Former NHL defender James Wisniewski accepted a controversial and daring attitude during a recent podcast interview, in which two of the most elite defenders of the NHL were torn. Saying “you can’t win” with Evan Bouchard of the Edmonton Oilers and Quinn Hughes from the Vancouver Canucks, Wisniewski was extremely critical of Bouchard, which suggests that almost everyone could do what he does.
Appear on the Empty Netters podcastWisniewski suggested that the oilers will not win with Bouchard and were a little less critical about Hughes, just say that no team wins the Stanley Cup because of him. Opinions are not shared by most teams in the NHL, many of whom like both players, and in a recent article for athleticsWhere both Bouchard and Hughes achieved a or better figures on a contract efficiency ranking.
Wisniewski shot the Oilers’ decision to sign Bouchard to a four -year -old, $ 10.5 million a year, which suggests that it was a huge too much paid payment. “If you want to make a profit, that’s not the man you are going to sign to go to the next level,” said Wisniewski, who played 552 NHL games between 2005 and 2016. Although he prees the attacking skill of Bouchard, in particular on the Power Play, he claimed that the money would be better spent on a furious spare spare. He argued that the oilers should have signed a Power-Play man of $ 5 million, then added a shutdown defender of $ 5.5 million, who received two for the price of one.
“I guarantee you, if you gave me two months to get my thick ass in shape, I could perform the F*CKING Power Play,” Wisniewski added, which suggests that the feeding of Connor McDavid and the firing of One-Timers does not justify Bouchard’s price tag.
Wisniewski also focused on Quinn Hughes and claimed that the captain of Canucks is not the type of defender that a team can lead to a championship. “You don’t win a cup with that man,” he said, with reference to the smaller framework of Hughes and lack of physicality as a play -off obligations. He then said that someone like Zach Werenski is the kind of player that brings you a championship.
Despite the fact that both players are much more talented than he ever was, Wisniewski argued that their styles do not fit what teams should win if it matters the most.
What do you think? Is Wisniewski right? Bouchard has been twice to Stanley Cup final. It is clear that the oilers win a lot with him in an important role. The Canucks still have to make a deep play -off run with Hughes, but there is no GM in the competition that would not like him.
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