Bruins sign McGrattan to one-year deal; waive Schaefer
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Oct 11, 2010 2:03 PM EDT
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As expected, the Bruins announced today that they have signed forward Brian McGrattan to a 1-year deal. Terms of the deal are not known, but it was expected to be a two-way, which would allow McGrattan to play in both the NHL and AHL this season without having to clear waivers. McGrattan was in camp with the Bruins on a professional try-out agreement and impressed the Bruins' brass enough to earn a contract. McGrattan will likely split time between the 4th line, the 9th floor, and the Ocean State this season. McGrattan gives the B's some added toughness, depth, and veteran presence. The contract is likely for short money and a two-way deal. It is low-risk for the Bruins. Why not? You can never have enough team toughness.
In another expected move, the Bruins waived goalie Nolan Schaefer with the intent to send him to Providence. The NHL granted permission for the teams that were traveling overseas to carry three goaltenders. Schaefer was able to hitch a ride with the B's to Prague and will now report to the Baby-B's (if he clears waivers).
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I like keeping McGratten
I like having a lot of bench players, and replacing them if they don’t perform, like Paille yesterday. Maybe light a fire under some underperforming players.
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by bestbostonsports on Oct 11, 2010 2:18 PM EDT reply actions
According to Fluto, McGrattan will earn $515,000 in Boston and $105,00 in Providence. So, it was a low money, low risk move.
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2010/10/mcgrattan_score.html
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Oct 12, 2010 5:59 PM EDT reply actions
low risk, but high return if it works out well
by BlueNGoldBomber on Oct 13, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Since McGrattan brings one, and only one, skill to the table, you might as well enjoy it for what it is. Here’s his HockeyFights page:
http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/52
He’s got some good scraps on there. The MacIntyre and Koci fights are particularly entertaining.
Free Brad Marchand!
I’m indifferent to the signing, personally. If McGrattan keeps Joe Colborne and Zach Hamill from getting roughed up in Providence, then I suppose it’s 100 grand well spent.
I remain opposed to the Bruins wasting an active roster spot on a designated goon, at the expense of a useful player. I think that with Chara, Lucic and Stuart, they have enough toughs who can serve as a deterrent to the bad guys. However, I will happily concede that the Marchand-Campbell-Thornton line has acquitted itself nicely so far. So one can at least argue that Thornton brings something else to the table. I don’t see how that argument can be made for McGrattan, and I’ll be disappointed if he spends any appreciable time with the big club.
Free Brad Marchand!
You can never have enough team toughness. He can fill in on the 4th line when guys go down with injuries. With Thornton, Campbell and McGrattan around, Lucic, Chara, and Stuart shouldn’t have to drop ‘em very often. I’m not sure you really want the $8.5 Million Man mashing knuckles on hard plastic and bones on regular basis.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Oct 13, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
true enough, chara broke his nose and lucic broke his hand dropping them last year, thats the type of thing that would be good to avoid this year, and a guy like mcgrattan comes in knowing what his role is going to be, and he doesn’t mind it, it takes a lot of the pressure off a guy like lucic to have to live up to the scoring hype that he has, while having to watch everyone elses back.
by BlueNGoldBomber on Oct 13, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
You can never have enough team toughness.
I couldn’t agree more!
If they are scoring like they were last year we probably won’t see much of McGrattan, but if they have some balanced scoring, a tough guy on the depth chart could be a great thing to have. I don’t think he’ll take a spot from a skilled forward like Colborn or Hamill but if somebody on the first three line gets banged we’ll see them then.
by SkateHitShoot on Oct 13, 2010 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
i dont think putting “skilled foreward” and “hamill” in the same sentence is an ok thing to do
by BlueNGoldBomber on Oct 13, 2010 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
It is compared to some players….
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 14, 2010 6:05 AM EDT up reply actions
lol like maybe compared to you and i…. moral of my story is that we should trade hamill before everyone realizes he sucks
by BlueNGoldBomber on Oct 14, 2010 8:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Let’s do a reverse of the Bochenski trade!
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 14, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Capgeek’s Bruins page makes it look like we’ve got 49 Standard Player Contracts right now, and the max you can have is 50. Which basically means we can only sign one graduating college senior this year unless we make some moves.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Oct 14, 2010 6:04 AM EDT up reply actions
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