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Chef Boi RD wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 8:43 pm I get a sense Doyle is gonna bring up Bonino soon and how all by himself he won the cup for the Penguins
Well.... he didn’t win the cup all by himself, but he was a very big part of both cup wins in Pittsburgh.
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Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 9:48 am
Chef Boi RD wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 8:43 pm I get a sense Doyle is gonna bring up Bonino soon and how all by himself he won the cup for the Penguins
Well.... he didn’t win the cup all by himself, but he was a very big part of both cup wins in Pittsburgh.
Quite right, they needed a centre to pass the puck to scoring machine Phil Kessel.

So yeah, someone like Nick Bonino or Jayson Megna...
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Nick Bonino averages 37 points per 82 games.

Jayson Megna averages 14 points per 82 games.

They are not good comparables. Bonino is one the leagues best third line centres. Megna can barely hang in the league.
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Yeahno, they're exactly the same thing.

Bonino has had better linemates is all. :drink:
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Strangelove wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:09 pm Yeahno, they're exactly the same thing.

Bonino has had better linemates is all. :drink:
He had better line mates for sure. He’s also a far superior player and he’s a TWO TIME cup winner. Was seriously considered for the Conn Smythe Trophy one year. :mex: :mex:

Megna and Brandon Sutter however are almost exactly the same caliber of player
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Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:22 pm
Megna and Brandon Sutter however are almost exactly the same caliber of player
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Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:22 pm
Strangelove wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:09 pm Yeahno, they're exactly the same thing.

Bonino has had better linemates is all. :drink:
He had better line mates for sure. He’s also a far superior player and he’s a TWO TIME cup winner. Was seriously considered for the Conn Smythe Trophy one year. :mex: :mex:
If Megna was Bonino's centre HE would be a TWO TIME cup winner and seriously considered for the Conn Smythe Trophy. :drink:

Lol "seriously considered"... Bonino received one single solitary vote one year, someone was drunk.
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Strangelove wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 1:17 pm
Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:22 pm
Strangelove wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:09 pm Yeahno, they're exactly the same thing.

Bonino has had better linemates is all. :drink:
He had better line mates for sure. He’s also a far superior player and he’s a TWO TIME cup winner. Was seriously considered for the Conn Smythe Trophy one year. :mex: :mex:
If Megna was Bonino's centre HE would be a TWO TIME cup winner and seriously considered for the Conn Smythe Trophy. :drink:

Lol "seriously considered"... Bonino received one single solitary vote one year, someone was drunk.
No .... sorry. Bonino has gotten guaranteed wages on long term deals for a decade. Megna is on two way deals or tryouts ever year. Pittsburgh would have likely lost both cups if they made that switch.

As was said... a better comparable for Megna is Sutter or even Beagle.

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Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 1:26 pm
Strangelove wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 1:17 pm
Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:22 pm
Strangelove wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 12:09 pm Yeahno, they're exactly the same thing.

Bonino has had better linemates is all. :drink:
He had better line mates for sure. He’s also a far superior player and he’s a TWO TIME cup winner. Was seriously considered for the Conn Smythe Trophy one year. :mex: :mex:
If Megna was Bonino's centre HE would be a TWO TIME cup winner and seriously considered for the Conn Smythe Trophy. :drink:

Lol "seriously considered"... Bonino received one single solitary vote one year, someone was drunk.
No .... sorry.
Apology accepted... and I forgive you for being wrong. :drink:

Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 1:26 pm Bonino has gotten guaranteed wages on long term deals for a decade

... a better comparable is Sutter or even Beagle.
Yeahno, Pittsburgh would have won FOUR CUPS if Sutter were there rather than Birdbones Bonino. 8-)
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Bonino’s numbers crush Sutters

:mrgreen: :mex:

Pittsburg had to trade the frail little guy away so they could win :twisted:
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So keeping Bonino instead of trading him for Sutter then seeing the American Bonino UFA sign a contract with Nashville two years later would have saved this organization from all your misery we’ve endured from you since we drafted Juolevi, Vin?
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Chef Boi RD wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 2:09 pm So keeping Bonino instead of trading him for Sutter then seeing the American Bonino UFA sign a contract with Nashville two years later would have saved this organization from all your misery we’ve endured from you since we drafted Juolevi, Vin?
The smart thing to do would have been to keep him and then flipped him at the 2016 or 2017 deadline.

I just get a charge out of the rage that simply bringing his name up triggers. He is a full on better player than Sutter currently and has been forever. Some folks can’t handle that. :mex:
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Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 1:58 pm Bonino’s numbers crush Sutters

:mrgreen: :mex:

Pittsburg had to trade the frail little guy away so they could win :twisted:
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Why I declare... sometimes that Tanner guy just argues for the sake of arguing...
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Vin Tanner wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 2:18 pm
Chef Boi RD wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 2:09 pm So keeping Bonino instead of trading him for Sutter then seeing the American Bonino UFA sign a contract with Nashville two years later would have saved this organization from all your misery we’ve endured from you since we drafted Juolevi, Vin?
The smart thing to do would have been to keep him and then flipped him at the 2016 or 2017 deadline.

I just get a charge out of the rage that simply bringing his name up triggers. He is a full on better player than Sutter currently and has been forever. Some folks can’t handle that. :mex:
He was definitely special in that playoff series against the Flames and from that great unblemished performance of his in those playoffs it definitely warranted him not to be traded.
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I remember Sbisa being on the ice for a lot of goals against and getting abused in that series.
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