Modifié 23 sept. 2019 à 16 h 21
Quoting: Subbanator7667
He is better defensively, Nurse has more offensive upside but hasn't gotten there yet, so I give the slight edge to Morrissey.
Nurse has shown his greater offensive upside already: over the past 2 years he's 11th in the NHL scoring at 5v5 for defensemen, tied with Victor Hedman and Seth Jones.
http://naturalstattrick.com/playerteams.php?fromseason=20172018&thruseason=20182019&stype=2&sit=5v5&score=all&stdoi=std&rate=n&team=ALL&pos=D&loc=B&toi=0&gpfilt=none&fd=&td=&tgp=410&lines=single&draftteam=ALL
The only reason his point totals lag is because Klefbom gets most of the 1st unit PP time. Nurse stepped in when Klefbom was injured earlier this year and the PP did better so it's now his spot to lose.
[Edit: even still, he's 43rd in the league for all strengths scoring, tied with Tyler Myers, Brandon Montour and Ivan Provorov. Notable "offensive defensemen" that are bihind Nurse in scoring: Faulk, Hanifin, Slavin, Hampus Lindholm, Fowler, Vatanen and Brodin.]
Quoting: Subbanator7667
The second part of your reply is just dumb. Laine is and always will be the superior player to Bouchard.
Laine will score more goals, but I highly doubt he'll be a "superior player" to Evan Bouchard. To quote Dom Luszczyszyn:
(Laine's) already wretched defensive game deteriorated further as he carried a team worst among forwards 42 percent expected goals rate as a result. His 39 percent in the second half was a full 2.5 percentage points worse than the team’s next worst regular... If he’s not scoring, he’s not working and that’s the problem. It’s all fine and dandy when he is, but when he doesn’t, the holes in his game become extremely clear. It’s not just defence either as he’s become less involved on offence too, with his play-driving ability there declining, as well as his individual points percentage.
Laine is far from a complete player, and 50 points in an 82-game season certainly isn't out of the question for Bouchard.