I watch just about every Ducks game. According to stats, he played 32 games, has 2 goals and 8 assists for 10 points, and was +4. I wouldn't say he "did not do it" for Anaheim. He played hard. He was effective. He got some numbers. His stats project to 25+ points for a full season. The Ducks simply did not have room for him. I wish him luck in Nashville. At least, he is an effective 3rd or 4th line winger. Maybe he will finally break out and be a 2nd line winger, and score some for Nashville.
As a Nashville Predators fan, I'm excited about this trade, but I'm not sure why. I think it may have to do with Barry Trotz' ability to "make chemistry" and this player's relative youth. I'm hopeful that it was just not a good fit with the Anaheim Ducks on that already very skilled roster they have. I I feel kind of like a kid opening up a new toy, tilting my head, and saying, "So, what does it do?"
I'll show my ignorance and ask -- what does "future considerations" mean in a deal like this?
I remember reading somewhere that sometimes "future considerations" in GM speak means "pick up the tab the next time we're at dinner" or "cover my round of golf" and they'll call it even.
Future considerations in this deal would mean that depending on how Bochenski does and how far the Preds go in the playoffs will determine what type of draft pick the Ducks get down the road.
As for his talent level nothing against him but 2 teams sent him packing this season so you have to start to wonder if it is him or the systems he is in that is not allowing him to reach his potential, or he has reached it and this is as good as it gets.
25 plus points are not going to cut it with the role he had the opportunity for with the Ducks. Since you watched most of the Duck games you probably noticed how many opportunities Brandon had to put the puck in the net, yet failed to do so.
He was picked up from Boston in hopes to provide some scoring and that a new environment might provide the charm.
When you get moved twice in a season by 2 teams that need scoring, you have to wonder if he has what it takes to be classified as a scorer in the NHL.
I wish him all the best as well, I am just not certain that he will be what he is classified as.
As for projecting out the numbers, you can project out all you want but that does not mean that it is going to translate out into really happening. If you project out after the first game of the year and a guy has 2 goals and 3 assists in the first game, he would project to 162-246-408. Do you think that is going to happen???
Nice try with the math, but if he had big potential he would have shown it and would still be a Duck.
The team stats for Anaheim seem to imply that there's a lack of scoring on that team, but I think in reality there's more than a bunch of capable players on that team that can put the puck in the net (Perry, Getzlaf, Kunitz, Selanne, Weight, Bertuzzi, etc.), and given what he makes and what they make, you're going to sit a guy like Bochenski before you sit any of them.
I would bet that more accurately he was traded because he doesn't bring that hard-hitting aspect of the game that Burke likes so much (which I guess means Selanne gets the only pass in that respect). He's not a defensive forward, so he's got no value there. So, he's expendable.
