Craig MacTavish

Score.

What's the score at the time he's trying to make this play?

What's the time in the game?

And what's the probability of completion of the play?

And that's what the player has to metabolize before he spits out a decision on the play that he's going to make.

And I think that

You know, I've heard people, I haven't done the research, but I've heard people talk about the fact that he actually turns the puck over less for goals than Cale McCarr.

Cale McCarr, you know, is directly responsible through turnovers for more goals against than Evan Bouchard.

And I agree.

I mean, I can understand that.

And I don't think it's the turnovers to me that...

have negatively impacted his appreciation in the hockey world marketplace.

I think he's a straight-legged defender.

He's worked hard to be more competitive and knock players off the puck and do a better job with his stick than he did when he started.

And straight-legged defenders, at times they look a little awkward in their one-on-one ability to defend the highly important plays

below the goal line.

And I think Evan has really done a good job of that, improving that.

And his penalty kill time is a direct result of him improving his one-on-one checking ability below the goal line.

Well, nobody has better hand-eye coordination than Evan Bouchard.

He would have knocked the puck down.