Confirmed with Link: [CHI/VAN] Gustav Forsling traded for Adam Clendening

[PG Canuck]

McKenzie speculating he gets recalled tomorrow to play immediately. (On my phone, linking to or quoting Tweets is difficult)

Awesome. Can't wait to see him play. This really has to mean one of Weber, Stanton, or Sbisa are gone very very soon.

 

[canucksfan]

On the surface, so far the only Benning trade I kind of like

 

[Zombotron]

And I'd definitely be on board.

I think I'd be pretty pleased if JB found a way to pry Connolly out of Tampa. Acquiring Vey/Connolly/Clendening would mean that JB is bringing in the reinforcements which were never drafted from that Hodgson-era period of 2007 to 2011...

 

[RewBicks]

So a franchise who has a bone dry cupboard of prospects trades away one of the few promising ones?

well done Jim-bob

For one that is, by all accounts, a better one, that was originally drafted three rounds ahead of Forsling, and has a proven AHL track record.

 

[Yossarian54]

So a franchise who has a bone dry cupboard of prospects trades away one of the few promising ones?

well done Jim-bob

For another prospect. It's not like he's a 28 year old journeyman.

 

[pahlsson]

hopefully this puts an end to any bartkowski talks

 

[PG Canuck]

So a franchise who has a bone dry cupboard of prospects trades away one of the few promising ones?

well done Jim-bob

Clendening is 22 years old.

 

[Diamonddog01]

This is the first Benning trade that I don't dislike. Alert the masses.
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Quoted for posterity. Interesting trade. Guess I'll stop the Bowey proposals moving forward.

 

[timw33]

Thought I'd find the 59 point season for him to be on a powerhouse Ice Hog teams—not the case. Hogs were a .500 team, and he led the team in scoring as a defenceman. Next highest scorer had 47 points (granted that was Morin and he only played 47 games, but still).

 

[canuck4life16]

Awesome. Can't wait to see him play. This really has to mean one of Weber, Stanton, or Sbisa are gone very very soon.

I hoping we either get a draft pick or a forward that has potential.....

 

[Angry Little Elf]

So a franchise who has a bone dry cupboard of prospects trades away one of the few promising ones?

well done Jim-bob

Clendening is three years older than Forsling. He is farther along in his progression and is a right handed PMD (which fills a need)

 

[Serac]

I was still holding out hope for Petrovic, but Clendening does seem much better, and likely cheaper by the looks of this

 

[Bad News Benning]

I wasn't a huge fan of Forsling in terms of NHL potential anyways so pretty happy with this deal. A 22 yr old defenseman that has success at the AHL level is much higher chance of being an NHL defenseman.

This current team badly needs defenseman with some creativity and offensive capabilities. Hopefully this means less Stanton and Sbisa moving forward.

 

[PG Canuck]

hopefully this puts an end to any bartkowski talks

And it very we'll should.

Tanev
Hamhuis
Edler
Corrado
Weber
Stanton
Sbisa
Clendening

*Bieksa

 

[Verviticus]

i have to like the trade overall even if there's a reasonable chance they lose. i just liked forsling. oh well

 

[Diamonddog01]

hopefully this puts an end to any bartkowski talks

I hope it doesn't. We need to tweak / restructure the defensive core in a big way. Bartkowski and Clendening help to do so.

 

[PG Canuck]

I hoping we either get a draft pick or a forward that has potential.....

Very unlikely. Not for those players. Late pick at best.

 

[jigsaw99]

this reminds of the Linden Vey trade.

 

[Tv9924]

Does this mean we package one of Stanton/Sbisa/Weber with either Lack/Markstrom or Kassian?

 

[Spectrefire]

So a franchise who has a bone dry cupboard of prospects trades away one of the few promising ones?

well done Jim-bob

We don't have a bone dry cupboard of prospects...

 

[Angry Little Elf]

this reminds of the Linden Vey trade.

How so?

 

[tiny103]

We weren't going to see Forsling for a couple years anyways. Seems like we got a more developed version of him in this trade.

The WJC probably didn't help Forsling's value for Benning. To be fair the whole team wasn't on their game when it mattered.

 

[Taelin]

Clendening is just basically a slightly bigger Forsling that's proven it in the AHL, and is 4 years older.

 

[AirMinivan]

Don't get the people whining that we traded away a prospect.

We got a prospect in return.

 

[Canadian Canuck]

Love this deal. Forsling is overhyped because of the WJC. Clendening shoots right and from what I saw from him last year, he has top 4 potential