Friedman: Brock Nelson rumored to be available - Devils have interest

[MMC]

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A name starting to creep out there: Brock Nelson. With Johnny Boychuk and Calvin de Haan out, the Islanders need help on the blue line. There will be interest... I’m not even sure he’d be available if the Islanders weren’t in a “missing the playoffs is not an option” stage, although he is one year from unrestricted free agency. I’m told Nelson is very hard on himself, which can affect anyone, but I’ll always take that over someone who doesn’t care enough.

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[hockeykicker]

A name starting to creep out there: Brock Nelson. With Johnny Boychuk and Calvin de Haan out, the Islanders need help on the blue line. There will be interest. He’s a good player, slotted behind John Tavares and Mathew Barzal. I’m not even sure he’d be available if the Islanders weren’t in a “missing the playoffs is not an option” stage, although he is one year from unrestricted free agency. I’m told Nelson is very hard on himself, which can affect anyone, but I’ll always take that over someone who doesn’t care enough.

friedman is saying two different things in 3 sentences

 

[SI90]

Nelson for a Defensman makes too much sense. This really isn’t anything that anyone else hasn’t said.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Bingo, although I'd move Nelson for an upgraded 3C as well, the third line aint working this year.

 

[DatDude44]

nelson for bortuzzo

 

[Smeagoal]

Any Islander fans who watch Nelson regularly want to shine a light on his abilities and his playing style?

 

[Beautvillier]

Any Islander fans who watch Nelson regularly want to shine a light on his abilities and his playing style?

useless for about 90% of the season but will put up 20 still

 

[McOvechking]

Oilers probably offer RNH for Nelson.

 

[PriceIsGod]

useless for about 90% of the season but will put up 20 still

Sounds like a Bergevin kind of guy.

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

Why couldn't he be a RHS...

 

[Kevin27NYI]

Any Islander fans who watch Nelson regularly want to shine a light on his abilities and his playing style?

One of the best snap shots in the NHL.

That's all.

But for real, his shot is lethal. He was also the oddest consistently inconsistent player. One of 30 players to get at least 20 goals and 40 points the past three years (likely won't hit 40 points this year) but with that it would be 9 goals in 12 games, 1 in 28, 8 goals in 10 games and then 2 in 30. So frustrating.

 

[Beautvillier]

Why couldn't he be a RHS...

he's best suited on his off wing in my opinion

 

[MSSLYNX]

This one stings a little:
24. Watching Dallas put Radulov with Seguin and Benn against Edmonton was absolutely mesmerizing. They scored a couple of beautiful goals and dominated play.

 

[ichabod13]

Any Islander fans who watch Nelson regularly want to shine a light on his abilities and his playing style?

abilities? he can stand around looking stupid better than anybody in the league.
playing style? avoiding any and all contact with the opposing team.


he has a real nice wrist shot though.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

One of the best snap shots in the NHL.

That's all.

But for real, his shot is lethal. He was also the oddest consistently inconsistent player. One of 30 players to get at least 20 goals and 40 points the past three years (likely won't hit 40 points this year) but with that it would be 9 goals in 12 games, 1 in 28, 8 goals in 10 games and then 2 in 30. So frustrating.

I'm not sure what his season breakouts have looked like but I'd be shocked if it wasn't exactly this.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

I'm not sure what his season breakouts have looked like but I'd be shocked if it wasn't exactly this.

Been waiting on the next scoring bunch this year.. waiting patiently. I remember I did the breakdowns one year, it was pretty close to that. That's why I never minded Nelson because he was mostly hidden in the lineup so it was always appreciated. This year though the next wave hasn't been hit and we have other problems. Trade please!

 

[CREW99AW]

Any Islander fans who watch Nelson regularly want to shine a light on his abilities and his playing style?

He is one of the 2 whipping boys for a frustrated fan base. Has been accused of not caring enough,sliding by on his skill.
Interesting to read Friedman's comments that Nelson is hard on himself, totally goes against the fan perception that he just does not care enough to play hard.

 

[ffh]

This one stings a little:
24. Watching Dallas put Radulov with Seguin and Benn against Edmonton was absolutely mesmerizing. They scored a couple of beautiful goals and dominated play.

They did the same thing against winnipeg in the only 2 games against them and were out of the game by the 10 minute mark in the 1st in both.

 

[CREW99AW]

useless for about 90% of the season but will put up 20 still

If only RNH was a 2nd pairing D

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Teams are all in need of defense this season, will probably guess they package him to a team like Arizona for either Hjalmersson or Ekman-Larsson.

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

Gunnarsson for Nelson? He still doesn’t really fill a need, but he is a large body with a good snapshot. Putting him on PP2 would be nice, but we still need more righties in order to fully utilize the one thing we never do when we score: the one-timer. And that’s why we have a bottom of the league powerplay and and can’t score when we have zone time and possession.

Gunnarsson is a decent top-4, and that’s a cheap, huge improvement on NYI’s D. He can also move the puck fairly well.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Gunnarsson for Nelson? He still doesn’t really fill a need, but he is a large body with a good snapshot. Putting him on PP2 would be nice, but we still need more righties in order to fully utilize the one thing we never do when we score: the one-timer. And that’s why we have a bottom of the league powerplay and and can’t score when we have zone time and possession.

Gunnarsson is a decent top-4, and that’s a cheap, huge improvement on NYI’s D. He can also move the puck fairly well.

That's not bad. Is Gunnarsson still seriously injury prone? Can he handle middle pairing minutes?

 

[57special]

abilities? he can stand around looking stupid better than anybody in the league.
playing style? avoiding any and all contact with the opposing team.

Enough with the Pump and Dump!

 

[BigHabs]

Tomas Plekanec- 50%
Jordie Benn - Can play the left or right side but refers playing the right side.
5th round pick(Edmonton's, if Montoya plays 7 game its turns to a 4th)



Brock Nelson
2nd round pick - either one

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

That's not bad. Is Gunnarsson still seriously injury prone? Can he handle middle pairing minutes?

He’s looked great post-surgery since a year or so ago. We run all three D pairings, so Gunnar is the lead guy on the bottom for us, intil the emergence of Dunn. He still PKs and plays solid defensively. He’s been in and out of the lineup as Bouwmeester returns and comes back from injury. He’s still capable of eating minutes, but he’s not and never has been a guy to make you say “wow”.