Boll isn't any good any more at his job. Sabourin is significantly faster, significantly better with the puck, significantly better away from the puck, can land far more punishing hits on far more players because of his speed, actually gets in position for and can take shots on net, and most importantly doesn't care nearly about his own health to the degree that Boll does. Boll just hugs people to a standstill at this point. He's fighting so defensively that he punishes nobody. That's a skill, but it's not useful. Opposing players aren't going to be deterred from taking a cheap shot because Boll will hug them for 45 seconds then they'll sit for 5 minutes. Good enforcers land punches, and Boll is too concerned with not getting punched to throw scary punches at this point. Not that I'd want his job, ever, but - that's his job.
There are better options in the organization for what Boll does. They should be used.
And Boll playing vs Arizona was asinine. Nobody was going to fight him. Beauchemin, Manson, Bieksa, Ritchie, and Holzer were more than capable of handling whatever Arizona could have thrown at them. All Boll did was ensure than one of Ritchie or Kase was wasted that night.
