BUTCH IS BACK!!!

[OnAFly]

Apparently Pierre-Marc Bouchard is coming back on Wednesday against the Yotes.

Any bets on how long before his next concussion? Hopefully a good long while, if ever. We need another person out there who can do something with the puck other than turn it over right in front of our net.

[solbes]

Sweet. Bet it's been real tough on him. Someone wrap some bubble wrap around that helmut. A healthy PMB would be a real assest.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Meh I'm not very pleased about him coming back. He had some great skill and was a pretty good playmaker before his concussion but he was way too scared of getting hit. The guy is pretty small for a hockey player, tiny in fact. That was his biggest problem though is that he would never go into the corners and dig for the puck. Now that he has had a concussion it is going to be much, much worse.

I hate to say it but most NHL hockey players who come back from a serious concussion are never the same and typically decline in points every season.

Oh well, we will see what he can do. I'm guessing he will play about 30-40 games this season with about 15 points.

[JimBuck]

I'll be at this one tonight. Looking forward to seeing him on the ice again. Butch is definitely not a scrapper in the corners like Bruno or Clutterbuck. I think he does well with open ice passes and setting up in the offensive zone. He's a smart player with a good stick and hopefully he'll contribute.