Confirmed Trade: [PIT/VAN] Erik Gudbranson for Tanner Pearson

[Jacob]

Yes, Schultz technically was.

He never played a game for the Ducks.

Same with Kevin Hayes

Edmonton was Schultz’s 2nd organization.

 

[chethejet]

It is about fit and expectations. Gudbranson is a third pairing d man who brings grit and stay at home make the simple play guy. Now you can complain that is a lot of contract for that, but for the Pens, his game is simple. When Letang and Dumo return, his minutes will go down and his exposure is less. Schultz was a tire fire and took time to reconstruct his game. But he had the talent to do that. Gudbranson is not that level, but he can improve and be a solid third pairing guy.

 

[Night Shift]

Yes, Schultz technically was.

He never played a game for the Ducks.

Same with Kevin Hayes

I get what you are trying to say. But it also took Schultz to find the right situation to become what his draft projection predicted him to be. Gudbranson while a very good skater is more suited for 90's era hockey. 2 totally different players. And some guys never find the right situation, some guys they are just good players despite any situation they are in.

Even if Gudbranson found the right situation here, he isn't going to become some renaissance OFD with PP capabilities. The Pens have taken this project on and "have" to actually work with him. I'm sure the first day was teaching him how to tie his skates. But so far 2/2!

 

[strandvag]

How does a trade involving those two scrubs generate so many pages..

 

[SouthGeorge]

It is about fit and expectations. Gudbranson is a third pairing d man who brings grit and stay at home make the simple play guy. Now you can complain that is a lot of contract for that, but for the Pens, his game is simple. When Letang and Dumo return, his minutes will go down and his exposure is less. Schultz was a tire fire and took time to reconstruct his game. But he had the talent to do that. Gudbranson is not that level, but he can improve and be a solid third pairing guy.

We've looked better defensively without those two and Gudbranson on 2nd pairing...

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

It is about fit and expectations. Gudbranson is a third pairing d man who brings grit and stay at home make the simple play guy. Now you can complain that is a lot of contract for that, but for the Pens, his game is simple. When Letang and Dumo return, his minutes will go down and his exposure is less. Schultz was a tire fire and took time to reconstruct his game. But he had the talent to do that. Gudbranson is not that level, but he can improve and be a solid third pairing guy.

Just another post by someone who's never seen Gudbranson play.

There's nothing "simple" about his game at all.

 

[3074326]

How does a trade involving those two scrubs generate so many pages..

I think half of it is Pens fans being disappointed, and then reporting his relatively successful first two games. The rest are mostly Vancouver fans making their fanbase look bad.

 

[NYR94]

How does a trade involving those two scrubs generate so many pages..

Lol I was wondering the same thing. I keep expecting to read that Pearson scored a hat trick or something.

 

[Laus723]

That goal was vintage Guds. Appreciate the help there 44.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

That goal was vintage Guds. Appreciate the help there 44.

Lol was just gonna post this.

That's the Guds special right there.

 

[PensandCaps]

this guy cant turn. very bad attribute to have as a Dman

 

[TLEH]

this guy cant turn. very bad attribute to have as a Dman

Him and DK Metcalf with them grandma hips

 

[M2Beezy]

this guy cant turn. very bad attribute to have as a Dman

Thinking is not really his thing either. Ill try in find the youtube video of this 15-20 second possession he had of the puck behind the Canucks net and when he finally moved the puck he gave it away. It was amazing

 

[Night Shift]

Undefeated under the Gudzilla era

 

[KahunaBaby]

Undefeated under the Gudzilla era

Was never a fan of the player but was a big fan of the individual. Guddy is a class guy and i'm hoping he can turn his game around. Glad to hear so far so gud for him and hope it continues.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Luke Schenn has looked better than Gudbranson so far...

 

[Motte and Bailey]

Gudbranson has looked good regardless of what other players on the Canucks look like :

 

[Night Shift]

Gudbranson has looked good regardless of what other players on the Canucks look like :

We're just not asking him to be "the guy" like maybe the Canucks were. I'm sure that has helped him a lot. He's still a project. He's still a work in progress. I'm confident The Pens coaching staff will work with him and put him in positions to succeed. He still has to develop here, who knows how it will go, all you can do is hope this is the right situation for him.

 

[Night Shift]

Luke Schenn has looked better than Gudbranson so far...

Maybe he will work out and hopefully stay long term for Vancouver. Hes already been through almost 1/4th of the 31 teams. I would think that's alarming for someone who is maybe that solid?

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Maybe he will work out and hopefully stay long term for Vancouver. Hes already been through almost 1/4th of the 31 teams. I would think that's alarming for someone who is maybe that solid?

Never said he was solid...just better than Gudbranson so far.

 

[Fatty McLardy]

Ah I remember the days of Pens fans saying Oleksiak was an absolute steal for a 4th round pick and that he was incredibly good with Pittsburgh in his first several games and definitely gonna be a top 4 dman and turn it around because they had gotten good dmen from us before, and us Stars fans just sat back and laughed and said just wait.

He fell back down to earth. He improved slightly from a #8 to a #5-6, but they jumped to conclusions so fast. They're doing the same thing with Gudbranson.

Pens fans said Oleksiak was good last year for them because he was and it wasn't just first few games, he legit had a really good half of the season with the penguins....but unfortunately he turned back into the Dallas version of Oleksiak this year so they traded him back to Dallas.

 

[96]

this guy cant turn. very bad attribute to have as a Dman

Hey at least if the Pens miss the PO you still got the Capitals. Plus your favourite teams from the other divisions... Lucky!

 

[Fatty McLardy]

How does a trade involving those two scrubs generate so many pages..

its mostly filled Nucks fans shitting on Gudbranson like he killed their dog or something. I get it, he was awful for them, but lets face it, he wasn't the only one....save for maybe 3 or 4 players, their whole organization is filled with incompetent trash.

 

[PetterssonSimp]

We're just not asking him to be "the guy" like maybe the Canucks were. I'm sure that has helped him a lot. He's still a project. He's still a work in progress. I'm confident The Pens coaching staff will work with him and put him in positions to succeed. He still has to develop here, who knows how it will go, all you can do is hope this is the right situation for him.

Lol Guddy played the 5th or usually the 6th most ice time for Canucks defenceman. We never asked him to be The Guy, hell we barely asked him to be a #4 most nights and he still failed at it!

 

[DesertPenguin]

This probably ends terribly for the Pens and most fans I think would still undo the trade if they could, but Guds has been better than Vancouver fans had warned. Maybe he's being sheltered better. Maybe this system is better for him. Maybe he's got a D partner that covers for him well. Maybe this is just a small sample size. We shall see.

Now that he's with the organization, I'll support him and hope he does well.