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Prospect Info: #162 LW Jesper Bratt

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If I️ recall correctly Alex Nylander said something about Jesper Bratt being the best player in the draft...... maybe he was more serious than i thought
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They played on the same u-20 team in 14-15. Jesper had more goals and the same point total in 3 less games.
 
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It is amazing the transition he’s made. All the flaws in his scouting report have been largely addressed. If he could be a 55-60 point player long-term, this offense is going to be lethal.
 
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Found this :

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Maybe this has been posted, but Bratt got some award for being Sweden's best young shootout talent at age 15 (competing in that age group of course).

There are some sick moves in this video (my favorite is Bratt at 1.19 in), and the final for-fun competition with Peter Forsberg is entertaining. Forsberg's skating is so awful lol.

 

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VaxjoDevil said:
Maybe this has been posted, but Bratt got some award for being Sweden's best young shootout talent at age 15 (competing in that age group of course).

There are some sick moves in this video (my favorite is Bratt at 1.19 in), and the final for-fun competition with Peter Forsberg is entertaining. Forsberg's skating is so awful lol.

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Yeah, I posted that either in this thread or some other thread. It's an awesome video. Still love watching Forsburg's moves. And Bratt's skill at that age is incredible.
 
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Bratt is somewhat lucky though. He got drafted by us and not some team that was deep at forward where he wouldn’t have gotten a serious look. Then maybe he sulks around in the minors or back in euro and never sticks. Outside of a few other teams this was the best team to draft him at the time imo. You have to wonder how many other brats didn’t get drafted by the right team and went that route.
 
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Bratt is somewhat lucky though. He got drafted by us and not some team that was deep at forward where he wouldn’t have gotten a serious look. Then maybe he sulks around in the minors or back in euro and never sticks. Outside of a few other teams this was the best team to draft him at the time imo. You have to wonder how many other brats didn’t get drafted by the right team and went that route.
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It's all about being at the right place at the right time on the right team.

That's what happened with Bratt.

And I couldn't be happier.
 
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I love Bratt! Calm and cool with the puck, good shot, elusive, defensively responsible there isn't anything missing. Your not supposed to be a complete player at 19.

I'm so excited to see his career progress.

Only negative thing...I'm still very unaccepting of that #63 though.
 
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It really is a remarkable story given his draft position and the usual expectations that would come with it vs. being a regular starter in the big leagues already. The point production makes it all the more amazing.
 

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It really is a remarkable story given his draft position and the usual expectations that would come with it vs. being a regular starter in the big leagues already. The point production makes it all the more amazing.
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I've been reading as much as I can about him, and I have a new theory...

He's always been this kind of player. If you watch him closely, he makes a lot of mistakes on the ice. A lot of bad passes, overskates pucks, and actually turns it over quite a bit. But you don't notice it because he makes so many brilliant plays. So take a 16 or 17 year old player with that kind of playing style, and when he gets to the pros in Sweden, they put him on the checking line and tell him not to f*** up. It's really easy to imagine if Bratt was on our 3rd or 4th line and on a short leash, he wouldn't be making all these amazing plays, just chipping the puck off the glass and scoring a point every 3 or 4 games.

If there's a lesson here, it's to let young players f*** up a little bit more without immediately punishing them. When a player turns the puck over on a bad play, you don't need to bench them to let them know that they f***ed up, they already know that. Be more constructive. Encourage then to keep taking chances, because this isn't 2002 where you just make simple plays, chip the puck out, dump it in, and go forecheck. That doesn't work anymore, there's too much speed and skill in the league. You need to make risky passes, you need to stickhandle on the blue line, you need to do all those things that coaches used to tell you not to do.
 
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I've been reading as much as I can about him, and I have a new theory...

He's always been this kind of player. If you watch him closely, he makes a lot of mistakes on the ice. A lot of bad passes, overskates pucks, and actually turns it over quite a bit. But you don't notice it because he makes so many brilliant plays. So take a 16 or 17 year old player with that kind of playing style, and when he gets to the pros in Sweden, they put him on the checking line and tell him not to **** up. It's really easy to imagine if Bratt was on our 3rd or 4th line and on a short leash, he wouldn't be making all these amazing plays, just chipping the puck off the glass and scoring a point every 3 or 4 games.

If there's a lesson here, it's to let young players **** up a little bit more without immediately punishing them. When a player turns the puck over on a bad play, you don't need to bench them to let them know that they ****ed up, they already know that. Be more constructive. Encourage then to keep taking chances, because this isn't 2002 where you just make simple plays, chip the puck out, dump it in, and go forecheck. That doesn't work anymore, there's too much speed and skill in the league. You need to make risky passes, you need to stickhandle on the blue line, you need to do all those things that coaches used to tell you not to do.
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I partially agree. I do think the devils style of play is proving to be a good environment for young players especially fwds. And certainly playing on the top line and the top pp unit is going to help anybody.


But Bratt burst on the scene by his own doing. Really it was those pk shifts in preseason that got me the most excited. He was not handed anything. He earned it.
 
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I still think he would be much better as a LW, but is forced to play his off wing out of necessity. Just goes to show you how talented he is that he's able to produce in a new position
 
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