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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I believe that he played on the second pair most of the year in Vancouver and he looked quite bad. Gudbranson might be an okay bottom pairing defenseman, but he ideally should not be playing any time in a team's top-four.
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This is pretty much it. When he played anywhere above the #5 spot, he would get exposed for lack of footspeed and poor decision making. He has tools, but no toolbox. Also, he's the prototypical defenseman for a bygone era. Big and physical, but can't skate well enough for the modern NHL.