Confirmed with Link: VAN/COL Poolman (20% retained) + 2025 4th for Erik Brannstrom(Waived)

[VanJack]

I watched him in a couple Ottawa games last season, and he wasn't actually bad. I think he gets a lot of poop because of expectations for where he was drafted and who he was traded for. He's an NHLer. First injury we get on D, and he'll be the first one they call up.

I was kind of shocked to read that Brannstrom was actually a +5 in his last two years in Ottawa, on a team that was generally a defensive train-wreck. So he couldn't have been that bad in his own zone.

I think you're right. Being traded for Mark Stone landed him in a 'no-win' situation with the Sens and their fans.