Will Bourdon Be Demoted?
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Will Bourdon Be Demoted?
With 9 games under his belt, if 19 year old Bourdon suits up for the Ducks' game on Thursday he will be with us the rest of the year.
Interesting, out of nowhere the play of Edler has seemingly vaulted him up the depth charts and past Bourdon.
El Vino agrees if you look at their ice time, particularly from tonights game against a deep Dallas team:
Edler - 16:46
Bourdon - 7:25
So the question is not whether or not you want or think it should happen, but if you think it actually will happen.
Will Bourdon be demoted? Or, will injuries to Mitchell and Salo force us to keep him around the entire season?
This will be an interesting story to watch the next 2 days.
Interesting, out of nowhere the play of Edler has seemingly vaulted him up the depth charts and past Bourdon.
El Vino agrees if you look at their ice time, particularly from tonights game against a deep Dallas team:
Edler - 16:46
Bourdon - 7:25
So the question is not whether or not you want or think it should happen, but if you think it actually will happen.
Will Bourdon be demoted? Or, will injuries to Mitchell and Salo force us to keep him around the entire season?
This will be an interesting story to watch the next 2 days.
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He can't go to the Moose because he's still eligible for junior.Kowch wrote:I think that if Mitchell and/or Salo come back on Thursday against the Ducks, Bourdon goes. I really think he needs some more seasoning.
Will he go back to junior or the Moose?
IMO if someone is healthy, or a trade is pulled off by Thursday then Bourdon will be sent down.
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Bourdon is not NHL ready. If he was, he'd be getting more than 8 mins of ice per game and he'd be outplaying perrenial all-star Rory Fitzpatrick.
If Bourdon was AHL eligible, he wouldn't be on the Canucks right now, but as it stands, he's stuck in a kind of limbo. Junior won't do him much good, and he's not getting much gametime experience in the bigs, so what do you do with him?
The CHL/NHL pact and the CBA decided this one for us
If Bourdon was AHL eligible, he wouldn't be on the Canucks right now, but as it stands, he's stuck in a kind of limbo. Junior won't do him much good, and he's not getting much gametime experience in the bigs, so what do you do with him?
The CHL/NHL pact and the CBA decided this one for us
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Two games is not much to go on but Edler looks far and away better that Luc. It will be a gamble to keep Edler and send Luc back but that will allow us to keep Luc another year down the road. I know we all had high hopes for Luc to be a mini Phaneuf but he is not there yet .
Edler I would imagine would also save us 300,000 as well. If Ohlund could mentor little Alex for a year things are looking rosy on our back end.
Edler I would imagine would also save us 300,000 as well. If Ohlund could mentor little Alex for a year things are looking rosy on our back end.
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I had thought that for entry level contracts they can go up and down for the entirety. Not sure though.Grizzly wrote:Probably sent back
... question though ... if he does stay for the entirety of this year how does that impact him for next year ? Can we choose to have him play in the minors or does he have to go through waivers ... I thought there was some kind of catch for next year too.
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I think he stays.
Time in the juniors will do him no good. It's a safe bet that we will have more injuries this year, and he can increase his ice time then. He is young and still getting over his injury. If Salo and Mitchell are both back, sit him next game, see how he does with a bit of rest (and a couple practices at home) and decide later. the first month was almost all on the road, and I think the travell might have gotten to him a bit... you never know..
I would think even just being around some of the leadership we have will be good for him and will help his development more than excelling in the juniors. If he is still getting less than 10 minutes a night at christmas time, loan him to The World Junior team where he can log a ton of minutes in presure games. I just think that at his level, he is wasted at the junior level.
Edler was called up to fill the hole caused by excesive injuries. keep him up for one more game to ease Mitchell and Salo back into the lineup and then make a decision on Luc for saturday.
Now, if he could be sent to the Moose, it would be a different story...
Time in the juniors will do him no good. It's a safe bet that we will have more injuries this year, and he can increase his ice time then. He is young and still getting over his injury. If Salo and Mitchell are both back, sit him next game, see how he does with a bit of rest (and a couple practices at home) and decide later. the first month was almost all on the road, and I think the travell might have gotten to him a bit... you never know..
I would think even just being around some of the leadership we have will be good for him and will help his development more than excelling in the juniors. If he is still getting less than 10 minutes a night at christmas time, loan him to The World Junior team where he can log a ton of minutes in presure games. I just think that at his level, he is wasted at the junior level.
Edler was called up to fill the hole caused by excesive injuries. keep him up for one more game to ease Mitchell and Salo back into the lineup and then make a decision on Luc for saturday.
Now, if he could be sent to the Moose, it would be a different story...
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I agree with MCP.
There's no point in sending him back to a league where he's already much, much better than the rest of his peers. I like the idea of loaning him to Canada for the WJC's. We'll be able to see how he handles the #1 and leadership roles.
Once February hits, send him to the Moose ASAP and let him log some big minutes. And then next year maybe let him spend a year in the AHL before letting him make the big jump. A year in the AHL does wonders. No sense rushing prospects that have as much potential as Bourdon does.
There's no point in sending him back to a league where he's already much, much better than the rest of his peers. I like the idea of loaning him to Canada for the WJC's. We'll be able to see how he handles the #1 and leadership roles.
Once February hits, send him to the Moose ASAP and let him log some big minutes. And then next year maybe let him spend a year in the AHL before letting him make the big jump. A year in the AHL does wonders. No sense rushing prospects that have as much potential as Bourdon does.
He's not getting enough experience playing 8-9 minutes a game when he's not in the press-box. Hell of a way to waste one of 7 years we have him as an RFA. Let him go back to Junior, rehab his leg, get his confidence back and let him play a bigger role at the WJC. If it weren't for him only being able to go to the Juniors, this wouldn't even be a debate.
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