Source: thehockeywriters.com - Monday, March 30, 2015
It’s no secret, the St. Louis Blues have one of the deepest back-ends in the entire league. With nine defencemen to choose from every night head coach Ken Hitchcock has more than his fair share of options. That being said, he has stated time and time again that he will dress the player’s who will give his team the best chance to win. One of his options is veteran Jay Bouwmeester. Bouwmeester is a coaches dream when you look at what he brings to the table every single night. He comes in a 6’4, skates like he is a small puck moving d-man, and is rarely not in the proper position. He is the kind of defenceman that you want on the ice at the end of the game to protect the lead, he’s not flashy and does all the little things right. Nonetheless, he is on pace to have his worst offensive season ever, begging the question: does he need rest leading up to the playoffs? Let’s rewind to earlier this season, Bouwmeester played in his 900th NHL career game at the age of 31, which is just flat-out impressive when you think about it. What’s more impressive is the iron-man streak he compiled over the course of 12 seasons which ended this season at 767 games including 116 straight with the Blues. Simply put, the 2014-2015 season is the first time Blues has been without his services since he was acquired from the Calgary Flames for Mark Cunari, rights to Reto Berra & a 2013 first round pick (Emile Poirier) at the 2013 trade deadline. Bouwmeester N
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It’s no secret, the St. Louis Blues have one of the deepest back-ends in the entire league. With nine defencemen to choose from every night head coach Ken Hitchcock has more than his fair share of options. That being said, he has stated time and time again that he will dress the player’s who will give his team the best chance to win. One of his options is veteran Jay Bouwmeester. Bouwmeester is a coaches dream when you look at what he brings to the table every single night. He comes in a 6’4, skates like he is a small puck moving d-man, and is rarely not in the proper position. He is the kind of defenceman that you want on the ice at the end of the game to protect the lead, he’s not flashy and does all the little things right. Nonetheless, he is on pace to have his worst offensive season ever, begging the question: does he need rest leading up to the playoffs? Let’s rewind to earlier this season, Bouwmeester played in his 900th NHL career game at the age of 31, which is just flat-out impressive when you think about it. What’s more impressive is the iron-man streak he compiled over the course of 12 seasons which ended this season at 767 games including 116 straight with the Blues. Simply put, the 2014-2015 season is the first time Blues has been without his services since he was acquired from the Calgary Flames for Mark Cunari, rights to Reto Berra & a 2013 first round pick (Emile Poirier) at the 2013 trade deadline. Bouwmeester Nfrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1BYxDkT
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