Confirmed with Link: Erik Gudbranson has been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Tanner Pearson

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Wow !!! We just shed tons of salary too were definitely going big game hunting on July 1

 

[PuckMunchkin]

O M F G ... How is this possible?!

 

[PG Canuck]

Well, garbage for garbage trade except we lose a defensman and will have to play Sautner full time and we lose a good fighter.

We gained a tweener player. Another Sven Baertschi.

We acquired 0 picks. That sucks.

LOL

 

[TruKnyte]

Looks like Pearson has 2 years left at 3.75 mil a season. Basically a wash salary wise but to get rid of Gudbrandson I'll take it.

 

[Peen]

Well, garbage for garbage trade except we lose a defensman and will have to play Sautner full time and we lose a good fighter.

We gained a tweener player. Another Sven Baertschi.

We acquired 0 picks. That sucks.

Who cares.

WE LEGIT TRADED THE WORST DEFENSEMAN IN THE NHL ON A TERRIBLE CONTRACT!!!

REJOICE

 

[Wo Yorfat]

1 garbage acquisition out. 5 to go! Still this makes the day not a total failure.

 

[clunk]

Well, garbage for garbage trade except we lose a defensman and will have to play Sautner full time and we lose a good fighter.

We gained a tweener player. Another Sven Baertschi.

We acquired 0 picks. That sucks.

I don't care if they acquired Margaret Thatcher's corpse for him, at least he's ****ing gone.

Addition by subtraction.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

So what's this new guy's deal?

2 years beyond this one at 3.75m

Stats aren’t unreal. Remember there’s a reason why this is his 3rd team this year.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

This is easily, by far the best move Benning has ever made in his career of hockey operations.

 

[TraderJim]

ss
Overpaid shitty forward >>> Overpaid shitty defenseman
Overpaid shitty forward >>> Overpaid shitty defenseman
Overpaid shitty forward >>> Overpaid shitty defenseman

 

[hellstick]

Another two years of Pearson after this one. 3.75M.

We save some cash, but Pearson is on the brink of leaving the NHL here, and there's still term left.

 

[Canucks LB]

It's Erik Gudbranson for Tanner Pearson, one for one. No salary retained.

Holy mother of happy god

 

[Johnny Canucker]

LOL

Great logic and reasoning!

You wouldn’t rather of had a pick for Guddy than ANOTHER tweener winger that we already have a ton of?

 

[TruGr1t]

How do you mess this up? Trade Gudbranson for basically anything to get him off the books. Make Utica better if you have to.

But no ... of course you have to acquire another 25+ year old player on an awful contract. Basically like a winger version of Gubdranson.

WHY DO YOU HATE YOUTH?!

 

[Diamonddog01]

Haha YES. Goodbye you useless sack of shit!

 

[Mr Plow]

Even though Pearson sucks and is overpaid this might still be the greatest trade in NHL history.

 

[Phenomenon13]

Pearson is good for like ten goals a year. Overpaid slightly but he'll fit right in with the Sutter's and roussels that are overpaid.

Good deal. Gudbranson had negative value. Pearson has at least some value that can be salvaged at the deadline next year

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

My god and I like Tanner Pearson.

 

[Canucks LB]

This just significantly helped the development of our Defenders, nobody has to be stuck with guddy now.
Still kind of dumb they did not trade guddy for a 2nd like rumored last year, w/e

 

[clunk]

Great logic and reasoning!

You wouldn’t rather of had a pick for Guddy than ANOTHER tweener winger that we already have a ton of?

Normally I would agree but it's Erik ****ing Gudbranson.

This is a whole different situation entirely.

 

[PG Canuck]

Great logic and reasoning!

You wouldn’t rather of had a pick for Guddy than ANOTHER tweener winger that we already have a ton of?

Of course but asking Benning to do that isn’t realistic and we all know it. We don’t have to watch the worst defensemen in the league anymore and for that I’m happy.

 

[Johnny Canucker]

Wow !!! We just shed tons of salary too were definitely going big game hunting on July 1

Guddy makes 4M
Pearson makes $3.75M


This place is nuts.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

It's a good trade. Pearson could still be a solid middle six option and getting rid of Gudbranson's gaffes is will pay immediate dividends. Pearson is a low risk acquisition and we'll have to wait to see how and where he fits.

 

[Tables of Stats]

Great logic and reasoning!

You wouldn’t rather of had a pick for Guddy than ANOTHER tweener winger that we already have a ton of?

Bold of you to assume that we could have had a pick for Guddy. This was cap dump for cap dump neither team was going to hand over a pick for the players in this deal.

 

[xtra]

Wow !!! We just shed tons of salary too were definitely going big game hunting on July 1

Lol 250k is a ton of salary ??

 

[Siludin]

Of course but asking Benning to do that isn’t realistic and we all know it. We don’t have to watch the worst defensemen in the league anymore and for that I’m happy.

Into the lineup comes Luke Schenn

 

[GetFocht]

Pearson will actually retain value when he's in the last year of his contract. Gudbranson will have net negative value by the time his contract is up.

Sutter and Granlund are the only dinosaurs left now.