Mattias Ekholm's Veteran Experience Helping Evan Bouchard Up His Game

«I've played with some guys that are high offensive guys. I think Evan is a high-end offensive guy, but I also think, for him, it's more just staying with it.» He added, «I don't think he was a liability at all when I played with him.»

«He's so smart and he's always in the right position, he's knocking down a lot of pucks, he's doing a good job defensively; he's got a really good outlet pass and he's a competitive guy»

«Just do exactly what you did for the last 25 games you were here, you don't need to do anything more. That's gonna help this team a tremendous amount and, like we talked about, keep trying to play defense when the time comes because if you're going to play over 23-24 minutes, you're going to have to defend against anyone in this league. You just can't play protected minutes for that much.»