The Erik "Gudzilla" Gudbranson Thread

[Night Shift]

I said he was going to be solid before his 1st game and he hasn't let me down yet.

Nahh, that's Hennessy with red food coloring

 

[madinsomniac]

Yeah, it’s funny how people say the Cole and Bonino moves were great and smart because we couldn’t tie up cash in replaceable depth players and we now have 11.25 million tied up in Bjugstad, Gudbranson and Johnson.

Yeah its like when right after the cap was put in place and we had cleared a ton of space and everyone thought we could assemble one heck of a team, then we overpaid abunch of old vets and sucked... sometimes the right setup ends up being screwed up by the actual moves made .....

 

[KIRK]

Yeah, it’s funny how people say the Cole and Bonino moves were great and smart because we couldn’t tie up cash in replaceable depth players and we now have 11.25 million tied up in Bjugstad, Gudbranson and Johnson.

 

[Crosbyfan]

I live in Finland, we rarely burn our cities down here.

McCann is a nice catch for you guys. Hope he does well for you!

Pouliot is just downright awful.

I don't expect much from Tanner but it is easier to hide a 4 mil contract on a bad winger than it is on a horrible D man so, I'll take him.

Well...not your own...
(probably funnier if it was Sweden...but there ya go)

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I live in Finland, we rarely burn our cities down here.

McCann is a nice catch for you guys. Hope he does well for you!

Pouliot is just downright awful.

I don't expect much from Tanner but it is easier to hide a 4 mil contract on a bad winger than it is on a horrible D man so, I'll take him.

It's a shame then that he hasn't been terrible.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

No. He’s actually been pretty solid in terms of his skating.

I think out of player’s we have had in recent years his skill set seems most like Trevor Daley’s.

You're saying Pettersson is like Dales? Lol no.

I think you misremembered how Dales plays.

 

[Gurglesons]

You're saying Pettersson is like Dales? Lol no.

I think you misremembered how Dales plays.

I think Gudbranson has a similar skill set to Daley.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Daley in the cup year at his best was like Letang lite. The analytics backed that up.

GudgoingtoBranson is like Letang after a lobotomy.

I mean I like how he has done compared to the low expectations, but come on.

 

[Night Shift]

I think Gudbranson has a similar skill set to Daley.

No one is denying Guds is a good skater, I think the scouting report is he's pretty fast for his size right?

The mystery is for as good a skater as he is why was he so bad for such good skating? Is it low hockey iq or is it just clumsiness? The goal he scored for Florida was pretty clumsy and unlucky

 

[CrosbyMalkin]

No one is denying Guds is a good skater, I think the scouting report is he's pretty fast for his size right?

The mystery is for as good a skater as he is why was he so bad for such good skating? Is it low hockey iq or is it just clumsiness? The goal he scored for Florida was pretty clumsy and unlucky

The goal he scored in Florida has happened to the best of them. Passing any judgement on that is ridiculous. Also when we made the trade everyone was saying are we trying to be the slowest defense in the league so obviously they didn’t watch Gudbranson because he is not a bad skater at all. Typical HF posters. Act like experts and don’t know much about hockey.

 

[Nakawick]

Gudbranson can’t skate or carry and handle the puck like Daley. Daley could take the puck from behind our net right into the other teams zone and establish possession, Gud can’t do that.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Gudbranson can’t skate or carry and handle the puck like Daley. Daley could take the puck from behind our net right into the other teams zone and establish possession, Gud can’t do that.

I remember the analytics when Letang was suspended one game showing how Letang had some of the best stats in hockey defensively that year. And Daley was only a shade behind him.

 

[Turin]

Gudbranson is Tough Overpriced Worse Lovejoy. There’s no Daley on this team which is why it kinda sucks a lot.

 

[Nakawick]

I think Gud is more of a right shot Oleksiak who is a bit meaner.

 

[Night Shift]

The goal he scored in Florida has happened to the best of them. Passing any judgement on that is ridiculous. Also when we made the trade everyone was saying are we trying to be the slowest defense in the league so obviously they didn’t watch Gudbranson because he is not a bad skater at all. Typical HF posters. Act like experts and don’t know much about hockey.

Easy there. I have been one of many here saying he's been solid overall. 3 games is still too early to say but we're all rooting for it to work out.

 

[Turin]

I remember the analytics when Letang was suspended one game showing how Letang had some of the best stats in hockey defensively that year. And Daley was only a shade behind him.

I’m not sure you’re remembering that correctly, I have a hard time believing Daley had positive defensive analytics. Maybe though.. all I remember is that his shot suppression was always butt but it was canceled out by how much offense he pushed. Kinda like Phil.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Easy there. I have been one of many here saying he's been solid overall. 3 games is still too early to say but we're all rooting for it to work out.

McCurdy made the point when Letang was suspended a game after Orpik got two games in the Washington series.

 

[Night Shift]

McCurdy made the point when Letang was suspended a game after Orpik got two games in the Washington series.

Lol I think you meant to quote @Solzhenitsyn

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Lol I think you meant to quote @Solzhenitsyn

You don't know me!

 

[Night Shift]

You don't know me!

And I don't know hockey! And I'm a typical HF poster!

 

[KIRK]

I think Gudbranson has a similar skill set to Daley.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Joke aside, I'm hoping you're just trolling us, if only because of what it means if you're not.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Spoiler: Spoiler

Joke aside, I'm hoping you're just trolling us, if only because of what it means if you're not.

To be fair I think that he meant this guy.

 

[Night Shift]

Spoiler: Spoiler

Joke aside, I'm hoping you're just trolling us, if only because of what it means if you're not.

I mean this is Gudzilla. Anything's possible, right? Dead Pigs can fly, right?

 

[PuckMunchkin]

It's a shame then that he hasn't been terrible.

Its not a shame.

Just dont be fooled by a small sample size.

 

[Night Shift]

Its not a shame.

Just dont be fooled by a small sample size.

I feel like a broken record here . Cautiously optimistic at best, but very low expectations.

Your avatar though: Living on the east coast in the 90's Canucks games were very limited but I loved watching Bure play. Amazing