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The Canucks willingly paid big for Guddy, essentially a late first and and early second, and jumped at the price without push back in negotiations.

In fact, it was the same price teams were willing to pay for Guddy at the 2015 draft.

Doubt they’d be getting that now. Then again, what did Kris Russell go for?

Would the Canucks be willing to deal Guddy for whatever they can get or would they be too concerned about optics?

What would/could shift things here Guddy’s next contract. Too much and this is a non-starter.

But it does seem logical surgery will have a dragging impact on this deal.

For one, he wasn’t good in Vancouver. And for two, no one knows how much of it was because of the wrist.

What we do know is the injury started bothering him pretty early in the season, likely near the end of October. By the first week in November, he had started seeing specialists, trying to figure out his options.

That went on for weeks.

“It was sore for the better part of the season,”Gudbranson revealed

By the end of the month, it was clear he was going to need a procedure, it was just a matter of when.

The injury was problematic. It was to the wrist on his dominant hand.

It is that right hand he has always counted on for leverage, using it often, just about exclusively, when pushing players in front of the crease and along the boards in attempts to win battles.

“I had some ligaments re-attached and some bone chips removed,” Guddy said. “There were some pins in there.

“I tore ligaments and bones that shifted because of the instability. It got really tough to do my job.

“Holding a stick was difficult. The biggest thing with me was my inflection backwards and pushing guys.

“This is the hand I use to guide guys, so it was really tough. If I’m in a board battle or in front of the net, this is the hand I’d be pushing with.”

Is that enough to reconsider your position on Guddy’s season?

Or are you ready to trade him?