Game 1 between the Edmonton Oilers and L.A. Kings resulted in a 6-5 win for the home team and fans had a field day on social media venting their frustrations with the team’s performance early in the game.
Evan Bouchard’s Game 1 performance in the Edmonton Oilers’ first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings proved just how polarizing a defenseman he can be.
The Edmonton Oilers are currently focused on winning their first Stanley Cup since 1990 and are close to clinching a playoff spot with the hope of having more success than last season, where they came up just short, losing in seven games to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final.
How many of the yearly leaders in NHL goals since the 1990-91 season can you name in five minutes?
A hot topic of conversation all season for the Edmonton Oilers has been contracts. While the contract most fans are focused on is the one Connor McDavid is due by next summer, Evan Bouchard‘s deal is set to expire after this season.
Evan Bouchard takes a lot of flack for what many fans deem a lack of urgency and defensive hockey smarts. He’s often overlooked in those two areas, but perhaps where he’s not given nearly enough credit is in his passing ability.
With so much attention on significant contracts for Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid, it’s almost been easy to forget that Evan Bouchard is a pending restricted free agent with arbitration rights.
The Washington Capitals reset the defence market on Tuesday (March 25) when they inked Jakob Chychrun to an eight-year deal with a $9 million cap hit. The Washington blueliner is having a great offensive season, recording 18 goals and 44 points through 66 games.
When Jakob Chychrun signed his eight-year contract extension with the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, it became clear right away that Evan Bouchard‘s extension in Edmonton wasn’t going to come for a penny less and might be worth more, given the age and points difference between the two players.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Scott Powers of The Athletic revealed that the Chicago Blackhawks put a contract offer on the table for Ryan Donato. It obviously wasn’t signed.
The Washington Capitals made headlines by locking up Jakob Chychrun to an eight-year contract with a $9 million cap hit, tying him with the Colorado Avalanche‘s Cale Makar and the New Jersey Devils‘ Dougie Hamilton for the 10th-highest paid defenseman in the league next season.
Remember the summer when Darnell Nurse signed his eight-year extension? He wasn’t the only big-name defenceman who got paid. Players like Cale Makar, Zach Werenski, Dougie Hamilton, and Miro Heiskanen all signed new deals in the month leading up to Nurse’s extension with the Oilers.
General manager Stan Bowman is going to have some very important contract discussions coming up soon. Connor McDavid, the captain of the Edmonton Oilers and the league’s top player, is eligible to sign an extension in July.
With little time remaining in the regular season, the Edmonton Oilers need to start thinking about and planning for the offseason. The organization has nine players on expiring deals, two of which are RFAs.
Depending on who you ask, Evan Bouchard and Noah Dobson are either great or awful. They are great two-way players that take their defenses and rosters altogether to the next level!
No player divides fans of the Edmonton Oilers quite like Evan Bouchard. Sure, Stuart Skinner has sparked some debate, but even during Bouchard’s standout playoff performances, criticism lingered.
Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard is on the hot seat in Edmonton again, this time after a costly turnover that led to the Buffalo Sabres’ third and game-winning goal on Monday night.
After a massive win over the Stars on Saturday, the Edmonton Oilers kicked off their four-game road trip with their second matchup of the season against the Buffalo Sabres.
Fresh off a 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night, the Edmonton Oilers hit the ice for a Monday skate ahead of their game against the Buffalo Sabres.
Evan Bouchard scored in overtime to help the Edmonton Oilers get back on track with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. Connor McDavid threaded a pass across to Bouchard, who found the back of the net with just seven seconds remaining in the extra frame, to halt the Canadiens' five-game winning streak.
Saturday afternoon, the Edmonton Oilers returned to regular season action and they were terrible. Losing 6-3 to the Philadelphia Flyers, it was one of the club’s worst defensive efforts of the season and perhaps the worst player on the ice for much of the game was Evan Bouchard.
The Edmonton Oilers haven’t avoided criticism this season as they look to make another deep playoff run after coming up short of their first Stanley Cup since 1990 last season.
The statistics have him ranked as one of the league's best two-way blue-liners, but not everyone's buying in. Overall, though, he is a valuable player. What's a problem, though, is his future contract.
Bouchard was hit hard and collided head-first with the net before crashing into the end boards.
Ultimately, who gets what from the NHL team of their choice will depend on the market caps and budget.
The Oilers aren’t likely to hold extension discussions with star defenseman Evan Bouchard this offseason.
The Florida Panthers won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history on Monday, but not before one heart-pounding sequence that could have changed the game's complexion.
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