Johnny Boychuk extended for 3 years, at avg. of 3.36M per year...

Yikes.

by Black Bird on Feb 14, 2012 2:34 PM EST reply actions

See ya Corvo. lol I’m not really sure Manchuk is worth $3.3M a year….ouch. Must be all out of traffic cones in Boston.

by MattS on Feb 14, 2012 2:34 PM EST reply actions

What the fuck

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 14, 2012 2:40 PM EST reply actions

just when we thought Chia was done overpaying. Think Phunwin’s worried about Kelly now?

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by TomServo42 on Feb 14, 2012 2:41 PM EST reply actions

It would have liked to spend that money more on Kelly

than Boychuk…although Boychuk is 3 years younger than Kelly…

by pemci on Feb 14, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

Yes, I think he is worried. He’s so unhappy with this move that he’s referring to himself in the third person, even.

by Phunwin on Feb 14, 2012 7:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I guess I must be in the minority here,

but sounds like a good deal to lock up Boychuk, at least for the next tghree years. $3.3 seems a little much, but his play has not infuriated as much as Corvo’s.

by pemci on Feb 14, 2012 2:42 PM EST reply actions

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 14, 2012 2:43 PM EST reply actions

Considering Chara can make a traffic cone look like an all-star next to him, and that Boychuk does not look like an all-star… bad deal

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by TomServo42 on Feb 14, 2012 2:46 PM EST reply actions

lol

soooo guess kelly will now get 3.5-4

and rask will get 7.5

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by Losted125 on Feb 14, 2012 2:51 PM EST reply actions

lol

Chia makes sacrifices bad deals to the hockey gods to make good deals happen

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 14, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

upside!

@MikeMiccoli

Missing from the Boychuk announcement, aside from an official release from the B’s, no NTC & no NMC. JB55 can be moved if under-performing.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 14, 2012 3:05 PM EST reply actions

…because underperforming, overpaid players are easy to move?

by Black Bird on Feb 14, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions

Scott

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 14, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

Gomez

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 14, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

eh

Joe Haggerty @HackswithHaggs
Wrong. He’s their No. 3 defenseman RT @cap_this: Haggs, you’re insane. Absurdly overpaid. (Johnny Boychuk) is Bs 5th best defenseman bq.

I agree with Haggerty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6EIgoAtjs

by Mikol on Feb 14, 2012 3:16 PM EST reply actions

paid as #2 now

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by TomServo42 on Feb 14, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions

While I see him as their #3, I think it’s too much $ for him.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Feb 14, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

Haggs

is a tool. No way is Boychuck worth this much. Maybe it’s a trade signing (whatever the hell that is)??

by Federko on Feb 14, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions

I’d rather make Mcquaid or Ference a top pairing defenseman before signing boychuck to that much. I’m not a fan of this signing. Way more important signings to worry about and need the money for(looking at you Rask). Bring in Hamilton next year and put him with Chara. Then we wouldnt need manchuck for that much money

by bpen011 on Feb 14, 2012 3:18 PM EST reply actions

This pretty much makes using Savvy’s LTIR mandatory next year. Unless Thomas moves…

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by TomServo42 on Feb 14, 2012 3:21 PM EST reply actions

As much as I scoffed at the idea only a week or two ago, I’m beginning to think they may actually do it…

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Feb 14, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions

I hope not!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6EIgoAtjs

by Mikol on Feb 14, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

4 forward spots – all bottom six – a Tuukka and a Dougie to fit with 9m in projected cap space w/o Savvy on LTIR.

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by TomServo42 on Feb 14, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions

I remember 2 years ago when the PPP guys were laughing about how the Bruins were going to get torn apart by the cap if they didn’t win in 08-09

I trust Chiarelli, even if that gets tested sometimes.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 15, 2012 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

In fairness

are they entirely wrong? Here’s all the guys that had been moved or were out for other reasons between the 09 playoffs and the 11 playoffs:
PJ
bitz
fernandez
hunwick
kessel
kobasew
nokelainen
savard
sobotka
stuart
wheeler
sturm
ward
wideman
yelle
montador
lashoff

granted, the cap didn’t motivate all that – mostly just Sturm, Wheeler, Wideman and Stuart, but still pretty significant change-over.

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by TomServo42 on Feb 15, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions

oh, and kessel of course in the “cap motivated” column

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by TomServo42 on Feb 15, 2012 10:45 AM EST up reply actions

they had to make a bunch of moves but I wouldn’t say they were “torn apart” really

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 15, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

in that “torn apart” implies they will be bad, like Chicago for example

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 15, 2012 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6EIgoAtjs

by Mikol on Feb 14, 2012 3:27 PM EST reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6EIgoAtjs

by Mikol on Feb 14, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions

these should be followed with gifs of the many instances of when he puts himself way out of position going for the hit

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by TomServo42 on Feb 14, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

I hate hits like that. It should be more or less mandatory to fight somebody after you hit high on a guy who isn’t braced for it

by ArthorBear on Feb 14, 2012 5:30 PM EST up reply actions

rec'd.

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by sarahconnors on Feb 14, 2012 5:44 PM EST up reply actions

Nobody makes those gifs and I wish they did :(

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Feb 15, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions

not quite as fun admittedly

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by TomServo42 on Feb 15, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions

Or a how a bout a GIF of a dumb turnover at the blueline or neutral zone like the one that gave Perreault the Capitals third goal a few weeks back, right after Seguin had tied it at two. Or any of the times he has pinched recklessly and got beaten back.

by Nomer on Feb 15, 2012 11:21 PM EST up reply actions