Player Discussion Derick Brassard, Analytics Darling
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Sensinitis
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I put him on the same tier as Karlsson and Stone in terms of hockey IQ/hockey sense. His problem this season was indecisiveness, but he's playing more instinctively now.
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Brassard didn't shoot often and had a crappy 7.5% shooting percentage. His indecisiveness, especially on the PP, and a season where he had little puck luck, makes me think he'll bounce back next season with 50-55 points. Just needs to shoot more.
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NyQuil
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Meh, Zibanejad didn't exactly progress this year so the trade is still a wash.
Yeah, he was injured, but if you've been following his play on the Rangers board as I have, you'll see the same adjectives: "inconsistent", "prone to disappearing for stretches", "misses the net with his shot", "not involved" etc.
I think Brassard has looked better with Stalberg and Burrows so I'm hoping to see good things against the Bruins.
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Imagine in a few more of those were off the post and in instead. He'd have substantially more goals if not for such horrible puck luck...
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Imagine in a few more of those were off the post and in instead. He'd have substantially more goals if not for such horrible puck luck...
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Huh, I just assumed it would've been one of lower amounts in his career. Seems like he barely shot this season.
Career high in shots while shooting at 7.5%. More reason to expect the goals to come.
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And his peripheral stats are pretty good, too. I read this on Twitter this morning and it resonated: if you want Brassard to score more, what do you do other than tell him to keep doing exactly what he's doing?
Agent Zub
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lool you can't be serious.
Karlsson and stone are 2 of the top 3 smartest players we've ever had.
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He's a very quick thinker and makes great plays in close that show he is a step ahead of most players on the ice.
If he's not in that tier he's right below it.
Who would be the 3rd player on your list?
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If he played the way he played defensively this year and scored about 5 more goals and had 5 or so more assists i think no one would complain. I expect him to perform better next year.
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Ryan is actually pretty smart when it comes to hockey IQ and pulling things off in tight spaces.
I'd put him ahead of Brassard with Stone and Karlsson.
It's just too bad the rest of his game is mediocre.
I'd put him ahead of Brassard with Stone and Karlsson.
It's just too bad the rest of his game is mediocre.
Agent Zub
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Alfredsson.
And no he's a pretty slow thinker, especially in the offensive zone. Seems to create most of his opportunities by out hustling not by out thinking. He has no creativity or vision in his game right now.
They are ahead of Brassard. Turris at the very least is by a good margin. Turris has the ability to play with anybody in the lineup and be successful, not Brassard.
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Sensinitis
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Agreed for the Alfie, disagreed for most of the rest (except the hustling part).
Saying that Hoffman is on par with Brassard strictly speaking hockey IQ is inaccurate at best.
Also I agree with Nyquil, Bobby is pretty high there too.
Maybe the tiers should be:
Karlsson
Stone
Ryan
Brassard/Turris
I'd argue Pageau is on a similar level to Brassard too. He plays tougher minutes against better players and whenever he's with better players he produces. Makes smart plays offensively and defensively.
