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Islanders 2019-20 player grade: Valuable veteran Johnny Boychuk

I'm sure he doesn't like being the older guy, but in hockey terms, 36-year-old New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk isn't young. With a Stanley Cup ring from 2011 and way more NHL experience than just about anyone on the Isles blue line, Boychuk is a leader on the back end.

He doesn't play the same number of minutes he did when he arrived via trade with the Boston Bruins in 2014, but Johnny Boychuk is still a valuable depth defenseman for one of the better blue lines in the NHL.

His performance in 2019-20 confirmed that.