Confirmed Trade: [ANA/PIT] Erik Gudbranson for Andreas Martinsen and 2021 7th round pick

[S.S. Giggy]

Great, the annual Anaheim/Pittsburgh trade where Bob completely gets fleeced by JR in the long term!

 

[Machinehead]

why do Canucks fans keep insisting he was this horrendous player while he was with the Pens?

he's overpaid, absolutely, but in the Pens system i would've rather kept him over Jack Johnson. that's assuming they could've only moved one of them which i hope isn't the case.

That bar is so low it's in the ground.

 

[justafan22]

Bob Murray is awful at being a gm

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Great guy in the room horrible on ice. Goodluck Ducks you'll need it coming from a Canucks fan who had the displeasure of watching him do nothing here.

anytime the scouting report includes "great lockerroom guy" you know they're a dogshit hockey player

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Lmao how do teams keep taking on Gudbranson?

 

[Love]

Nice. Makes our division a little weaker. Any team that gives Gudbranson significant minutes is a worse team.

Its crazy how much better our D is this season without him. Myers is no world beater but compared to Gudbranson he looks like Chris Pronger out there.

 

[domaug]

That bar is so low it's in the ground.

my bar found Atlantis

Jack Johnson is the worst defenseman I've ever seen and I've survived the years where the Pens had players like Josef Melichar on their blue line

 

[66-30-33]

Gud was brought in because of Wilson. Does that mean JR has thrown out the idea of giving a crap about Wilson? are we going back to speed and skill and get younger more? I needs ta know!

 

[justafan22]

Lmao how do teams keep taking on Gudbranson?

Draft pedigree

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think people should also know that Gudbranson was good for the Penguins last year and okay for the Penguins this year. Sure, he was a cluster**** for Vancouver, but I don't think that's his normal play level. I think he'll give the Ducks similar to what he did this year with the Penguins, which is an alright bottom pair D.

I think he played a quiet and steady game for the Penguins. Didn't really do much to stand out, but he didn't do much to make you think "what the **** is this guy doing?". The most disappointing thing I had with Gudbranson is how he never used the physicality/toughness that he was supposedly bringing.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Oiler fans breathe a collective sigh of relief knowing pistol pete wasnt there to outbid anaheim

 

[USMC607]

Wow, I know Guds has a horrible rep here but I thought he had been decent in Pittsburgh and they literally got back a couple pieces of lint from a pocket. Has been back to being horrible?

Yeah he went back to bad Guddy.

But he was never Vancouver Guddy bad here.

 

[EXTRAS]

4m retained, right???

 

[domaug]

I think people should also know that Gudbranson was good for the Penguins last year and okay for the Penguins this year. Sure, he was a cluster**** for Vancouver, but I don't think that's his normal play level. I think he'll give the Ducks similar to what he did this year with the Penguins, which is an alright bottom pair D.

I think he played a quiet and steady game for the Penguins. Didn't really do much to stand out, but he didn't do much to make you think "what the **** is this guy doing?". The most disappointing thing I had with Gudbranson is how he never used the physicality/toughness that he was supposedly bringing.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw this

 

[ijuka]

How did Pens get positive value for this guy?

Awful trade by Ducks. It's too bad, I thought Penguins finally had suffered a significant blow but Ducks just bail them out. All the more reason to hate Ducks, as if I didn't already. The silver lining is, at least Ducks will suffer themselves.

 

[krutovsdonut]

sbisa was acquired and waived to the ahl to stablize a bad situation with the gulls.

so is gudbranson maybe going to be waived to the ahl?

in which case will the jets claim him?

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Eh sounds good to me.... but i still think we need to make another move for a dmen

Lindholm Guds
Guhle Fowler
Larsson MDZ/Holzer

If manson is out long term id like to see us get another dmen to play with Lindholm over guds and let guds play on bottom pairing with Larsson .

Ummmm I think you f***ed up when you put Gudbranson on the top pair, unless your AHL team has dman with the same surnames that your NHL team has. Even then, you might have placed him too high.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Good trade for Pittsburgh. Gudbranson played pretty well for them but he is still a bit of a cap burden in their team context and he somehow got a 7th rounder back with no retainment.

 

[domaug]

How did Pens get positive value for this guy?

Awful trade by Ducks. It's too bad, I thought Penguins finally had suffered a significant blow but Ducks just bail them out. All the more reason to hate Ducks, as if I didn't already. The silver lining is, at least Ducks will suffer themselves.

if anything, trades like this make me happy that it upsets the Pens haters

 

[ijuka]

I think people should also know that Gudbranson was good for the Penguins last year and okay for the Penguins this year. Sure, he was a cluster**** for Vancouver, but I don't think that's his normal play level. I think he'll give the Ducks similar to what he did this year with the Penguins, which is an alright bottom pair D.

I think he played a quiet and steady game for the Penguins. Didn't really do much to stand out, but he didn't do much to make you think "what the **** is this guy doing?". The most disappointing thing I had with Gudbranson is how he never used the physicality/toughness that he was supposedly bringing.

Okay for Penguins this year? Stats point to him having been one of the very worst D in NHL, that's "Okay"? Sheesh. It's amazing how Gudbranson apologists still exist.

if anything, trades like this make me happy that it upsets the Pens haters

Well that tends to be the dynamic, yes.

 

[justafan22]

I think people should also know that Gudbranson was good for the Penguins last year and okay for the Penguins this year. Sure, he was a cluster**** for Vancouver, but I don't think that's his normal play level. I think he'll give the Ducks similar to what he did this year with the Penguins, which is an alright bottom pair D.

I think he played a quiet and steady game for the Penguins. Didn't really do much to stand out, but he didn't do much to make you think "what the **** is this guy doing?". The most disappointing thing I had with Gudbranson is how he never used the physicality/toughness that he was supposedly bringing.

They dealt him because JJ is impossible to trade without giving up a 1st rounder.

 

[Mathew Barzal]

I mean what other options do you see?
Holzer? MDZ?

Not sure what he is now but MDZ was much better for us than Gudbranson ever was.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Okay for Penguins this year? Stats point to him having been one of the very worst D in NHL, that's "Okay"? Sheesh. It's amazing how Gudbranson apologists still exist.

What are these stats? His xGF% is a shade over 50% at 50.11%. Even his CF% isn't bad at 48.3%. Where are these stats that say he has been horrible this year?

 

[NuxFan09]

Eh sounds good to me.... but i still think we need to make another move for a dmen

Lindholm Guds
Guhle Fowler
Larsson MDZ/Holzer

If manson is out long term id like to see us get another dmen to play with Lindholm over guds and let guds play on bottom pairing with Larsson .

I can't wait to see your reaction if he actually does play on the top pairing with Lindholm!!

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Ummmm I think you ****ed up when you put Gudbranson on the top pair, unless your AHL team has dman with the same surnames that your NHL team has. Even then, you might have placed him too high.

Eh our options were Holzer MDZ or Guds… Lindholm can make eh players into acceptable players... just temporary.

But its been brought to my attention that Larsson occasionally plays on the right side so well more likely go
Lindholm Larson
Guhle Fowler
MDZ Guds