Confirmed with Link: Connor Brown OHL Player of the Year

[Stephen23]

Congratulations Brown!

Now, what does it mean for his future as an NHL player? Nothing, not a darned thing. He's still more likely to BUST than make it to the NHL and play more than 100 games.

I wouldn't really label a 6th rounder not making the show as a "bust". If anything this was just a tremendous value pick and great selection by the Leafs who has a good shot at the NHL if he continues to develop his pro game.

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

For those critics who never ever saw an Erie game, Brown played on the same line with Dane Fox for the whole year and McDavid only spent portions of the year on that line. Fox BTW had a career year i.e. 64 goals in 67 games, whereas his previous high was 19.

 

[Confucius]

For those critics who never ever saw an Erie game, Brown played on the same line with Dane Fox for the whole year and McDavid only spent portions of the year on that line. Fox BTW had a career year i.e. 64 goals in 67 games, whereas his previous high was 19.

He still is a great free wallet for the Nucks, however some would say he still could be a bust

 

[achtungbaby]

Good for the kid. Hopefully he can turn into a decent NHLer.

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

I don't remember former award winners Perry, Tavares, Seguin, Boyes etc. ever going to Europe to play so the award must have some merit and Brown certainly deserves the prestige that goes with winning it.

 

[Trapper]

He still is a great free wallet for the Nucks, however some would say he still could be a bust

IMO, Fox has to be one of the worst skaters I've ever seen. He will definitely need to work on that.

 

[Bardown warrior]

Congratulations Brown!

Now, what does it mean for his future as an NHL player? Nothing, not a darned thing. He's still more likely to BUST than make it to the NHL and play more than 100 games.

Are you ever not sour about things? Jesus Christ, what more could he have done to prove his worth? Kid will be an nhler some day for sure

 

[Duffman955]

I don't remember former award winners Perry, Tavares, Seguin, Boyes etc. ever going to Europe to play so the award must have some merit and Brown certainly deserves the prestige that goes with winning it.

He's got great company

 

[Dreakmur]

He's got great company

He has some great company, some decent company, and some pretty ba company.

If you just listed the names of the last 25 winners if he award, nobody would guess that is was for the leagues best player. Back-to-back winners include Alyn McCauley and Corey Locke. Clark Wilm won it too.

Being a great OHL player does not mean that translates to the NHL. Hopefully it does for Brown.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

After seeing Tyler Johnson putting up 50 points in the NHL I do think that size should not hold Brown back. And seeing as he seem to be a super serious and committed player he can work through the hurdles in front of him.

 

[Mess]

He has some great company, some decent company, and some pretty bad company.

If you just listed the names of the last 25 winners if he award, nobody would guess that is was for the leagues best player. Back-to-back winners include Alyn McCauley and Corey Locke. Clark Wilm won it too.

Being a great OHL player does not mean that translates to the NHL. Hopefully it does for Brown.

True, but a good OHL player is better than a bad OHL player when it comes to prospects every time.

Optimism is alive and well with this one still.

 

[Dreakmur]

True, but a good OHL player is better than a bad OHL player when it comes to prospects every time.

Optimism is alive and well with this one still.

Oh definitely. Connor Brown has improved a lot since being drafted. He has turned himself into a prospect with top-6 forward potential. I am just trying to balance the expectations a little bit - he is still a long shot.

 

[ponder]

Kid has a lot of offensive talent - his hands, shot and hockey IQ are all very good. However, he is small and not particularly fast. I'd say, if everything goes really, really well for him, his upside is a Sam Gagner type of player. Obviously that would be really excellent for a 6th round pick, but I don't see him as a big game changer for us.

 

[Duffman955]

Send him to Underhill

 

[Holymakinaw]

"Leaf's prospects look grim"

LOL. Yeah. exactly. Steve Simmons is a joke.

 

[ULF_55]

He has some great company, some decent company, and some pretty ba company.

If you just listed the names of the last 25 winners if he award, nobody would guess that is was for the leagues best player. Back-to-back winners include Alyn McCauley and Corey Locke. Clark Wilm won it too.

Being a great OHL player does not mean that translates to the NHL. Hopefully it does for Brown.

McCauley wasn't the only NHLer who had his career derailed by a concussion ... Lindros.

 

[ULF_55]

After seeing Tyler Johnson putting up 50 points in the NHL I do think that size should not hold Brown back. And seeing as he seem to be a super serious and committed player he can work through the hurdles in front of him.

For Brown himself, the NHL is not the only game if it is about being a pro.

Dan Hodgson had a long European career. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=27196

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

For Brown himself, the NHL is not the only game if it is about being a pro.

Dan Hodgson had a long European career. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=27196

Yeah, but what a pain in the *** to get paid playing hockey in Switzerland...

 

[ULF_55]

Yeah, but what a pain in the *** to get paid playing hockey in Switzerland...

I know when you could be playing AHL hockey in Oklahoma!