Copy/paste what I said for Luke Schenn into this one.

Erik Gudbranson 2.0

No. This signing makes perfect sense in our current situation. We have been pushed around for too long, we need protection for our young D-men

All true but you can get good PK players dfor $1M a year. Also you have cap space until you don't anymore because of those kind of deals...

Anyway, enjoy the hits!

Let the beard man cook

Gudas actually puts up good defensive and PK metrics though. If you check out Gudbranson on HockeyViz he's been ROUGH for quite a while. Gudas on the other hand really locks down his own zone.

Yeah, we paid a heavy tax to come to CA as a UFA, the deal is probably 1M AAV more than he is really worth, but that 1M wont hurt us the next three years.

Still funny tho. Yea cap really don’t matter for the Ducks RN.

Something else that hasn't been discussed yet is the Ducks crop of promising LHD prospects entering the AHL and NHL this season.

I can't think of a better baby sitter for Zellweger than the Butcher.

It's his last big contract, he decided to go for money to earn last $ before retiring. Good luck to him.

Amusingly, The Hockey News headlined their story of this acquisition as a step to "Holster" our blueline.

Big Ball of Hate?

Yikes!

This was a battle of wills all day from former Wings.

Verbeek and Yzerman grit was never questioned. Neither would let the other overpay bad to very average dmen without getting their own say!

Man this contract sucks. I earn, Gouda’s is playing relatively well right now but he is still just a 3rd pairing defender. He’s getting up there in age as well. Solid p,Ayer all around but that’s way to much for a 3rd pairing defender.

Rating: C-