JBD has been on the ice for 2 even strength goals against since the end of November. As I have said on countless occasions he will be a guy coaches love and fans just won’t understand why.
I dunno, his style of game (at its peak) screams Artem
Zuuuub to me personally. Hes no Boro or Josh Brown - and it will be obvious why hes loved and trusted by all the staff imo.
Guys like Marc Methot, Chris Phillips, Dylan Demleo, and Anton Volchenkov never saw any shortage of love from the fans during their time here either; we know what to look for even if its not flashy. So while I like to nitpick at our gloomy fanbase from time to time - we Sens fans are at very least in general a smart group of hockey folk imo.
I feel like it we realized instantly that a guy like Zub was a beauty. He was loved by the fans from pretty much day one. And thats despite the fact his best trait as a d-man being that he can play 20-22 mins, and be about as noticeable as Casper on a sunny afternoon. Which is a lovely thing to watch for the keen eyed hockey fan.
So if JBD manages anything close to that same kind of stat in the NHL that hes got going on in the minors right now, hes going to have his own personal fan club on this board someday would be my guess.