The Midnight Burrito
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Quinn Hughes injured while tripping over his own feet. Gudbranson - still playing, baby.
Player Discussion Erik Gudbranson
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sowcufucakky
Looked like a high ankle sprain, did they talk about it at all?
Gudbranson made a few bad plays tonight. I like him in the mid-pairing, not so sure about him on the top pairing against a fast team.
They had him on the radio tonight though, he makes it clear he knows exactly what his skill set is. He was very personable at FanFest as well.
I saw an interview with him in preseason while I was watching Pens game. A very nice character. Obviously overpaid but seems like a really good guy to have for your team.
Maybe we can eventually pair him with Fowler? I wonder how that will look. Perhaps he will be too slow for that but buthaps they could be a very complimentary combo
Paul4587
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He was a tyre fire in his own end with the puck on his stick, I thought he really got exposed. He's very good without the puck though but not enough to make up for the constant giveaways and poor passes.
Other than Lindholm, the entire defense struggled. It was partly because the forwards weren't moving - way to much side to side passing between defenseman. Holzer - who I usually defend - was particularly awful. I think Gud/Fowler could eventually be a good pairing.
The Midnight Burrito
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I thought he was fine last night. He had two like two passes to nowhere and one hideously weird pinch at his own blue line. Bottom-pairing guys make mistakes. Especially bottom-pairing guys being asked to play top-pairing shifts.
He's a poor man's Manson, who himself is more of a second-pairing guy.
He's a poor man's Manson, who himself is more of a second-pairing guy.
His passing is pretty good technically
Some bad decisions on passes but his ability to hit his man is better than I expected
Some bad decisions on passes but his ability to hit his man is better than I expected
Dirk316
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bsu
"I have no idea what I am doing" -Pat VerBleak
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I take him 100 out of 100 times over holzer even if he has his worst game.
The hate he gets on HF makes me want him to do well so badly.... of course will also help this team lol
Sean Garrity
Quack Quack Quack!
Not even Gud could make the Holzer hate stop lol. He has not been put in a position to succeed, not by choice, but I would say is semi-succeeding.
Gurglesons
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He was our most consistent D in the playoffs last year and one of the few players on the Pens to actually get on the score sheet.
Sorry the Canucks sucked for the last five years. Maybe you should just be happy that sucking paid off and quit bitching about Gudbranson. God.
Hutton ain’t some stud either so maybe the problem was the pairing I dunno.
WhatTheDuck
9 - 20 - 8
He makes nearly 5x more than Holzer and comes with the extra year so we'd better hope he's a clear upgrade.
Dirk316
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VS Chicago
Led all Dmen in ice time again, had more hits than the other 5 dmen combined and scored a goal
Led all Dmen in ice time again, had more hits than the other 5 dmen combined and scored a goal
May be far fetched, but is there still a chance he lives up to his draft position or has that ship sailed ?
eternalbedhead
Let's not rebuild and say we did
It sailed a long time ago. The league is too fast for him and his offensive skills are just not up to par. I still don't like the trade because of his contract, but he hasn't been horrible on the defensive side of the puck and that's fine.
Everyone tries to act like a GM, bringing up what seems like an extra million or so that he’s over paid , we aren’t up against the cap. We needed a player like this( who I’m sure will benefit from being back in the western conference) and they say he’s a true leader in the room. So far he’s been a really solid 4-6 with great intangibles. When Manson comes back he will slot perfectly. We didn’t give up anything for him . Everyone needs to stop nitpicking
bumperkisser
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Liking guds a lot so far. When Manson gets back I don't mind our d corps that much
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He relies too heavily on rimming the puck out of the defensive zone to relieve pressure. There was one sequence against Chicago last night in the second period where he tried to rim it out three times and each time the puck was kept in. Not a good look.
It’s better than how some of our dmen try and flip it out towards the center of the ice( which sometimes ends up being a disaster) he may have been told to keep it as simple as possible until he learns the new system
duxfan1101
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I noticed this, too. It seems like he's almost scared to have the puck on his stick in the defensive zone.
Dirk316
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It's as if certain posters are looking for any reason to continue to Canuck fan troll it's as if they are hoping for him to fail
