From RDS Twitter
C'est confirmé! Le défenseur Francis Bouillon sera au camp du #Canadiens!! http://t.co/dItZO6XYiA http://t.co/39x8byhFAe
Just when things were looking up...sigh
The trouble is he's both old and motivated. Old guys tend to start great and fade quickly. And his motivation will spur that start.
In other words, it's quite possible he looks good in camp and suckers them into a contract. Brutal!
Given their situation with D-men, I can't understand for the life of me how they haven't moved on from him.
Bouillon was invited. Not giving a contract. The point of inviting Bouillon is that if everybody falls on their face and management isn't happy with all those guys, they have him. Bergevin keeps talking about depth. Not sure why people are surprised by this. And should be grateful that it's not, so far, about getting a new contract.
Signing Bouillon would indeed mean what about those guys. Inviting him without a contract, means nothing....so far. But let say that it does, well what it means is that if Bouillon is indeed in the plans, is that they believe Nygren is still not ready and are willing to give him another year in Sweden or about to trade him. And that they overrated Drewiske and feel he's worst than Bouillon.
Everybody knows this Berkshire is just a poster from HI/O who's allowed to write on Robert Lefebvre's old site, right? A blowhard with big opinions and not much insight or talent.
This regime treats Bouillon like he's a former great, not for the reality of the situation - that he's a former #6 d-man who cannot play any more.
Hoping this try-out is just MB giving his coach a bone...(r)?
I really don't think MB has any interest in signing Bouillon to a guaranteed contract. I guess it's not bad insurance during training camp if there's any injuries to anyone on defense.
But i'm going to assume that this 'try-out' is just the Habs allowing Bouillon to showcase what he can bring to another team as much as anything.
Can somebody just shoot Therrien already...I'm on my phone and can't link it now but according to a tweet from Hockey 360, the Habs offered Bouillon the choice between a 2-way contract or attending training camp.
I'm on my phone and can't link it now but according to a tweet from Hockey 360, the Habs offered Bouillon the choice between a 2-way contract or attending training camp.
Not really, because he won't get a 2-way deal if he "impresses"... he's going to get a ******** 1-year 1-way contract like he wants.I'm not contesting the report.
But HOLY **** THAT'S STUPID BEYOND BELIEF.
So basically, Bouillon refused a 2-way deal and opted for a PTO which, in the best case, will result in a 2-way deal.
That's so ****ing stupid I don't know where to start.
Bouillon: "It's ok, we'll turn down this offer, the fanbase will meltdown, Geoff Molson will call Bergevin and there'll be 8 years/9million on the table tomorrow."
Bouillon's Agent: "What's 10% of zero?"