I don't mind the signing, but my biggest issue is the $ and term. One year @ $750K and I'd be much happier.
Had a feeling we'd bring in an enforcer though.
Had a feeling we'd bring in an enforcer though.
Confirmed with Link: Jared Boll signs with Anaheim
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Agreed. Honestly there's nothing wrong with the Raymond and Schultz signings. The Boll signing is bad, but IMO, not finding a way to pay Perron 3.7 million is worse.
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The thing that worries me is the term and amount. Spending 900K for 2 years indicates Murray and Carlyle see this guy as an NHL caliber player. Boll is not an NHL caliber player these days. If Boll wasn't willing to take a two way then we are better off not signing him. There are better players who can fight in the minors who can take two way deals.
BM is lost, he is signing bunch of guys because he doesnt know where to go with current roster, those are bad desperate moves.Just realised that this is for 2 years, seriously?
3 of those 4 contracts are two way so are likely planned for San Diego so it's probably not fair to call him an idiot based on that.
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Except all of these signings outside of Boll are far more likely to spend most of next season in San Diego instead of Anaheim.
Columbus' fans are lollerskating all over the place, knowing how utterly useless Boll is.
He didn't even have a spot on on a bottom-3 team (last season), but he's supposed to help Anaheim make the playoffs?
I swear, I would make more sane and logical decisions if I were the GM of Anaheim.
It's almost impossible not to.
He didn't even have a spot on on a bottom-3 team (last season), but he's supposed to help Anaheim make the playoffs?
I swear, I would make more sane and logical decisions if I were the GM of Anaheim.
It's almost impossible not to.
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As much as I dislike the signing Boll isn't going to make our break our chances of making the playoffs. Calm down with the hyperbole it's getting old.
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I agree. I don't like it as a pattern of spending money unnecessarily, but Boll is a pretty insignificant signing.
Even though it is one way, he can still be sent to the minors. I would not doubt that the 2 years is in reaction to the expansion draft, and having to make so many payers eligible. Players have to be under contract to be made eligible.
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He also needs to play 40 games this year to meet the criteria to be counted as one of the two NHL calibers players exposed. That can't happen in the A.
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Exactly what I was thinking. Hope the PK is still good this year... looks like that group will be getting plenty of ice time.
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Well, the assumption that Boll got two years so he could be exposed at the expansion draft is no longer going to happen. I'd take Vermette 10/10 times.
Hope he likes it in San Diego.
Hope he likes it in San Diego.
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He could still be here for that. We have to expose a certain amount of our cap to the draft. I don't remember how much it was or what we have currently exposed, but it's still a plausible assumption.
I do not believe that stipulation was kept as part of the final expansion draft rules.
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On a similar note, has it ever been shown unequivocally (not speculated) that Montour is draft exempt? I know his first stint in the A was on a ATO, but I haven't seen it stated anywhere that that makes him exempt.
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Let's be honest. When Bob signed Boll, he had no idea he could land someone like Vermette. Just another wasted $1.8M now. 
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I hope so too. For his sake and the Ducks sake, Boll shouldn't be playing a regular shift at the NHL level anymore.
