This was one feels like a surprise, but after you digest it, it's really not.
#Canucks acquire @BrandonPrust8 from Canadiens for Kassian & 2016 5th rounder. Release - http://t.co/i9gzp7rwsM pic.twitter.com/n1sA4SUjBe
— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) July 1, 2015
The history of the Kassian/Hodgson is well documented but considering both found new homes this summer - Hodgson signing earlier today with Nashville - we can finally agree this trade didn't work at all for either side. Kassian, acquired in that 2012 tradeline deadline blockbuster, was supposed to offer up a size and net presence the "softish" Vancouver was lacking after their run to the Cup the previous season.