I am fully aware of your high opinion of Gudbranson during his tenure here, and I do believe he provided intangible qualities such as leadership, so I do see why you post something like this.
There is merit to what you are saying about a bunch of fans saying Point X, Y and Z; however, there is an overwhelming number of people of Pittsburgh fans that did not like this trade (much like there was an overwhelming number of people that didn't like the Virtanen). Numbers may not mean anything, especially if they're uneducated, but the Gudbranson situation in VANCOUVER is divided largely into two camps: he was either poorly utilized or he was not good enough, with some arguments found in the middle ground.
We'll see now if he does fine in Pittsburgh, which MAY shed light on why he did so poorly here. It could be that Baumgartner is a bum. Or maybe not.
What we can see from the eye test in Vancouver was that he was too slow, full stop. He was a decent skater for a big guy, but even you would have difficulty justifying that he was effective with his mobility. It's not fair to compare him to Byfuglien, but if he were like Byfuglien, he'd probably still have a job in Vancouver.
The team didn't lose or isn't losing because of Gudbranson. However, he didn't provide good outlet passes (not his style of game, so that is on Benning), made low percentage moves (shooting pucks around the board constantly), slow in forechecking, which made him ineffective to block point shots and ZERO offensive output.
There really wasn't much to praise about Gudbranson's game here, but his character has always been regarded as high.