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PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Friday June 28, 2019, 11:04:25 PM Eastern ---Yea, I wish no ill will on the kid.. He needs to get with a coach who doesn't allow him to play soft.. He's got the size and skill, just needs the balls.
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Same here Mick. No ill will on the youngster!
I wish Bura well, also. Just ELSEWHERE!😆
As frustrated as my many posts have been, about Bura, the player, the greater frustration was at the coaches and management, who created this patience trying, indecisive, back and forth scenario, with Bura, by re-signing him to that 2yr, “show me” contract, that was WAY ABOVE even the higher “show me” contracts around the league!
The higher money put coaches and mgmnt in a tough position of reluctantly having to extend their patience and tolerance of Bura, in a desperate hope that he may come around, so that their decision to re-sign wasn’t a bust.
While tolerating his mental and erratic production issues, all through his career, GMBM, and coaches, were treated to one hell of a spectacle of near meaningless ups and downs, to the point where Bura’s final few, short, “ups”, were no longer considered as signs of hope, that he was finally COMING AROUND!! Rather, it was more like, “Yeah, we’ve seen this routine. Not getting our hopes up this time”!
Bura just never took hold here, IMHO, although he does have his supporters. I started my dislike for him sometime during his 2nd season! Maybe he’ll fit better in Colorado!
Finally, thanks Andre, for your solid contribution to our Stanley Cup, especially those badly needed goals against Tampa Bay!! You made a difference!
Now that the Bura issue is over, GOOD LUCK #65, in Colorado.
Rush
PUCKNRUSH:
--- Quote from: zerofox on Friday June 28, 2019, 07:06:29 PM Eastern ---GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE. I wouldn't be surprised if Bura has a solid career elsewhere but he was hot garbage with us. Got tiring waiting for him to show up. The one time he did show up was when he scored 2 goals vs TB in the playoffs last year. One game he showed up.
Guys like Dowd and Boyd, who played 4th line minutes, actually scored at a higher rate than 3rd line and occasional top 6 Bura.
Bura = 25 points in 76 games
Dowd = 22 points in 64 games
Boyd = 20 points in 53 games
That is not a good sign for a 1st round pick who supposedly has a high ceiling. That plus Vrana soared to higher heights than Bura ever did, in a fraction of the time. Good riddance.
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Good comparitive stats, Zero!
Says a lot. Thanks!
Rush
alta:
:phew:
canadiancapman:
I feel like Bura will do well in Colorado. Good to see what we got for him. Vegas only got a 2nd and a 5th for Colin Miller from Buffalo and I think he's a better player at this point in his career.
DC_1908:
One down . . .
What they’ll “replace” Bura with that will comply with Reidons rec league system remains to be seen, but I have strong doubts that Stevenson or Boyd will get a better chance, or be used as the two way players they are.
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