I know there is several replies to my post, but hopefully this reply answers it all
Getting that type of contract as fast probably don't happen a lot but at the same time, if the player improves well, you have him on a bargain price. If the player doesn't progress, you still pay him near the league minimum (or ELCs)... This is a NON-ISSUE for 90% of NHL teams. Worse case scenario, you buy him out or burry him in the AHL.
I am not saying that Borowiecki is a world beater or anything (and I wouldn't mind at all if he was out of the team) but what is going on in HF Sens is unfair... You guys will say a ton of things but reality is that he is now victim of hyperbole, put under a microscope and get unfair exaggerated criticism. I have seen that circle soooo many times on here that now it just makes me laugh.
Example : Colin Greening was my most disliked player from the years he played. I was the first here to say "the puck dies on his stick" while a poster like Fuhr was pimping him to be the next Knuble. You know what happened? I ended up defending Greening because what you could read around here was ridiculous. Proof? Many were saying "he shouldn't even play another game in the NHL, he is terrrrrrible", and he goes on and puts 15 pts in 30 games with the Leafs.
Borowiecki is what it is, a depth D-man on a cheap cap hit. The optics from last season gave the impression that he was played above what he should, which was true for some games, but overall he was 9th in TOI/G among Sens D-men last season...
http://www.nhl.com/stats/player?rep...t=timeOnIcePerGame&aggregate=0&teamId=9&pos=D
Only Wideman and Harpur had lower TOI/G
Now, if he was this terrible, he should not be counted on defensively? Yet, since 2012-13, he is 4th for ES GA/60
http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com/rat...=50&teamid=21&type=goals&sort=A60&sortdir=ASC
Conclusion : I think he is ok as a 7th D-man. I doubt every other NHL team has a better 7th D-man, so let's stop acting like it was a fact.