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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard

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.

Wat!