HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The Erik Gudbranson era is over!

[mathonwy]

In trader Jim we trust.

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[VanJack]

In trader Jim we trust.

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You know if Jimbo has just admitted the Gudbranson trade was mistake and then let him walk as a UFA this off-season, you could resign yourself to it and move on. But by re-upping him to a $4m a year contract for three more years, he just doubled down on the original mistake.

 

[Hodgy]

Who cares McCann is a liability, god forbid he ever plays center for us in a bottom 6 role, look at what Florida fans are saying about him! He’s playing himself off a terrible Florida team!. He’s got no grit no toughness and question marks on his character. He would be immediately benched by Travis Green and rightfully so!

So what was worse than, drafting a player as bad as McCann, or trading him with a second round pick for a "defensive" defensemen with a team leading -20?

 

[megatron]

You know if Jimbo has just admitted the Gudbranson trade was mistake and then let him walk as a UFA this off-season, you could resign yourself to it and move on. But by re-upping him to a $4m a year contract for three more years, he just doubled down on the original mistake.

Sure but Bennings not really been accountable for any of his actions so its in HIS best interest to sign him. You saw that IMac quote hes literally supporting Bennings actions. Gudbranson is a 4mill 6th defence-man at best, yet apart from a small vocal minority on HF-boards and some peeps on twitter nobody else is questioning why Gudbranson hasn't sat for a game yet. The guy is -5 in the Toronto game and he gets 20 minutes of ice the next game and looks pretty bad with his -2. At some point you expect people to notice but I think apathy has set in. Benning is benefiting from the apathy.

 

[mathonwy]

Sure but Bennings not really been accountable for any of his actions so its in HIS best interest to sign him. You saw that IMac quote hes literally supporting Bennings actions. Gudbranson is a 4mill 6th defence-man at best, yet apart from a small vocal minority on HF-boards and some peeps on twitter nobody else is questioning why Gudbranson hasn't sat for a game yet. The guy is -5 in the Toronto game and he gets 20 minutes of ice the next game and looks pretty bad with his -2. At some point you expect people to notice but I think apathy has set in. Benning is benefiting from the apathy.

Tsn podcast that someone posted here noticed.

 

[xtra]

Who cares McCann is a liability, god forbid he ever plays center for us in a bottom 6 role, look at what Florida fans are saying about him! He’s playing himself off a terrible Florida team!. He’s got no grit no toughness and question marks on his character. He would be immediately benched by Travis Green and rightfully so!

Bae, goldobin, granlund, eriksson have no grit and toughness but seem to be getting ice time.

Jake has question marks about his character as well but has ice time so your points are flawed.

 

[rypper]

This team would be so much better with McCann and playing Biega as our 6th, then with ever having Gudbranson in the lineup.

 

[Askel]

“He really isn’t”

You saying Virtanen isn’t good defensively / without the puck or McCann is?

Also Wing is the more important position to add to on a team with EP40 Bo Sutter and Beagle but nice try

Ehhh Center is a more important position than wing, you can get by with decent wingers if you got good centers. I said nothing about defense I said that McCann scored at a higher pace.

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[Intangibos]

Well at least Benning isn't a good enough scout to draft Pastrnak to trade or RMB's head would start smoking trying to figure out how to convince people he thinks it was a good trade

It must be true if Botchford said it.

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[Horse McHindu]

My thoughts on Guds hasn’t changed much over the past three months. He has lots of warts, but has some unique skill sets that extend beyond advanced analytics that are important to a team.

Given how anemic our right side D is and was, extending Gudbranson was a necessary evil unfortunately. The Canucks really couldn’t afford to let Guds walk, which just goes to show how pathetic our right side D was (I won’t go into a Mike Gillis tirade here as it’s not the right thread for that).

However - if any of Woo, Chatfield, etc., step up over the next few years and earn a roster spot, guys like Gudbranson will be gone.

 

[timw33]

has some unique skill sets that extend beyond advanced analytics that are important to a team.

Such as....?

 

[Hoglander]

This team would honestly be better off if you took gudbranson out of the lineup and replaced him with nobody. Just 5 dmen and 1 less contract. Replacing Jimbo with a potato would also help.

 

[TruKnyte]

My thoughts on Guds hasn’t changed much over the past three months. He has lots of warts, but has some unique skill sets that extend beyond advanced analytics that are important to a team.

Given how anemic our right side D is and was, extending Gudbranson was a necessary evil unfortunately. The Canucks really couldn’t afford to let Guds walk, which just goes to show how pathetic our right side D was (I won’t go into a Mike Gillis tirade here as it’s not the right thread for that).

However - if any of Woo, Chatfield, etc., step up over the next few years and earn a roster spot, guys like Gudbranson will be gone.

Biega does pretty much everything Gudbrandson does but better. Would rather have him in on a nightly basis than Gudbrandson.

 

[timw33]

Biega does pretty much everything Gudbrandson does but better. Would rather have him in on a nightly basis than Gudbrandson.

At a fraction of the cost/term.

 

[vanarchy]

In trader Jim we trust.

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[Motte and Bailey]

Bae, goldobin, granlund, eriksson have no grit and toughness but seem to be getting ice time.

Jake has question marks about his character as well but has ice time so your points are flawed.

Bae has grit. Loui and Granlund are defensively sound. Goldobin is meant to play in the top six and doesn’t need to have grit or toughness. Jake HAD question marks about his character, those are gone, and his physical presence and defensive ability make him a way more effective bottom six player than McCann.

 

[PG Canuck]

Such as....?

This should be good...

 

[Motte and Bailey]

My thoughts on Guds hasn’t changed much over the past three months. He has lots of warts, but has some unique skill sets that extend beyond advanced analytics that are important to a team.

Given how anemic our right side D is and was, extending Gudbranson was a necessary evil unfortunately. The Canucks really couldn’t afford to let Guds walk, which just goes to show how pathetic our right side D was (I won’t go into a Mike Gillis tirade here as it’s not the right thread for that).

However - if any of Woo, Chatfield, etc., step up over the next few years and earn a roster spot, guys like Gudbranson will be gone.

Good to see you back hope you’ve been well!

 

[M2Beezy]

Such as....?

He is really good for local advertising

 

[Canucks1096]

Gudbranson had a season low 13.51 ice time today on the 3rd pairing. Lowest total out of all D today. Let's keep it that way

 

[PG Canuck]

Gudbranson had a season low 13.51 ice time today on the 3rd pairing. Lowest total out of all D today. Let's keep it that way

Maybe Green is finally starting to get it? Guess we will find out.

 

[Duodenum]

Maybe Green is finally starting to get it? Guess we will find out.

Doubt it but we can be hopeful. Stecher and Hutton killed it together.

 

[polarbearcub]

13 min on a third pairing is exactly where guddy two giveaways a shift should be

 

[kanuck87]

This has to be the beginning of the end for Gudbranson. Plays 14 minutes, Canucks win big, and Hutton/Stecher looked great.

 

[Cancuks]

Is Benning actually smart enough to tell Green to limit RealAmazing's icetime vs the one team that might actually want and be scouting him? In order to "showcase" him?