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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
If you're getting scratched for Bryan Allen and the team is already down one of its top 6 guys, I'm going to guess you are pretty low down the depth chart and nowhere near top four.
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Again - this year. He was basically godawful this past year. Previously, he has looked like a solid top 4 guy. Have the injuries eliminated that potential? Not sure.
Immediate reaction from Canuck land is not positive:
http://canucksarmy.com/2014/6/27/rya...id-the-canucks
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It's awfully difficult to get excited about the return they got for their 2nd best player. The package revolves around Nick Bonino, and appears to be similar to what was being offered to the Senators for Jason Spezza earlier in the summer. Back then Travis Yost wrote the defining article on Bonino, with this being the money shot:" That quote feels so Ottawa, I'm stunned it didn't come directly from ownership or the front office through a local radio hit. Nick Bonino. Even if you assume there's another valuable piece in there, you are talking about an absolute disaster if the return is centered around a third-line center. And let's not kid ourselves here. That's what he is. He was riding the percentage-gods to the tune of 49-points last season, a year where a lot of things fell favorably for him. He's a 47% career Corsi% player in which his team performs better with him off of the ice, and averages less shots per game in his career than Colin Greening by a fair margin. And, uh, he's twenty-six."
Oof.
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