on IR all the way to the playoffs. If they start slow this could get messy for them.
Then there is the trade deadline, they won't be adding anything. If they do, they will be trading 2026 picks. This is the last year for them, Leon stays they will be so far in the hole they won't be able to pull out of it.