Porter Stoutheart
We Got Wood
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Bonino is indeed the next obvious target since we already have Sissons as a perfectly viable #3C also. However I don't think we NEED any different approach on the 3rd line... Bonino had a fine season and outscored our #2C while being the biggest plus player on the team, so whatever he was doing was perfectly fine. The only catch is depending on where the final cap number and the Duchene/Sissons/Grimaldi contracts land, clearing his $4.1M might not be quite enough. It'll be tight anyway.If no one wants turris and his value is at a negative then you go to the next option and thats trading Bonino. Move Turris down to 3c to play along with smith and a left winger and give him power play time. When he gets 40+ points being a 3c then his value will go up and teams that need a 2c will more than likely make a trade for him wishing they would of made the trade when he was cheaper.
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This is exactly where I think Poile would go. Bonino has more trade value but Turris has more upside and we need a different approach to our 3rd line. Regardless of whether we land Duchene or not, I think Bonino is gone.
Whether Bonino has more or less value than Turris, I also don't know. All this external noise about Turris having negative value is not really something I buy. Fans often get carried away with the recency bias thing moreso than NHL GMs. So even the premise of needing to change gears to dealing Bonino, while logical, may be faulty to begin with.