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Originally Posted by AC
One of my least favourite Flames "tough guys" of all time. He managed to avoid standing up for teammates to an impressive degree.
No surprise he finished his contract in the AHL as a result.
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I don't know... Andre Roy gives Bollig a run for his money in my opinion. Boy did he frustrate me.
As for Bollig, Treliving didn't trade for him just to have an enforcer. Treliving felt that there was some skill (and Q did use him on the PK somewhat in Chicago). Bollig just.. didn't do much. At all.
I also don't think any team employs an enforcer these days. I can't think of a straight-up enforcer left in the NHL. Lucic will be in the last couple of years of his contract, but even he doesn't count for now.
I do think that guys like Brouwer are expected to do that. Chiasson even dropped the gloves this season (which I found surprising) when he stood up for someone (I can't remember who now though.. was it Stajan??). That is actually why I am an advocate of bringing back Iginla. He could step up and do that when really necessary, but can still provide decent play and depth scoring on the 4th or maybe 3rd line.
I look at the Flames and I do feel that they are a bit exposed at the moment (though many others will disagree, and that's fair). I just remember the Lucic running over Miller incident, and how that team just imploded after that - or how Vancouver imploded after Calgary started their tough guys and Torts over-reacted. Having to deal with Lucic, Kassian, Maroon and Nurse all season is going to be taxing. It isn't quite like dealing with a guy like MacIntyre who couldn't skate and who the refs would jump on right away. Will be interesting to see how the Flames handle that side of the game.
Either way, Bollig wasn't an answer for anything, though kudos to him for playing well in Stockton and being a good leader by all accounts.