Confirmed Trade: [VAN/COL] Tucker Poolman (20% retained) and 2025 4th round pick for D Erik Brannstrom

[Baby Pettersson]

3rd best Dman on the Nucks. Now I dunno if that's a good or bad thing but that's what it is.

 

[Russian_fanatic]

At this point honestly, we need a defensive partner for Brannstrom so he can play in our top 4, so we can bump Soucy and Myers down to the bottom pairing.

Kid is legit, he's been playing like a top 4 defenseman the past couple weeks. A must resign.

 

[Mike Jones]

I'll ask this here: People around here talk about Brannstrom as a third pairing defenseman. He seems to be stuck there. Why is that? The way he's playing he'd be on the second pair on some teams.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

At this point honestly, we need a defensive partner for Brannstrom so he can play in our top 4, so we can bump Soucy and Myers down to the bottom pairing.

Kid is legit, he's been playing like a top 4 defenseman the past couple weeks. A must resign.

Marcus Pettersson looks to be a great fit.

 

[Russian_fanatic]

Marcus Pettersson looks to be a great fit.

Tocc hates playing defensemen on their offside.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

I have no idea what you are talking about. This is absolute nonsense, Brannstrom was a joke in Colorado this year. Couldn't even outcompete Kylington for a spot and you want him to be a winger? Are you seriously joking fam? I lost IQ posts from this.

And the Aves lost a cheap top 4D when they gave away Brannstrom.

 

[beachcomber]

If Brannstrom is the third best D then it is good for Brannstrom but bad for the Canucks.

 

[Canucks LB]

If Brannstrom is the third best D then it is good for Brannstrom but bad for the Canucks.

Watch him play right now, you won’t be thinking this.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Vancouver just seems to be able to get a lot out of Swedish players.

I swear it's like Finnesota getting the most out of their Finnish players, and incidentally BC has the most Swedish Canadians.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Marcus Pettersson looks to be a great fit.

Speaking as an outsider, I actually think it would make more sense to run with Pettersson-Myers and Soucy-Brannstrom. Brannstrom played primarily RD in the past and I think the mixture of those pairs complement each other extremely well.

 

[Turin]

Every time I log onto HFBoards.com I see this thread. Why?

Why?

 

[Bender]

Good for Brannstrom if he found a good fit for his play style.

He was really abysmal for the Avs during pre-season - he just kept turning the puck over and over.

Maybe being placed on waivers lit a fire under him but he certainly lost his spot on the Avs with his awful performance during pre-season.

 

[Quinning]

Another goal tonight (although it'll likely get changed to Raty).

Some nifty moves as well. His confidence is booming

 

[HairyKneel]

He should be in our top 4 and never get dropped down again with this iteration of the roster.

Great take.

Every time I log onto HFBoards.com I see this thread. Why?

Why?

Infants need to play.

 

[PlayersLtd]

Speaking as an outsider, I actually think it would make more sense to run with Pettersson-Myers and Soucy-Brannstrom. Brannstrom played primarily RD in the past and I think the mixture of those pairs complement each other extremely well.

No he didn't.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

If Brannstrom is the third best D then it is good for Brannstrom but bad for the Canucks.

The Canucks seem to be doing ok when I look at the standings. How are the Aves and Sennes doing?

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Every single time Chabot would get injured in Ottawa, a young and inexperienced Brannstrom would step in and knock it out of the park.

If you pair him with a steady defensive player you have a strong top 4 defensive and puck possession pair. It is proven.

Invaluable depth to have.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

I still think it's too early to call this a win for the Canucks. We still don't know the full extent of Poolman's daily routine on LTIR.

 

[Russian_fanatic]

I'll ask this here: People around here talk about Brannstrom as a third pairing defenseman. He seems to be stuck there. Why is that? The way he's playing he'd be on the second pair on some teams.

He's been our third best defenseman. Within the next week or so he's going to be bumped up to second pairing.

 

[benfranklin]

He's been our third best defenseman. Within the next week or so he's going to be bumped up to second pairing.

I cant tell if this is complimenting Brann or insulting everyone but Hughes/Hronek. Its pretty bad back there.

 

[wonton15]

I cant tell if this is complimenting Brann or insulting everyone but Hughes/Hronek. Its pretty bad back there.

Both. It’s a “good for Brannstrom, bad for the Canucks” situation right now. Obviously super happy with Brannstrom and he’s found money, but the rest of the D core are shitting their pants.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Smart undersized D that makes limited mistakes and helps advance the puck up ice, but isn't someone you'd like to be playing big minutes in the playoffs, if at all.

Wouldn't surprise me if he carves out a Grzelcyk-type career.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I swear it's like Finnesota getting the most out of their Finnish players, and incidentally BC has the most Swedish Canadians.

I wonder which team gets the most out of Norwegian and Danish players.

 

[Raistlin]

Vancouver just seems to be able to get a lot out of Swedish players.

how quickly ppl forget about OEL and Loui Eriksson. its like draft picks, we acquire a lot of Swedish players, in the end its up to their fit.

 

[Xspyrit]

I'll ask this here: People around here talk about Brannstrom as a third pairing defenseman. He seems to be stuck there. Why is that? The way he's playing he'd be on the second pair on some teams.

Not on Ottawa though, we are so damn good that he was barely a 7th D-man here. That's how we understand hockey in Ottawa. Sens pro scouting has been terrible for so long

Replaced Mathieu Joseph by Mike Amadio (even paid a 3rd round pick to do so)
Replaced Brannstrom by Hamonic (I wanted to keep Brannstrom and play him on RD when no LHD is injured)
Etc.

Watch him play right now, you won’t be thinking this.

Even the last 2 seasons, it was easy to see that there was something with this player, backed by advanced metrics of course. I've been insulted so much for defending this player lol, particularly on Cap Friendly's forum.

There was 2 huge biases in Ottawa : size and the fact that he was THE return for Mark freaking Stone (that's on the GM)

Smart undersized D that makes limited mistakes and helps advance the puck up ice, but isn't someone you'd like to be playing big minutes in the playoffs, if at all.

Wouldn't surprise me if he carves out a Grzelcyk-type career.

I initially had Tobias Enstrom and Toery Krug as comps but eventually turned towards Grzelcyk