Prospect Info: Josh Brook

[jedimyrmidon]

The main board is driving me crazy.

In two days people have said
-Brook is an average skater and bad defensively
-Brook is closer to Samurokov than Bouchard
-McIsaac is better than Brook

****ing ridiculous.

Shades of when Subban was worse than Del Zotto and Luke Schenn.

They be jealous/hate the Habs.

 

[Mrb1p]

They be jealous/hate the Habs.

No, I think it's plain ignorance.

 

[Guns n Roses]

No, I think it's plain ignorance.

Brook is the best player in that conversation

 

[calder candidate]

Did you know team Canada tried him at LD in the WJC? They had more RD depth vs LD depth and wanted Brook to play a top 4D role

He is a dominant / older player at the junior level it easier to make the move in a short tournament. He won't Be a dominant player in the NHL as a rookie playing him on the left to start is career won’t help out...

 

[Adriatic]

He is a dominant / older player at the junior level it easier to make the move in a short tournament. He won't Be a dominant player in the NHL as a rookie playing him on the left to start is career won’t help out...

They'll ruin him if they do that.

 

[Mrb1p]

And now Samourokov is better.

 

[26Mats]

Anyone know if Brook will be as fast as Mete at the NHL level?

 

[Hins77]

Anyone know if Brook will be as fast as Mete at the NHL level?

Not sure that he will be as fast as mete. Speed is the main asset of mete. Always first on the puck in his own zone. And able to keep a good gap. Never he will be faint by another player. Brook main quality is his first pass. He lead the offensive too. But probably less fast than mete. Josh brook is our next john carlsson. Im pretty sure. This guy produce too much since he is in the whl.

 

[Kotkaniemi15]

Anyone know if Brook will be as fast as Mete at the NHL level?

Mete is a fantastic skater. I don't think Brook will be as fast.

 

[G0bias]

Brook main quality is his first pass.

His first pass is good but his bread and butter is his puck rushing ability. He likes to move it up himself.

 

[26Mats]

Not sure that he will be as fast as mete. Speed is the main asset of mete. Always first on the puck in his own zone. And able to keep a good gap. Never he will be faint by another player. Brook main quality is his first pass. He lead the offensive too. But probably less fast than mete. Josh brook is our next john carlsson. Im pretty sure. This guy produce too much since he is in the whl.

We really need a pp qb...

Every time i see Brook he's the fastest guy on the ice, but more of an effortless skater, a ka niedermayer or coffee (not saying he's that good of course). Whereas Mete is more a guy who winds himself up like subban and dumba, (and Romanov?)

I think we'll soon have three fantastic skaters on the back end (mete, brook, and romanov.) If only Rielly could get a clue.

 

[Just Linda]

Anyone know if Brook will be as fast as Mete at the NHL level?

Not at all imho. Not many players will be as fast as Mete but Brook will be able to keep up to the NHL pace for sure.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Anyone know if Brook will be as fast as Mete at the NHL level?

From what I have seen with Brook is his skating edge work is very good and this works well with his size. He has ability to escape pressure which is key. But Mete is an elite level skater so Brook will have a hard time catching him in any foot race.

 

[Mrb1p]

Anyone know if Brook will be as fast as Mete at the NHL level?

Mete is one of the best skater Ive ever seen, and were seeing it lately on the ice, him being as good as Mete would mean he's like a McDavid level player.

 

[MaynardJames]

We really need a pp qb...

Every time i see Brook he's the fastest guy on the ice, but more of an effortless skater, a ka niedermayer or coffee (not saying he's that good of course). Whereas Mete is more a guy who winds himself up like subban and dumba, (and Romanov?)

I think we'll soon have three fantastic skaters on the back end (mete, brook, and romanov.) If only Rielly could get a clue.

Rielly is done here, move on.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Anyone know if Brook will be as fast as Mete at the NHL level?

If he was he'd be a #1 without question imo. Brook's skating is quite good but jeez, not dumping on you personally, do people not realize what we could possibly have with Mete?

I've said it a million times but had Mete stayed in junior his last year (instead of making the freaking NHL) he would've been D man of the year likely in the OHL and people would be salivating over him. Just like this year had he played in Laval, he would've done way better than Fleury, whom most are quite pleased with, and again people would be excited. But of course he has to do better than that and play on a top pairing as a 20 year old and then you just get a bunch of relativistic talk about who he's playing with and how crappy our D corps is and they completely miss the point.

Mete is easily our most underrated young player that verges on being a prospect had he not completely over performed in the last 2 years. If you put a gun to my head I'd say Brook will be the better player but to me that is not written in stone and that's no slight on Brook at all. Mete has a ton of room to improve. How many D men have hit their peak at 20ish? He could really be something special without stretching your imagination that far and everyone's so ho hum about him. I really don't get it.

 

[Hfbsux]

The main board is driving me crazy.

In two days people have said
-Brook is an average skater and bad defensively
-Brook is closer to Samurokov than Bouchard
-McIsaac is better than Brook

****ing ridiculous.

Shades of when Subban was worse than Del Zotto and Luke Schenn.

That point is fine with me. I'd rather have a prospect like Samurokov than Bouchard

The other points are just Pejorative Slured.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

I think Mete is in the top-10 of fastest skating dmen in the league. Brook is no where close to him.

 

[calder candidate]

Anyone know if Brook will be as fast as Mete at the NHL level?

Probably not but he won’t be far behind...

 

[Mrb1p]

That point is fine with me. I'd rather have a prospect like Samurokov than Bouchard

The other points are just ******ed.

Actually, same.

 

[montreal]

I think Mete is in the top-10 of fastest skating dmen in the league. Brook is no where close to him.

I wouldn't say no where close, as Brook has impressive skating, speed, mobility, just not at the level of Mete. I don't think he's that far off though, but it could come down to semantics.

 

[26Mats]

If he was he'd be a #1 without question imo. Brook's skating is quite good but jeez, not dumping on you personally, do people not realize what we could possibly have with Mete?

I've said it a million times but had Mete stayed in junior his last year (instead of making the freaking NHL) he would've been D man of the year likely in the OHL and people would be salivating over him. Just like this year had he played in Laval, he would've done way better than Fleury, whom most are quite pleased with, and again people would be excited. But of course he has to do better than that and play on a top pairing as a 20 year old and then you just get a bunch of relativistic talk about who he's playing with and how crappy our D corps is and they completely miss the point.

Mete is easily our most underrated young player that verges on being a prospect had he not completely over performed in the last 2 years. If you put a gun to my head I'd say Brook will be the better player but to me that is not written in stone and that's no slight on Brook at all. Mete has a ton of room to improve. How many D men have hit their peak at 20ish? He could really be something special without stretching your imagination that far and everyone's so ho hum about him. I really don't get it.

Definitely. It's a case of lack of patience.

I really good skaters who play fearlessly, so I've always been high on Mete.

2 question marks remain:
1. did we affect his developmental path by playing him in the NHL so soon? He himself admitted he learned so much playing 20 minutes a night in his short stint in Laval earlier this year.
2. How much offense will he have at the NHL level? He's starting to create more on the rush and from the point. But, he looks unsure what to do when he gets into a good position. Hopefully he will become more comfortable.

 

[Mrb1p]

If he was he'd be a #1 without question imo. Brook's skating is quite good but jeez, not dumping on you personally, do people not realize what we could possibly have with Mete?

I've said it a million times but had Mete stayed in junior his last year (instead of making the freaking NHL) he would've been D man of the year likely in the OHL and people would be salivating over him. Just like this year had he played in Laval, he would've done way better than Fleury, whom most are quite pleased with, and again people would be excited. But of course he has to do better than that and play on a top pairing as a 20 year old and then you just get a bunch of relativistic talk about who he's playing with and how crappy our D corps is and they completely miss the point.

Mete is easily our most underrated young player that verges on being a prospect had he not completely over performed in the last 2 years. If you put a gun to my head I'd say Brook will be the better player but to me that is not written in stone and that's no slight on Brook at all. Mete has a ton of room to improve. How many D men have hit their peak at 20ish? He could really be something special without stretching your imagination that far and everyone's so ho hum about him. I really don't get it.

I agree. Hes looked so damn good lately, like number one D good. Hes all over the ice. People forget hes 20.

 

[Just Linda]

Definitely. It's a case of lack of patience.

I really good skaters who play fearlessly, so I've always been high on Mete.

2 question marks remain:
1. did we affect his developmental path by playing him in the NHL so soon? He himself admitted he learned so much playing 20 minutes a night in his short stint in Laval earlier this year.
2. How much offense will he have at the NHL level? He's starting to create more on the rush and from the point. But, he looks unsure what to do when he gets into a good position. Hopefully he will become more comfortable.

A couple things I think
1) No better learning opportunity in the worth than playing and travelling with Weber. He's getting monster NHL minutes to develop.
2) He's young enough yet that he can still do stings in the AHL next year to help fix any holes in his game that may be revealed

I don't think the Habs made a bad decision no, I think it's been a great learning opportunity

 

[Toene]

We really need a pp qb...

Every time i see Brook he's the fastest guy on the ice, but more of an effortless skater, a ka niedermayer or coffee (not saying he's that good of course). Whereas Mete is more a guy who winds himself up like subban and dumba, (and Romanov?)

I think we'll soon have three fantastic skaters on the back end (mete, brook, and romanov.) If only Rielly could get a clue.

Reilly is a very good skater with surprising moves, it's the IQ imo that lacks.