Waived: [VAN] Erik Brannstrom on waivers

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Nobody should claim him.

He's a small, puck moving d who isn't good at moving the puck and isn't good at d.

 

[Soundgarden]

Remember when he was one of the top prospects in the league.

 

[EXTRAS]

Canucks making a trade with Boston.

 

[Goal Caufield50]

Canucks making a trade with Boston.

trade just not boston

 

[WarriorofTime]

Still doing just as well when he plays... but not tall enough for tocchet or Foote.

Definitely an NHL player and would be an upgrade on many teams bottom pair/PP2, but defensively has some deficiencies and doesn't get the benefit of the doubt.

Probably clears because nhl gms are dumb as hell, but If he doesn't nbd and good for him to get nhl games somewhere.

The "he should be claimed, but won't be because everyone is dumb" is a pretty insane level of mental gymnastics to justify your perception of a player and straight up cognitive dissonance. A "definitely NHL player" making the minimum would have no justifiable reason to not be claimed and 31 teams would have the opportunity to make such claim.

 

[rypper]

Most fans would look at a team defense that struggles to get the puck out of their zone and think hmmm perhaps they should use a player that has that ability.

But Rick Tocchet and his staff keep going back to players that excel at being tall and little else.

Brannstrom suffers from under-six-feet-itis and it's incurable in the eyes of the coaching staff.

He's certainly not a game breaker but he brings a different skill set. You can't play Hughes all game.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Another stat nerd fav who's not good? Shocker.

 

[Three On Zero]

Weren't Canucks fans talking about how well he was doing not too long ago? What happened?

He does well when he gets to play, Tocchet refuses to waive players like Juulsen whom are much worse for him though.

Canucks fans dunked on us for weeks for this lol

Most fans want him in the lineup, want guys like Juulsen, Forbort and Desharnais out for him. Brannstrom brings skills those other 3 don’t.

 

[CraigBillington]

I was assured that he was halfway to being a Norris contender and that the Avs failed miserably by trading him.

I was informed he was a top 4 defenseman for free.

I've been told he was the savviest pick-up this off-season.

These responses are so lame

 

[PensandCaps]

Can't be worse than the depth we have.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Most fans would look at a team defense that struggles to get the puck out of their zone and think hmmm perhaps they should use a player that has that ability.

But Rick Tocchet and his staff keep going back to players that excel at being tall and little else.

Brannstrom suffers from under-six-feet-itis and it's incurable in the eyes of the coaching staff.

He's certainly not a game breaker but he brings a different skill set. You can't play Hughes all game.

Tocchet's game plan probably is to play Hughes the entire game.

 

[VanillaCoke]

The "he should be claimed, but won't be because everyone is dumb" is a pretty insane level of mental gymnastics to justify your perception of a player and straight up cognitive dissonance. A "definitely NHL player" making the minimum would have no justifiable reason to not be claimed and 31 teams would have the opportunity to make such claim.

That's the whole point, there is no justification for Brannstrom to not be at worst a number seven in the nhl, especially for league minimum, but because short he probably clears.
He's definitely better than juulsen, stetcher, brown, barrie, Burroughs,Timmons, prob liljegren etc that's just off the top of my head.

Nhl gms are dumb, we see them do dumb things all the time, cough Drury cough trotz ..

 

[FSL KINGS]

Can't be worse than what the King's are icing on defense.

 

[MNRube]

The Sprong of blueliners.

 

[krutovsdonut]

he's just not good enough to overcome his size and strength issues, he will need to go ape in the gym in the manner of a troy stecher or alex biega to be a 7/8 roster player in the nhl let alone a regular.

 

[David71]

terrible move. tocheet and his obession with "tall defenseman" he is the only one besides q hughes that can move the puck.

 

[Stealth JD]

Why would they waive him…they should have traded him for Mark Stone.

 

[Freaky Styley]

Still doing just as well when he plays... but not tall enough for tocchet or Foote.

Definitely an NHL player and would be an upgrade on many teams bottom pair/PP2, but defensively has some deficiencies and doesn't get the benefit of the doubt.

Probably clears because nhl gms are dumb as hell, but If he doesn't nbd and good for him to get nhl games somewhere.

NHL coaches and GMs don't want small, primarily offensive-minded defensemen on their 3rd pair. This has been true since time immemorial and will likely remain so. They really don't add much to the team overall if they aren't going to be a PK option.

 

[dirtydanglez]

so much for the 2nd coming of hughes

 

[kanucks25]

He was very solid early in the season when playing limited minutes before Hronek got hurt but since then he's had to play more minutes anytime he's been in the lineup and it hasn't looked as good.

Coaching staff here prefers major size on their blueline, and PK ability on their 3rd pair. Philosophy wise it was never going to be a match here for Brannstrom.

I think in the right situation he can be a #6 guy but it won't be in Vancouver.

 

[Hoglander]

He's not good enough. He had a few moments earlier on, but that's about it. Tries to be physical, but fails at it and becomes a liability. Doesn't do enough with the puck to outweigh his shortcomings.

Now ditch Juulsen and sign Willander.

 

[Brookbank]

Weren't Canucks fans talking about how well he was doing not too long ago? What happened?

He was doing great at transitioning the puck and being a threat on the PP. Then suddenly he was just out and never came back in.

Some say his defensive game was terrible but it wasn't obvious from the eye test.

Tocchet only like dinosaurs on defense so dinosaurs he will get. Somebody pick this kid up. He deserves to play.

Had a hard time defending and reading plays. Whether that's also on his partner is another story but I did notice some pretty bad gaffs then he started getting healthy scratched. But Vancouver has a few dmen like this but they're bigger and provide zero offense so whether they bring more to the table other than the PK is another story.

And yet, Myers, Juulson, Deshardais and Forbort's games are rife with defensive gaffs.