Stutzle is starting on the left side. The team has already said this and it makes the most sense. Let him adjust to the ice and the league without the pressure of the additional responsibilities of a centre. Transition him to centre in a year or two if that’s where they feel he will eventually provide the best results.
Player Discussion Connor Brown (C) - Update: Signs 3 year, $10.8M deal
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BatherSeason
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I think DJ prefers White on the wing. The 2LC spot looks like a battle between Norris and Brown at the moment. The Belleville exit interviews were a shot across the bow to Brown The org publicly stated Norris is ready so Brown better get to camp and show his off season work moved him ahead of Norris. My guess is Norris would have to beat out Brown by a good amount to win the spot, but he might blow Brown away in camp.
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really hope they can somehow agree to a long term degree for Brown at $3.5-4 million. He'll be worth every penny with his work ethic
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If they signed him to that for 8 years I would see zero flaw. He'd be a great vet who'd contribute for the first 5-6 years and be a great leader the last few, can be traded really easily with the low cap hit (the league might return to post covid market value after that and he'd be a bargain).
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Not sure where i saw it, but someone like Garrioch or Dean Brown I think said as much.
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Because Center is an important part of the ice and he is soft on the puck and body. Easier to hide on RW.
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SensFactor
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Why does Dorion always wait to the 11th hour to get player signed or traded? Stone, Karlsson, Pageau, Brown...it's all the same. Either Dorion's hands are tied by Melnyk or something is seriously wrong with how we do our planning as an organization. Even Duclair, if you knew it wasn't gonna get done why didn't you try and move him as an RFA for a late pick. Something would have been better than nothing. Does he like waiting for the last minute to scramble off a deal or a trade?
He said so in an interview and I think it was amended who brought it up again. I’ll search for it.
BonHoonLayneCornell
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This coming down to the wire gives me a good feeling we aren't about to see some stupid long term contract and they will have to meet in the middle on shortish term.
Hoping for 2-3 years max.
Hoping for 2-3 years max.
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RFA going to arbitration or signing right before it isn't the 11th hour, it's pretty standard practice.
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Because his staff consists of himself. Man is busy...
In other orgs they have a team surrounding the GM to help.
SensFactor
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Really? So if he decided to quit today he would have no backup. Agreed his team is probably a lot smaller compared to other teams but how is Brown not a priority? It's priority signing Beaudin and Daccord over Brown? That's what I'm saying... always right to the end.
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That wasn't the case with Chabot & White. It could be that rather than settle with C. Brown it might be cheaper for the organization to let an arbiter pick a half way number than costs the org less than if presented by the team, the Brown team might not accept it. They have done well with a couple of arbitrator decisions in the past & they might get lucky with this one too. My guess is that they have a number in mind & the arbiter decision or Brown's side has to be near that number for them to settle otherwise they could just let him walk away as they let Duclair walk. I think they settle this week.
SensFactor
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I guarantee you that the Leafs have three times the bodies the Sens do in their front office.
The point is Brown has a better case than the other two you mentioned. PD wants brown to come in at a certain number and it takes time.
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And they are still building a soft shitty regular season team, more bodies doesn't necessarily mean a change in philosophy.
