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Originally Posted by Karl
Bollig is a part of the dying breed that is the enforcers (or pseudo enforcers) that really have little to no other real hockey skill other than face punching. There is no good reason for him to be on the Flames next year.
There is easily enough toughness on this team that they can get by with without Bollig. Engelland is BOTH a better hockey player, and also a better fighter than Bollig. Plus, Engelland can play both defence & forward as well. Then they have Ferland & Bouma who are much better hockey players than Bollig, plus they can handle doing fighting too. Now they also have Hathaway, who can provide at least as much hockey playing ability as Bollig if not even more, aside from face punching.
Bollig is only making $1.25M, so he's cheap and he's terrible. If he can't be traded in the offseason, he should be buried in the AHL next year. It's not like it's even a huge financial burden to do that, since about 75% of his cap hit can be buried.
Bollig is not needed on this team anymore.
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Amen! If you need a collection plate to help us get rid of Bollig I can donate! Only if this is next season though. Right now I want Bollig playing big minutes. Playing him right now can only help this team! I would say call up Raymond too, but that SOB will probably score 20 goals in 9 games with our luck!