I always thought that Granlund wasn't quite good enough to be top 6 and not big, fast or tough enough for bottom 6. Maybe he has a role as a 3rd line C in the mold of Backlund (but not as good) on some team but really he's a tweener, and I seriously doubt he develops into anything more at this point. He's got some good smarts and is a good forechecker, but I never really saw it amounting to much and never saw the lethal shot that lots of CPers talked about.
Happy to see the Canucks making moves like this.
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