Waived: [FLA] D Adam Boqvist waived by the Panthers (claimed)

[barkovcanfinnish]

Was really rooting for him to work out with us but frankly I’m not that surprised he was waived. I don’t think Balinskis or Schmidt are very good but he has not been better than either of them. It is what it is.

 

[Laus723]

Don't think we NEED to do this, wonder if Saad is coming, maybe?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Can't see him sticking around in NA much longer

Eventually you're just a bust rather than a "Former 8th overall with potential" and he will turn 25 in offseason and 2018 draft was long ago at this point

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

...wake up, Hughes; Montreal needs to put a claim in on him NOW!!...

Undersized, underwhelming, undeserving, unnecessary.

Habs already have Hutson and Carrier as small dmem they don't need a 3rd.

Habs already have offensive dmen in Hutson and Matheson.

Boqvist shouldn't be picked up.

 

[montreal]

During the 2018 draft I wanted the Habs to trade down and pick Boqvist, oh well, you won't get it right every time.

 

[kerrabria]

He's awful. Doesn't do a single thing well. Noticeably slow, noticeably small. Loses every battle along the boards, in open ice, and in front of the crease. Brought nothing to the PP. Only made the roster because he and Ekblad were our only two RHS defensemen out of the 10 with NHL experience.

 

[Shark Finn]

As saying goes. He will be claimed.

What saying?

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

He's basically a righ-handed Brannstrom at this point, right?

 

[Bruce Granville]

Florida turned almost every mediocre defender into a solid, 2nd pair regular.
Luckily there are a few teams that need and could handle a mediocre ´efender.

 

[Raistlin]

During the 2018 draft I wanted the Habs to trade down and pick Boqvist, oh well, you won't get it right every time.

Out of Dahlin, Hughes, Boqvist, Bouchard, and Dobson, would you have believed me if I told you Hughes will be the most solid in the defensive end of the ice in 2025?

 

[Three On Zero]

Do it, Vancouver.

 

[cbjthrowaway]

he definitely had some fun moments here in columbus but he misses a ton of games due to injuries, and sucks in the games he doesn't miss. seemed like a great dude though.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

almost a juolevi-level bad?

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Buffalo Sabres	Rasmus Dahlin
Vancouver Canucks	Quinn Hughes
Chicago Blackhawks	Adam Boqvist
Edmonton Oilers	Evan Bouchard
New York Islanders	Noah Dobson

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[kerrabria]

Florida turned almost every mediocre defender into a solid, 2nd pair regular.

People forget how many reclamation projects Bill Zito goes for. There are two things he loves: 1) big name, 15+ season veterans, and 2) fringe players with pedigree who need a change of scenery.

Of the four former 1st Round Pick dmen whom we've given a shake (Noah Juulsen, Olli Juolevi, Tobias Bjornfot, Adam Boqvist), none of them have worked out. You might also count Hobey Baker finalist Matt Kiersted.

One of the things that's so fun about Zito is how he always has something low risk, high reward in the oven. His pro scouts are great, but they're very much volume shooters. Our September roster is always overflowing with 13/14Fs and 7/8Ds.

 

[crowi]

Glad he got his cup of tea for him, but team-wise, he is not good.

 

[BHD]

He's a defenseman without the D

Any Elmore

 

[toddkaz]

Buffalo is playing a lot of bums on D and this is a cheap flyer from the same draft class and country as Dahlin who would know him well.

Maybe they finally try literally anything to change literally anything.

But probably not.

As a sabres fan I take the risk just to see if playing with Dahlin flips a switch.

A salary of 750K is easy to bury if he is a train wreck.

 

[Zarzh]

Another risk of scouting with your eyes instead of caring about numbers.

 

[kerrabria]

As a sabres fan I take the risk just to see if playing with Dahlin flips a switch.

A salary of 750K is easy to bury if he is a train wreck.

Boqvist was given 10:48 EV TOI and by far the easiest deployment of anybody on the roster. If you wanna take a flyer, sure, but I don't know what you're expecting if you play him on the top pair.

 

[TLEH]

Bowman masterclass.

 

[toddkaz]

Boqvist was given 10:48 EV TOI and by far the easiest deployment of anybody on the roster. If you wanna take a flyer, sure, but I don't know what you're expecting if you play him on the top pair.

He played 18:34 in his last game with Florida.

I am expecting to shoot Bryson who is a 5'9 stay at home defenseman into the moon

 

[montreal]

Out of Dahlin, Hughes, Boqvist, Bouchard, and Dobson, would you have believed me if I told you Hughes will be the most solid in the defensive end of the ice in 2025?

On the Habs board I kept saying that Hughes was more impressive then Tkachuk as I am a big NCAA fan so yes I would have outside of Dahlin as Hughes would have likely been my other pick, RD over LD plus I did have some concerns about his lack of size.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

What saying?

He will get claimed.

 

[kerrabria]

He played 18:34 in his last game with Florida.

I am expecting to shoot Bryson who is a 5'9 stay at home defenseman into the moon

Fair enough, but that was a game where both our 2D and 3D were out. And this was the ice time split among defensemen.

Our PP went 0/3 btw. If you claim him, don't be optimistic. He is bad.