Prospect Info: #162 LW Jesper Bratt

[Blender]

May have been his worst game of the season, still picked up an assist and was dangerous on a lot of shifts.

12 points in 13 games, 76 point pace.

 

[Bramskii]

His hockey IQ is simply too high for him to go into a deep slump. Even when he's not producing he can make other things happen. Mix incredible smarts with high end talent and you have a special player in the making.

 

[John Pedro]

He reminds me of Zuccarello. Unbelievable hands along with an off the charts IQ. Of course, he's bigger than Zucc which is a nice bonus. Man, I wish the Devils would've canned Lou and Conte a couple of years early, doubt Carstron would've wasted picks on Chathams, Baddocks, Rehills...that was basically a whole draft of wasted picks.

 

[Oneiro]

His hockey IQ is simply too high for him to go into a deep slump. Even when he's not producing he can make other things happen. Mix incredible smarts with high end talent and you have a special player in the making.

This is the role Elias played for us for so long.

 

[Matte99]

He didn't look good last night so there is still hope for WJC. =)

 

[Bleedred]

Just saw that Bratt’s on-ice shooting percentage at even strength is only 9.2%, which is actually in the lower half of the team.

So he’s not riding some crazy freak percentages, like several others. His individual shooting percentage is still 23.8% but he’s been averaging a lot of shots his last several games. I don’t think he’ll score 76 points or whatever he’s on pace for, but he’s arguably been our best player, behind Hall. His play and production is definitely worth the heaviest of praise. I was not sure what we’d get out of him after preseason. I figured maybe he had overachieved in the preseason. That was definitely not the case.

 

[Blender]

He didn't look good last night so there is still hope for WJC. =)

No, there's no hope. He had probably his sloppiest game, and was still a solid NHLer.

 

[OmNomNom]

He reminds me of Zuccarello. Unbelievable hands along with an off the charts IQ. Of course, he's bigger than Zucc which is a nice bonus. Man, I wish the Devils would've canned Lou and Conte a couple of years early, doubt Carstron would've wasted picks on Chathams, Baddocks, Rehills...that was basically a whole draft of wasted picks.

we should've had brayden point

all of us were screaming for him and then....

chatham.

 

[Zippy316]

His hockey IQ is simply too high for him to go into a deep slump. Even when he's not producing he can make other things happen. Mix incredible smarts with high end talent and you have a special player in the making.

If he doesn't go to the front of the net after bringing the puck into the zone, Greene does not score that goal.

Him and Nico just amaze me with the little plays like that they make.

 

[My3Sons]

When Zajac and Palmieri are playing can we have a kid line with PZ-Nico-Bratt? Please? Just for a couple of games? MarJo and Rico can play with STAFFORD so a kid line will work. Please? Just think how much fun it will be and Nico and Brattman get PZ rolling I think.

 

[Blackjack]

When Zajac, KPalms, and MarJo are healthy this team is going to roll

Hall
Palmeri
Hischier
Bratt
Zajac
Johansson
Zacha
Henrique
Stafford

Put them together however you like, that’s an insane top 9. Three of Gibbons Coleman Wood and Boyle is a pretty damn good 4th line too.

 

[FooteBahl]

When Zajac and Palmieri are playing can we have a kid line with PZ-Nico-Bratt? Please? Just for a couple of games? MarJo and Rico can play with STAFFORD so a kid line will work. Please? Just think how much fun it will be and Nico and Brattman get PZ rolling I think.

Ditto!

Hall-Zajac-Palms
Mojo-Henrique-Stafford
Zacha-Nico-Bratt
Wood-Boyle-Gibbons

Defense:

Who gives a shit. Outscore errbody!

 

[Fear the Wushu]

It'd be a real shame to break up the Hall-Nico-Bratt line for Palms and Zajac. As much as I love the vets, Hall with the rookies looks dynamic every time they are on the ice. Bratt is a top 6 player RIGHT NOW, until he falls off a cliff production wise, he has earned it. The rookies are setting Taylor Hall up for goals, with Zajac and Palms, Hall has to carry the line, with the rookies (because of their skating ability) they will be able to feed off one another.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Yeah, the Hall-Nico-Bratt line was dynamite yesterday and I have a sneaking suspicion they could continue that if that line remains in tact.

 

[glenwo2]

He didn't look good last night so there is still hope for WJC. =)

Don't hold your breath.

 

[VoidCreature]

We legit might have our very own Euro Twins in Bratt and Hischer. They've been that good.

 

[glenwo2]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch......Jesper Bratt is still good.

But his head coach is an absolute moron.

 

[Blender]

Deserved some points tonight with how well he played. Was flying out there tonight. His usage by Hynes was atrocious.

 

[Emperoreddy]

There really weren’t many opportunities to use him more. Kid is seeing plenty of ice time. I guess you could try switching him and Palms.

 

[Blender]

There really weren’t many opportunities to use him more. Kid is seeing plenty of ice time. I guess you could try switching him and Palms.

Should have been on the #1 power play (was 8th in PP time tonight), and I don't think he played enough 5on5 in the third.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Kid is UNREAL. Looks like a seasoned veteran every night.

 

[MullerBrotenVerbeek]

Deserved some points tonight with how well he played.

Criminal he didn't get an apple on that pass on the PP. He did everything he could, then who was it Hayes or Noesen didn't tap it into the wide open net

 

[Bleedred]

He's playing like a legit top 6 player right now, even though it's still early. He even has one of the lower even strength on-ice shooting percentages on the team, so it's not like he's riding some crazy percentages. It's not the lowest, but it's in the bottom half of the team. The only crazy number is his shooting individual shooting percentage, but it's normalizing with his increase in shots on goal. Before tonight, he's been averaging at least 3 shots on goal, for 4 games in a row. He only had one last night. Maybe his power play production is something unsustainable, but I don't care to even analyze special teams stats, as they're random and usually a very insignificant sample size, in comparison to the rest of the game.

He's looking legit at every metric right now. If anything, his points per 60 is probably out of control and crazy high. He doesn't really play enough. When Zajac comes back, we really need to start giving Bratt more ice time than Henrique.

 

[Emperoreddy]

So what kind of issue or medical condition can we just make up about Bratt?

 

[Oneiro]

His medical condition is being drafted as a sixth rounder.

I was at the game on Thursday and I'm even more impressed in person. You don't get a sense of how deceptive his speed is until you're close to ice level.