Samuel Bolduc needs to step his game up if he hopes to remain with the NY Islanders this season

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Bolduc is still young at only 23 years old. Aside from youth, he has the size that every general manager in the league looks for in a defenseman. At 6'4" and 220 lbs, he possesses the size and strength to battle for the puck in front of the net or in the corners.

Despite not being much of an offensive force in the QMJHL, the Islanders selected Bolduc 57th overall in the 2019 NHL Draft.

In his third season in Bridgeport, Bolduc broke out of his offensive shell, putting up the best numbers of his career, scoring 10 goals and adding 25 assists in 56 games earning him his first NHL call-up.

Despite not revealing his offensive prowess at this point in his NHL career, Bolduc displayed some of those skills in the Islanders' final regular season game.

Sitting in the press box for nearly three months, Bolduc drew back into the lineup against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Though it was a meaningless game for the Islanders it was anything but that for Bolduc, as it was his final opportunity of the season to prove to his coach he belonged at this level.

Bolduc scored a goal and had a helper in a 5-4 Islanders win, in what was a performance Roy hopes to see every day out of his young defenseman