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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Or how about Brandon Bollig? Surely he gets bought out before Treliving even thinks about trading Ferland, no? Guy can't play hockey, doesn't fight, doesn't hit, doesn't do anything really. He's more like a big, funny mascot out there than a contributing member of the team. He's just adorable out there, but I'm not sure how he helps the team. He must be Matt Stajan levels of awesome in the room to get away with being so useless.
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There's no need to buy out Bollig because he's relatively cheap. He's only making a cap hit of $1.25M. Why not just bury him in Stockton (or wherever the AHL affiliate will be) next year instead? You can hide around 75% of his entire contract in the minors next year anyway.