No one actually assigns depth based upon contract amounts ... if so, then Campbell is our number 1 d... and Huet, is our number 1 goaltender... etc etc ...
All I am saying is he was paid based upon perceived potential, and I'm not entirely sure where that perception came from ... the standard method for payment on the team in the past was based upon projected progress; however I think the guy (Bolland) has a dodgy back. Based upon that, I would think Bolland is untradeable except to a sucker team.
Huet proved there aren't that many sucker GM's out there ...
All I am saying is that imo Bolland has never proven that he deserves that status. He is, at best, a third line center. I would rather have Sharp at center.
1. Dave Bolland is not untradable, I would promise you there are quite a few GMs that saw his performance last season and would take a chance on him even with his back issues and despite his overall play this season. How can you say he is only a 3rd line center at best? He was arguably our best player the entire post season last year. He shut every line he faced down and also put up a good amount of points while remaining defensively reliable, that is hard to do.
Bolland still is only 24 years old and he did put up 60 goals and a 130 points (in only 59 games) in his last season in London.
2. Did you seriously compare Christobal Huet with Dave Bolland as far as trade value? Come on get serious...
3. Patrick Sharp is a natural winger and it shows a lot of the time. He has trouble playing the middle of the ice and even though he is a capable center he is a far better winger. In fact if you watched the games you would see most of the time Sharp is actually playing the wing he just takes the draws because of his face off ability.
I have bashed Bolland this entire season, he is the biggest reason for our drop off from last year (outside of the salary cap). Still you're going to put him in the category with Cristobal Huet after a bad 40 games where he might be injured the entire time? Get fucking real... 24 year old two-way centermen are very rare in this league. I am not saying we should not look into trading him, but he defiantly has value. I still would rather hang on to him because once he gets healthy and his game back on track he is a steal at his cap hit.
Also how about pointing out Dave Bolland having 18 points in his last 20 games... he also is back to being "The Rat" over that stretch as well frustrating the other teams top lines. Yes Dave Bolland is worthless we might as well try and dump him for a couple of used pucks... lmao. I love some people on this forum.
