Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Islanders re-sign Eric Boulton [1 year]

crasherino

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I wonder how the Islanders will sneak him through waivers. Pretty sure he'll get snatched up by a team looking for some veteran leadership.
 

Deen

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Same old song and dance. The Islanders put him on and take him off IR to benefit them team. It is garbage the league allows this to happen.
 

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Same old song and dance. The Islanders put him on and take him off IR to benefit them team. It is garbage the league allows this to happen.

Even though I know it's Boulton(who most likely wouldn't be picked up on waivers if they sent him down and called him up for the odd game), I am somewhat surprised they don't call it out myself.
 

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Honest question: is he the last IHL guy left in the league? He was teammates with Sean Pronger, Robert Dome, Manny Fernandez, Kevin Weekes and Mike Yeo in that league...
 

Jester9881

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Same old song and dance. The Islanders put him on and take him off IR to benefit them team. It is garbage the league allows this to happen.

It's a loophole that should probably be fixed.... but are the Islanders really benefiting much off it? I mean, the guy might get into 3-4 games this year and play no more than a total of 15 minutes? It's not like they're hiding a $5m top line winger to stay under the cap here....
 

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Same old song and dance. The Islanders put him on and take him off IR to benefit them team. It is garbage the league allows this to happen.

Stashing Boulton on IR is immaterial to the Islanders' success so I wouldn't say that.
 

Alexander the Gr8

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Lol, Boulton will probably be on IR for the Isles 5 years from now. He earns $1M to be in the pressbox to eat nachos and to eat punches to the face from time to time.
 

SI90

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Tavares loves the guy and feels he's an important part of the locker room. Tavares always gets his buddies paid one way or another.
 

Alexander the Gr8

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Tavares loves the guy and feels he's an important part of the locker room. Tavares always gets his buddies paid one way or another.

They should give him a portion of their salaries, because Tavares is way underpaid. How can a guy who plays less than 10 games per season be an important part of the locker room when he's watching most of the games from the press box? I mean, he isn't in constant contact with his teammates, no?
 

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They should give him a portion of their salaries, because Tavares is way underpaid. How can a guy who plays less than 10 games per season be an important part of the locker room when he's watching most of the games from the press box? I mean, he isn't in constant contact with his teammates, no?

A significant portion of the time is not during games lol
 

SI90

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They should give him a portion of their salaries, because Tavares is way underpaid. How can a guy who plays less than 10 games per season be an important part of the locker room when he's watching most of the games from the press box? I mean, he isn't in constant contact with his teammates, no?

Sure they are. Road trips, dinners, practices, team events, and rec time at the rink or practice
Facilities.
 

Terry Yake

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Lol, Boulton will probably be on IR for the Isles 5 years from now. He earns $1M to be in the pressbox to eat nachos and to eat punches to the face from time to time.

i'd take far less than a million for that job

and yes, i'm pretty sure boulton is the last active player in the NHL who played in the IHL
 

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