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Dorsett was extended before that playoff series, which may be part of the reason he couldn't ratchet up the intensity when everyone else did. Sbisa and Dorsett got extensions before the playoffs started, which was silly and I said as much at the time.To me, he just looked really slow in that series (despite having a decent regular season), and this ,on a veteran team that had too many slow players.....I've always felt that the Sutter trade, and the Dorsett signing were a response to the humiliating defeat they took from the Flames...
Bonino has done well for himself, on teams that have had tremendous depth..I have no horse in this race,I was just making a comment on Bonino's playoff performance, and why the trade was made.
You definitely have a horse in the race, that's why you continue to come to bat here with your usual one liners. You called him a "complete no show"....
If we're actually elaborating on that playoffs, what I recall is Willie didn't care for matchups and Bonino was struggling against the Monahan/Gaudreau group and that was evident to everybody but Willie. Horvat and the Sedin line were handling their minutes against that line well, but Willie allowed Hartley to dictate that matchup. I won't excuse Bonino for being outmatched there, he was, and didn't have his best series, but in my mind, and I'm sure if you went back and read this forum and other such sites online at the time, I would say I'm remembering better than you and 1-2-3-4 Willie was the major reason for that series loss And that's on top of being unable to adapt and get away from the Bieksa-Sbisa tandem as well.