wasn't bonino supposed to be their future 2nd line center, and the major cog in the kesler deal?!?
so they trade him away, plus a 2nd round pick, and another d prospect (former 2nd round pick).
i suppose the 2nd/3rd round pick swap is essentially moving down ~5-15 spots in the draft, but still.
Sutter's a solid player, but is he not essentially a 3rd line C? He's avg'd a 0.37 PPG at the NHL level (in close to 500 NHL games). Backlund, as a comparison, avg'd a 0.43 PPG over close to 300 games (both are 26 years old).
so the "re-tool" continues for the canucks, at the expense of 2nd round picks
