traparatus
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- Oct 19, 2012
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I'm just agreeing with your point that Vrana has passed Bura by. He's done it in less time, through harder work. There's a lot of Bura's game that could be solved with work, effort, determination, the things Vrana has shown lots of. Not sure if his (Bura's) penchant for boneheaded passes to the opponent in our zone can be corrected with practice though. Maybe with contact lenses?
Just a cautious reminder that Burakovsky was looking just as good as Vrana in his first couple seasons, matching production and all. Add a couple of injuries, weight of expectations, lack of mental strength and Burakovsky doesn't look like the same player at all.
I'm a little apprehensive about writing Vrana into a top-6 role for ever and ever. These purely offensive guys don't have anything to fall back on if the puck is not going in and their development is never linear.