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.In trader Jim we trust.
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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!
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.
Tsn podcast that someone posted here noticed.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.
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!
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.“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
It must be true if Botchford said it.
has some unique skill sets that extend beyond advanced analytics that are important to a team.
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.
In trader Jim we trust.
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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.
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.
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
Doubt it but we can be hopeful. Stecher and Hutton killed it together.Maybe Green is finally starting to get it? Guess we will find out.