Bolland to Panthers

[Bullfrog]

Good player.

Baaaaad contract.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

I'm assuming he would have made Crosby money if not for the ankle injury.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Seriously, as Scott Cullen says on Twitter, $5.5 million for an injury plagued, 3rd line checking C.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Good job Nonis/Shanahan staying the heck away from that.

Considering Dreger said the Leafs were at $5mil for 5 years, I think we're betting off thanking Tallon for being insane.

Which is hilarious.  Remember how much Bolland loved Toronto and all that?  For ~$500 K difference he's gone.

 

[AvroArrow]

Good job Nonis/Shanahan staying the heck away from that.

Considering Dreger said the Leafs were at $5mil for 5 years, I think we're betting off thanking Tallon for being insane.

Which is hilarious.  Remember how much Bolland loved Toronto and all that?  For ~$500 K difference he's gone.

Well, that all assumes Dreger is accurate.  Kypreos is saying the exact opposite - that we didn't even offer a contract.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Good job Nonis/Shanahan staying the heck away from that.

Considering Dreger said the Leafs were at $5mil for 5 years, I think we're betting off thanking Tallon for being insane.

Which is hilarious.  Remember how much Bolland loved Toronto and all that?  For ~$500 K difference he's gone.

Well, that all assumes Dreger is accurate.  Kypreos is saying the exact opposite - that we didn't even offer a contract.

Well Bolland just said:

@Hope_Smoke 

Bolland on FAN 590 "there were only about 2 or 3 teams that were in the mix. Came down to Florida and Toronto"

 

[L K]

I wouldn't have touched that contract with a ten foot clown pole.

I would have, but only to pick it up, pretend to read it, push my fake glasses down my face and the look at Bolland's agent and say "really?".

 

[2badknees]

I imagine he'll be announced as captain of the panthers, with jovo being waived.

 

[moon111]

Dear Florida,

We signed David Clarkson's contract, and are still laughing at you.  Good luck with that.

signed Leaf Fans.

 

[princedpw]

Good job Nonis/Shanahan staying the heck away from that.

Considering Dreger said the Leafs were at $5mil for 5 years, I think we're betting off thanking Tallon for being insane.

Which is hilarious.  Remember how much Bolland loved Toronto and all that?  For ~$500 K difference he's gone.

Thank god.  What a relief.

 

[princedpw]

Dear Florida,

We signed David Clarkson's contract, and are still laughing at you.  Good luck with that.

signed Leaf Fans.

Clarkson's contract may still be the worst in the NHL, but at least he has some competition now.

... compare Moulson (20-30 goal pace for each of the last 5 years) with Bolland (20-30 point pace...) for 500K more per year, coming off injury.

How good do people think Bolland's defense is?

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Dear Florida,

We signed David Clarkson's contract, and are still laughing at you.  Good luck with that.

signed Leaf Fans.

With a gun to my head, I'd still take Bolland's contract (and a barf bag) over Clarkson's.

 

[L K]

Dear Florida,

We signed David Clarkson's contract, and are still laughing at you.  Good luck with that.

signed Leaf Fans.

With a gun to my head, I'd still take Bolland's contract (and a barf bag) over Clarkson's.

Injuries and overpayment are what make Bolland's contract unappealing.  Clarkson had effort level issues and over his career is worse offensively than Bolland.  If you gave Josh Gorges the choice of either signing Bolland, Clarkson, or playing for the Leafs, he would choose Bolland.

 

[Boston Leaf]

thank heavens someone in the leaf brass said no to this insane deal...Id have been sick if the leafs doled out this contract....

 

[cabber24]

Still bothers me that it was Kassian who happened to cut Bolland...

Funny how the last two lacerations of late were from guys named Cooke and Kassian.

Anyway it was exciting to have Bolland, to bad we never really got to see much of him.

 

[Tigger]

Good for Dave, hopefully for him he gets a fresh start in Sunrise.

 

[Joe S.]

Clarkson contract aside, this may be the funniest contract since Holik's 9mil.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Nope, Englland in Calgary wins.

 

[bustaheims]

So thankful for teams that need to reach the cap floor and make poor decisions!

 

[L K]

So thankful for teams that need to reach the cap floor and make poor decisions!

Bolland is their second highest paid player behind Cambell.  They have 15 million in cap space to sign 4 players.  That's kind of insane.