I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I hope they weren't trading Gudbranson because they think Petro can take his place.
Petro had 2 huge goals in the playoffs, outside of that his offense is nothing. He holds the puck too long, he's the antithesis of a good first pass. Hold the puck too long, turn it over. Hold the puck too long, and the pass misses once you do pass it because the window you had to pass it closed. Where as Gudbranson made a good first pass regularly. Petro's defense is atrocious, I mean, I'd rather have Olsen in there. I don't know what everyone is seeing. He was terrible.....outside of those 2 goals. Now all of a sudden he's a keeper. And people talk about Gudbranson, who wasn't bad by any stretch, like he's dirt. Tavares did nothing against the "terrilble" Gudbranson and his partner Kulikov in the playoffs, and then went nuts against Petro and Campbell. I mean, WTF?!?!
Petro had 4 years to develop his game in the AHL, and he's still not that great. I don't see what people are seeing that says he should be replacing anyone in our top six, much less Gudbranson. And like has been mentioned, Gudbranson after that first season was thrown into a dumpster fire, there was no structure, the exact opposite method of developing you prospects. It was total chaos on ice.
See, this is all about draft position, Gudbranson is valuable young defenseman to have. But you know, he was drafted #3 overall by the Panthers, and should be blamed for all of their franchises woes. It has little to do with his actual play.
