News broke Wednesday night that the Vancouver Canucks made a rather simple trade for a big name – they traded for Florida Panthers defenseman Erik Gudbranson. This only leaves Edmonton Oilers fans to look to Peter Chiarelli and ask, “Should the Oilers have traded for him?”
The trade included Gubranson and a 2016 fifth-rounder in exchange for Jared McCann and the Canucks’ 2016 second and fourth round picks, according to the “Miami Herald.”
Well, to answer the question, yes and no. Let’s go over why he would’ve been a great pick up, but is not the biggest loss that the Oilers could have had.