Dreakon13
Registered User
Beaulieu, yeah probably. He was actively sabotaging most games he played in. If the organization has any sense, he should be at worst a healthy scratch most of the year... at best Botts should wrestle him to the ground himself and drag him to the waiver wire.But! Aggressively sending down Bogo, Poms, Beaulieu to the AHL if they aren’t good enough during camp might have a bigger impact than just buying them out. I’m not thinking about the shock value here rather the fact that we would give roster spots to players based on actual competence instead of pedigree.
I don't feel like Bogo, when he played, was quite that bad. His injury history was always his greatest downside and if he were by some miracle over that, he could still be an adequate bottom 4 guy this year. EDIT: Not that I actually believe he is over his injuries and I think they'd be silly to bank on him (fool me once, twice, three times, four times, etc)... but in either case, he's in the NHL or on IR. IMO.
And Pominville may not fit the mold we're trying to build but again, he's not so disgustingly bad that we need to make an example of him in his last year (possibly before retirement).
If they are suddenly disgustingly bad in camp, then maybe the tune changes there. I'd expect them both to be servicable in their respective (hopefully) bottom 4 D/13th forward roles.
EDIT: Also, if you can trade any of them, you do it without hesitation. But that's a given.
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