WWYDW: What to do with Alexandre Burrows

Yea, I’d pull the trigger or atleast agree with Benning’s decision to.

Mccann didn’t impress me as much as Bo or Jake did in there rookie season. You could see flashes of talent, but more noticeably you could see Mccann get pushed around and always weak on the puck. our top 3 centers are penciled in for the next few years and I don’t think many have Mccann as the ideal 4th line center. What we need is a solid defender in the top 4 and we got one that seems to atleast on paper to be an ideal fit for Hutton’s breakout development. Plus, who doesn’t want a young Bieksa.

As for the extra 2nd round pick, I can’t pretend like I know any of the potential players we could get with it. One thing I have been impressed with has been Benning’s scouting. Boeser, Demko, and Virtanen look like the real deal. As for Mccann and Shink, it’s too early to judge but for now I think Benning need’s to be given the benefit of the doubt as a talent evaluator.

I’m excited to see what the team will look like in 2-3 years, but honestly don’t see where Mccann would have fit in unless he was converted to a winger. Wingers are a lot easier to come by. Could Mccann potentially be the replacement for Henrik that we’ve been looking for? Highly unlikely.

I would pull the trigger *if* it was also hooked up to a Rube Goldberg-type contraption that would simultaneously fire this management team into the sun.

Florida really won on every level here. Got rid of a player who was going to be a problem when valued up against his cap hit and the space he occupied in the lineup, obtained two good young assets, and set themselves up better for the expansion draft.

One big problem with Gudbranson is that he carried value and was going to cost more to get out of Florida for reasons other than his on-ice skill. Besides the fact that we don’t even know if the leadership/likability part will translate to Vancouver (see “fan favorite” Brandon Prust), it’s just not good value to bleed high-value assets for things that don’t directly put the puck in the net.

That’s a long winded way to say “of course not”.

I make the trade again in a heartbeat.

The Canucks got the better player for next season, the player with the better pedigree, higher ceiling as well as the player that is harder to acquire in trade or via free agency.

If Gallant was using Gudbranson as his tough minutes defensive ace, that is a top 4 defenseman until proven otherwise.

I have read at least a half dozen takes on Gudbranson from the analyctis community and none of them have convincingly demonstrated Guds is a third pairing defenseman or worse.

As much as I like McCann, he is still a prospect.

It is much more likely that he turns into Hodgson than Seguin.

And Seguin, it should be noted, had significantly better pedigree and track record at the NHL level than McCann.

Even if McCann develops into a second line centre/winger, that is a lot easier to find than a second pairing right handed defenseman.

We have seen enough defenseman from Chara to Burns to Byfuglien to Giordano that have turned into top pairing defenseman at an older age than Gudbranson.

Turning an aging Kesler with a NTC via McCann into Gudbranson is a win for the organization.

“Canucks general manager Jim Benning acquired Erik Gudbranson and a fifth round selection in exchange for Jared McCann and a pair of draft picks — 33rd and 93rd overall.”

Notice how many times JD has written “93rd overall” instead of “fourth rounder” yet continues to use “fifth rounder”.

Even though we know the difference between a high fourth rounder and any fifth rounder is insignificant…

NM00 is not your savior.

If it up to the community to demand a better editor…

You know what’s cool about the current Stanley Cup match up? We don’t have to hear about how every team needs to be like the LA Kings or the Blackhawks.

Also, how is getting Gudbrandson a bad thing? Imagine our blueline with Tryamkin, Edler, Pedan, Guds, and Sbisa patrolling it? Analytics be damned, we need bodies that will instill the fear of god in other teams.

It’s also now coming out that McCann was a bit of a tool. Good move I say.

Considering the complete and utter meltdown JD had over this trade last week – I was thinking it would be kind of funny if the Canucks started showing interest in Mikkel Boedker.

I would not make this trade because the Canucks are not in the position to be a win-now team. People can compare McCann and Gudbranson all they want, but the Canucks also traded a 33rd overall pick. A young scoring prospect and a virtual late-first rounder fits more of what this hockey club needs than a 2nd pairing defenseman. This is a team that finished at the bottom of the league last year(and arguably could of been the worst team if not for the stellar goaltending). Trading futures for a 2nd pairing defenseman is not going to push this team to be a cup contender. This team needs more top line talent, and in the current NHL, the best way to get that top line talent is through the draft.