Breaking: Penguins trade defenseman Gudbranson!

After losing out of Luca Sbisa on Wednesday, the Anaheim Ducks turned around and acquired another defenseman on Friday. 

The Ducks have acquired defenceman Erik Gudbranson from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forward Andreas Martinsen and a 2021 seventh-round draft pick.

The Penguins had been rumoured to be getting close to making a move, sending one of the blue liners elsewhere and it’s Gudbranson who got the cut. 

The 27-year-old has played in 474 career games with the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks and Penguins, recording 16 goals and 64 points. This season with Pittsburgh, he took part in seven games, but failed to record a point and only cumulated two penalty minutes. He ended in Pittsburgh at last year’s trade deadline. 

Gudbranson was selected in the first round, third overall by the Panthers at the 2010 NHL Draft.

Martinsen took part in just one game for the AHL’s San Diego Gulls this season, going scoreless. He originally signed as a free agent with the Ducks this summer.