Don Cherry
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I am surprised that a great HOF writer like Dupont would take a cheapshot like that when the guy is down.Also a little unfair to Belesky to pin that on him.
I am surprised that a great HOF writer like Dupont would take a cheapshot like that when the guy is down.Also a little unfair to Belesky to pin that on him.
This stuck out to me, too. Wasn't he one of the better available wingers in the summer of 2015? Or, at least in terms of wingers who would have a "reasonable" cap hit (ie excluding franchise players.)
I remember being satisfied with the Hayes and Beleskey signings....and I'm satisfied that they're both not on the team now.
Do those still count against the cap?
You could say it's Sweeney purging his inner self.This stuck out to me, too. Wasn't he one of the better available wingers in the summer of 2015? Or, at least in terms of wingers who would have a "reasonable" cap hit (ie excluding franchise players.)
I remember being satisfied with the Hayes and Beleskey signings....and I'm satisfied that they're both not on the team now.
Please Baby Jesus, have some team with Cap space and a lack of depth claim Beleskey off waivers...
That would be the best xmas gift Baby Jesus could make. Maybe BJ finally will answer all the HFBoards prayers and free the Bruins from their sin aka the Beleskey signing.Please Baby Jesus, have some team with Cap space and a lack of depth claim Beleskey off waivers...
did he have 2.5 years left on his contract?Do not give up hope that someone will eventually take him off the Bruins' hands.
Tomas Kaberle was not resigned by the Bruins but signed with the Canes where he struggled only to have the Habs gladly take him on board.
The complete drop-off in Beleskey's production from the 2016 trade deadline onward will always be one of the great Bruin mysteries for me.
did he have 2.5 years left on his contract?
It's Ville Leino bad. I really have no idea wtf happened to this guy. Maybe it was the knee, maybe something personal in his life that stripped him of his professional focus, who knows. I wish him well, whatever happens; Beleskey is a good guy that genuially cares about this city and team.
It's Ville Leino bad. I really have no idea wtf happened to this guy. Maybe it was the knee, maybe something personal in his life that stripped him of his professional focus, who knows. I wish him well, whatever happens; Beleskey is a good guy that genuially cares about this city and team.
Just when one thinks the trail of excuses for Beleskey is miles long, it becomes longer yet. Now, we're down to Cassidy? Good grief. I also blame the Swan Boats; global warming, and that scapegoat for everything, Fox News, as well, for MB's failures this year.I wonder how much of this was Beleskey and how much was Cassidy. Beleskey at least, as mentioned, should have been able to contribute as a mean third line winger willing to fight in his weight class and sometimes above but he showed zero jump and aggression since Cassidy took over.
For a team as soft as the Bruins to waive one of the very few forwards who has some physicality to his game, especially being forced to eat a huge contract, I wonder if more was in play here.
Not defending his play this year, he has been awful with one of the worst contract in the league.
Maybe he lights it up in Providence and somebody would take him at half price on reentry waivers.
Spooner 2.85 and Beleskey 3.8 would make a pretty good second line wings salary.
Maybe Anaheim will grab him?
Hayes, though was an easier call, than currently....I'm all for taking the million and playing guys that deserve it. Sitting Heinen, Kuraly, or even Schaller for Beleskey is a mistake.
After having to see Hayes dressed for years solely because of money, I'm proud of the Bruins today. Hopefully Hayes was a lesson learned.