Today, the B's inked defenseman Garnet Exelby and forward Lane MacDermid to one-year, two-way contracts. Exelby will make $600,000 in the NHL and $130,000 in the AHL; MacDermid will earn $600,000 with the big club and $70,000 in the minor leagues.
At this point, these two players are at different parts of their respective careers. Exelby is 30 (he'll be 31 next month) and he's played 408 games in the NHL (Atlanta, Toronto) over seven seasons. In that time, he scored seven goals, had 43 assists, amassed 584 penalty minutes and his plus/minus was -28 mostly because of a brutal 2007-08 with the Thrashers (-21).
His most recent taste of the good life was 2009-10 with the Maple Leafs. He played for the Grand Rapids Griffins, the Red Wings' AHL team, last season and piled up seven goals, 14 assists and 177 penalty minutes in 75 games. I can't ever remember seeing him but looking at his stats, he has to be a goon. That is clearly his role, a defensive enforcer.
Here's a fight of his from last season, January 17 vs. Justin Soryal of the Charlotte Checkers.
MacDermid is only 22 (he turns 23 in August) and the Hartford, CT native actually played five games for Boston last season when they were dealing with a bunch of injuries to their bottom six forwards. The former fourth-round pick in 2009 (112th overall by the Bruins) and son of an NHL player (Paul MacDermid) who played 13 years in the league, Lane didn't register any points and was -2 but you will remember him for his first NHL shift: on March 4 he fought Rangers tough guy Mike Rupp in a memorable bout at Madison Square Garden.
More so than Exelby, MacDermid has a much better chance of finding himself back with Boston at some point next season depending on who's hurt and/or playing poorly. He seems to be a guy that knows his role and would be able to play on the fourth line pretty soon. In 69 games for Providence last season, he had four goals and 12 assists along with 121 penalty minutes.
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