While I like Gudbranson as a person, and I like how he stands up for his teammates (sometimes) the trade makes a lot of sense for Vancouver. One defender needed to go for Hughes, and it needed to be a righty, Tanev, Stech, and Biega are all good in their roles. Canucks with Baertschi out needed left wingers. Pearson gives us what we need as long as he can give us what he gave the Kings that last few years