tho virtanen is the better player right now, oilers say no, bouchard isn't ready to play bear's minutes

That’s what I think. Thought I’d throw it out there and also I’ll swap Bouchard out with someone else

I doubt it, Bear has a similar ceiling to Rasmus Andersson. You dont let go of that for a mid 6 winger

Not enough upside to make up for moving bear.

Don’t like it for the Oilers. Leaves a hole on the right side til Bouchard is ready and might even force them to bring him along too quickly. I feel like Bear will be the better player long term as well. Virtanen would be a nice upgrade for McNuggets but that’s why y’all got AA and he got flushed to the bottom six for reasons that still aren’t clear to me

VAN is not moving Virtanen