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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Absolutely.
When you have a hand full of $5-$7 million dollar players at the top, it limits the ability of a team to pay for quality down the line-up. To put it bluntly, top heavy teams can't afford great 4th liners. Also, it's easier for good teams to hide the warts. The fact they signed him for 3 seasons doesn't mean anything other than they found someone who meets their bottom line.
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To be fair, players that are considered "warts" are not given "above league minimum" contracts for extended lengths of time. 3+ years on his contract implies that the Blackhawks viewed him as a part of the long term plan over some league minimum plug that they are now going to have to employ.
As much as I would rather we had kept the pick... Bollig looks like a better player than our typical fighter. At least I hope he proves to be because otherwise we could have kept the pick and signed some meathead on July 1st.