Injury Report: Erik Gudbranson to undergo shoulder surgery.

[Fire Benning]

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[BerSTUzzi]

Dammit, there goes our tank

 

[Fire Benning]

He suffered it in November and it's been nagging ever since. Good thing they steered clear of that extension.

 

[Cancuks]

He will be sorely missed.

 

[Hit the post]

Hope this isn't one of those recurring injuries (especially since he's got to play a physical style to be effective).

 

[Diamonddog01]

Just when my rage over this insanely stupid extension had subsided a bit...

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

lol

 

[timw33]

Hope this isn't one of those recurring injuries (especially since he's got to play a physical style to be effective).

Yeah, and he's been super healthy for us otherwise, playing all 82 games*****



*****over past 164 games

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

A career-threatening injury--Souray sat out all of '02-03 with a
fractured left wrist that required four operations--forced him to
reconsider that lifestyle, and he has matured as a result. This
year, finally getting the most out of one of the NHL's heaviest
slap shots, he led all defensemen at week's end with 15 goals,
two more than his career total entering the season.

Souray's impressive return--he'll make his first All-Star
appearance this weekend--mirrors that of the Canadiens, who at
26-20-6-2 were in fourth place in the Northeast Division and on
track for the playoffs. "He's an impact defenseman now," says
Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock. "You always knew that in his end,
there was a price to be paid. Now you pay attention to him in the
other end too."

#cloudtalk

 

[Uhmkay]

Well, now we know why we couldn't get a draft pick for the guy. No team would take him on after doing a physical, Canucks would have had to divulge this information before making a trade or it would have just been canceled after the fact anyways.

The plan was to trade him, but with no team wanting to take on a banged up dman who would likely not have made it to the playoffs anyways, I guess the only option was to sign and trade later rather than lose him for nothing.

 

[Breakers]

If Vancouver is serious about this tank

They NEED to recall MckenzieStewart to take gudbranson's place.

 

[M2Beezy]

Well this pretty much forces Biega into every game now who is a far superior defenseman which is against the tank. Cant say i like this injury at all

 

[lifelonghockeyfan]

Well, now we know why we couldn't get a draft pick for the guy. No team would take him on after doing a physical, Canucks would have had to divulge this information before making a trade or it would have just been canceled after the fact anyways.

The plan was to trade him, but with no team wanting to take on a banged up dman who would likely not have made it to the playoffs anyways, I guess the only option was to sign and trade later rather than lose him for nothing.

I guess it's same (medical) reasons, that Tanev isn't going to return a first rounder, Dermot and Liljegren from the Leafs

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Can he stays on IR for like 4 years

 

[Bad Goalie]

I almost spit up!

 

[Jyrki21]

I feel this is an appropriate moment for my 2016 evergreen tweet here:

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Well, now we know why we couldn't get a draft pick for the guy. No team would take him on after doing a physical, Canucks would have had to divulge this information before making a trade or it would have just been canceled after the fact anyways.

The plan was to trade him, but with no team wanting to take on a banged up dman who would likely not have made it to the playoffs anyways, I guess the only option was to sign and trade later rather than lose him for nothing.

I want to puke
You have succeed

 

[Hansen]

Chatfield or Brisebois worth a look late? Wouldn't hurt

 

[Dab]

The only way to be a Canucks fan is to be a nihilist. Does it matter? Does hope matter?

 

[Nuckles]

Oh look, the Canucks medical staff may have ****ed up yet again. And it's a good thing we re-signed him after he suffered two long-term injuries in two seasons (completely ignoring that he has played like crap most of the time).

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Now we can call up Jordan Subban! Oh wait...

 

[Archangel]

Okay. Benning is an idiot for signing him knowing he was injured

 

[vancityluongo]

Ah, that explains why Gudbranson* was inexplicably mediocre this year.

This is awesome news. He's gonna come back and be the Chris Pronger-lite he was drafted to be. And that's just in the regular season. Wait until we see him in the playoffs!
(*a guy who has been a mediocre defenseman for over 300 games)

 

[Zippgunn]

Wow that's too bad since we all know that nobody has ever come back from a nagging shoulder injury that required off season surgery...

 

[hellstick]

How heavy was that pen he used to sign his contract extension?