EDMONTON — It’s time, Evan Bouchard.

Time to become a pro. Time to grow up.

Most Oilers fans loved Bouchard’s performance Saturday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he had a goal and an assist, played 27:05 and helped the Oilers take a serious run at the Leafs after falling behind 3-0.

There was, however, a faction that watched that opening period — where the Leafs built a 3-0 lead that was fuelled partly by some sketchy Bouchard turnovers and mishandles — and thought, “How can such a good player make those plays?”

One of those folks… Well, you might have heard of him.

“I talk to Bouch a lot. Give him his space a lot of times, too. But we did speak (Sunday) about his game,” revealed Paul Coffey. “He nailed it bang on: Didn't have a great first, but had a big second and third.”

Let the record show that the Oilers lost that game in the opening period. That they were vastly better than Toronto over the final 40 minutes means little.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/time-for-oilers-evan-bouchard-to-figure-it-out/