What Needs To Happen

At least give Gudbranson a chance. Hell people thought the same thing about the big rig. He turned out ok. It could be the system he played. The coaching. Some players do really well with a change of scene.
He hasn't even laced up yet.

I actually liked Oleksiak before he was traded to Pittsburgh because of his massive size. Its just a shame the Penguins had to get rid of him.

I agree, but he went out probably because of internal issues.

Too much passivity. They need some mean players. You can;t respond after a player is taken out. You have to be willing to be nasty before hand so people know there is a price to pay. He wasn't.
It's the way the game is unfortunately.

Yeah, that's a rather unfortunate thing. The problem I have with Gudbranson is his CORSI is awful.

Yes but players can change due to system, team, coaching.
I'm not saying he will turn into EK or something. The point is we don't know what we got yet. So I find it a little over reaction. At least let him put on skates and play 10-15 games.
My real problem with this team is the coach. I think A. players are sick of listening to him. B. He's not really clear what other players role are on this team. The just play hockey message really doesn't cut it when other teams are constantly trying to knock your players out. C. he's not changing the system when other teams have caught up.

You knew there was a problem in the philly game when Wilson got into a scrum in the 1st period. It was Wilson surrounded by 4 philly players and not a pen in sight.
That simply can't be the way it is. Sure as hell can't be that way on the 4th line. That's part of the coach, part of the GM for bringing in the wrong players, and part of the message being sent.