Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Islanders re-sign Eric Boulton [1 year]

[LeapOnOver]

Didn't you watch Slapshot? Every team needs that old player coach!

 

[ayoshi]

Was on pace for 16 goals in '14-15

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Wilson probably still hiding

Probably still no reason to fight him. Time to let it go.

 

[crasherino]

I wonder how the Islanders will sneak him through waivers. Pretty sure he'll get snatched up by a team looking for some veteran leadership.

 

[Nothing Is New]

Good for "Hat Trick" (12/19/2010). Good guy. Wish him the best. We loved you in Atlanta.

 

[2ndGenIslander]

The Hat Trick: Never Forget

 

[Snippit]

He will be named Warden of the North.

 

[Dominator13]

This is an impressive post.

Take 1 punch them come back to me. Easy job my ass, it might be unnecessary to some but calling what they do easy is ridiculous.

 

[boredmale]

In "shocking" news

 

[Deen]

Same old song and dance. The Islanders put him on and take him off IR to benefit them team. It is garbage the league allows this to happen.

 

[Baemon Severson*]

Take 1 punch them come back to me. Easy job my ass, it might be unnecessary to some but calling what they do easy is ridiculous.

Dude gets paid nearly a million dollars to do what a guy off the street can do. It's an easy job

 

[boredmale]

Same old song and dance. The Islanders put him on and take him off IR to benefit them team. It is garbage the league allows this to happen.

Even though I know it's Boulton(who most likely wouldn't be picked up on waivers if they sent him down and called him up for the odd game), I am somewhat surprised they don't call it out myself.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Dude gets paid nearly a million dollars to do what a guy off the street can do. It's an easy job

Tell that to Derek Boogaard.

 

[insider]

Honest question: is he the last IHL guy left in the league? He was teammates with Sean Pronger, Robert Dome, Manny Fernandez, Kevin Weekes and Mike Yeo in that league...

 

[Jester9881]

Same old song and dance. The Islanders put him on and take him off IR to benefit them team. It is garbage the league allows this to happen.

It's a loophole that should probably be fixed.... but are the Islanders really benefiting much off it? I mean, the guy might get into 3-4 games this year and play no more than a total of 15 minutes? It's not like they're hiding a $5m top line winger to stay under the cap here....

 

[seafoam]

Same old song and dance. The Islanders put him on and take him off IR to benefit them team. It is garbage the league allows this to happen.

Stashing Boulton on IR is immaterial to the Islanders' success so I wouldn't say that.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Lol, Boulton will probably be on IR for the Isles 5 years from now. He earns $1M to be in the pressbox to eat nachos and to eat punches to the face from time to time.

 

[Baemon Severson*]

Tell that to Derek Boogaard.

That makes it a dangerous job, not difficult

A toll collector has a much greater risk of respiratory problems because they breathe in fumes all day. Are the duties of that job actually difficult?

 

[SI90]

Tavares loves the guy and feels he's an important part of the locker room. Tavares always gets his buddies paid one way or another.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Tavares loves the guy and feels he's an important part of the locker room. Tavares always gets his buddies paid one way or another.

They should give him a portion of their salaries, because Tavares is way underpaid. How can a guy who plays less than 10 games per season be an important part of the locker room when he's watching most of the games from the press box? I mean, he isn't in constant contact with his teammates, no?

 

[IslesNorway]

It's a farce and the league should really stamp down on this.

 

[LordNeverLose]

They should give him a portion of their salaries, because Tavares is way underpaid. How can a guy who plays less than 10 games per season be an important part of the locker room when he's watching most of the games from the press box? I mean, he isn't in constant contact with his teammates, no?

A significant portion of the time is not during games lol

 

[izzy]

It's a farce and the league should really stamp down on this.

Not really a big deal

 

[SI90]

They should give him a portion of their salaries, because Tavares is way underpaid. How can a guy who plays less than 10 games per season be an important part of the locker room when he's watching most of the games from the press box? I mean, he isn't in constant contact with his teammates, no?

Sure they are. Road trips, dinners, practices, team events, and rec time at the rink or practice
Facilities.

 

[Terry Yake]

Lol, Boulton will probably be on IR for the Isles 5 years from now. He earns $1M to be in the pressbox to eat nachos and to eat punches to the face from time to time.

i'd take far less than a million for that job

and yes, i'm pretty sure boulton is the last active player in the NHL who played in the IHL