GeeoffBrown
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I think he is a decent player that is overpaid. It doesn't help that Nick Bonino contributed to two Penguins Stanley Cup final runs.
He can probably pass as a 3rd line RW who can play C on PK. Decent shot, good skater, not too much else.
Absolutely horrendous at distributing the puck, which is a huge red flag for a center. I think most Canucks fans hate the usage and contract far more than they hate the player.
The guy posts respectable-looking numbers year after year. I haven't watched the Canucks much since he was traded to the team, but I do recall watching him in the 2015 playoffs and thinking he was one of the Penguins better forwards in their first-round loss that year.
Maybe I'm watching the "wrong" games, but he's never looked like a particularly bad player to me.
Is overrated defensively? Does he make a lot of inept plays even though he scores at a respectable level for a checker?
Just trying to figure out why people talk about him as if he's one of the worst third line centres in the League when his numbers don't suggest he is.
Benning identified him as a foundational player, and at no point was Sutter anything of the sort.
Sutter is not a very great player, but it probably isn't his fault he got labeled foundational by two management morons.