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Originally Posted by bluejays
Longevity, yes, but I think the most iconic player for them has to be Bure. He really put them on the map.
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Bure was the first star player who was able to sell the game with his play (arguably he is the only star player that the Canucks have had). I think that the Sedins, Luongo, and Naslund were likely better players though. Bure until 1995 was great but after his knee injury he stopped being a 200 foot player and instead was an offensive threat who put up lots of goals on very unsuccessful teams.
As for this signing it is a good deal for the team given what similar players are signing for and the fact that they are almost all UFA years. If he was going to market I am sure that teams would be more than willing to pay him around 13-14 million per year or whatever the cap is going up by.