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Yep....it's isn't often you can say that Jimbo schooled a rival GM in a trade.....but after the Pens dumped Gudbranson for the equivalent of a seventh rounder and a career minor leaguer, Pearson for Guddy looks pretty lopsided now.
Seems like ions ago since Benning gave up McCann and bunch of draft picks for Gudranson, and then proclaimed him to be a 'top-four d-man who made a great first pass'. And then of course doubled down on the original bone-header by signing him to that ridiculous extension.
Maybe the Canucks GM has actually learned something?.....but then again, maybe not.
Credit Rutherford for being able to clear a contract. Pretty much a nothing return but cleared $4 mill in cap through the end of next season.
It's frankly astonishing that an NHL team was willing to take Gudbranson's full ticket back at this point. Even the most optimistic person could say he's maybe a #6 defender ... getting paid $4 million.
NHL GMs are stupid. That's 3 of them in the last year that thought it was a great idea to pay this fringe NHLer $4 million/year. When we question the intelligence and competence of NHL GMs and don't buy the appeals to authority about their moves, this is why.
Never forget that pick for Gudbranson actually would've been Debrincat. I am 100% willing to charitably attribute that to Benning as great scouting since Botchford reported the interest well before the draft.
