this was his weakest game for sure. Still loving his game overall though.
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Not guaranteeing anything, we all know hockey, but watch out for a year worth more than 2.5 mio !!
In my view, the Red Wings missed something.
Red Wings Fan Book on Brunner , I watched probably 25 games last year:
Brunner is:
1) Pretty fast
2) has some dangle skills (See shootout goals)
3) Is primarily a shoot first player (goal scorer)
4) Was adapting to NHL ice size well
5) Questionable defensively, willingness to backcheck was there, but maybe just bad positioning sometimes.
6) Was used inappropriately as a point man during power plays, he has poor slap shots. Should be playing the stamkos/ovechkin position.
7) He has alot of drive, enthusiasm. This is always a plus.
We really wanted to resign this guy.
Our board is pretty upset about losing him. We wanted him more than filppula.
He priced himself out of town, then we signed players, then signed for way less than we thought ;(
Basically Some of our fans think he is going to be a solid 20-30 goal scorer. If he improves his defensive game, my god have we missed out on a quality player.
If they make Brunner shirts I might get one.
Taping up my Langenbrunner shirt as we speak
Red Wings fan here.
Our board was pretty upset generally that we did not resign Damien Brunner.
He also seemed to be asking for too much money, and then later had to settle for less.
I wish we had signed him for what you got him for.
How has he played for you so far (I know he has 4 pts, but how has he looked)
I notice he is being used properly on the powerplay, we used him on the point... we really are starting to question our own coach's sanity.
I think you'll do just fine with Alfredsson and Weiss.
The ways of coaches are beyond us all. There's currently a sizable minority of Devils fans whose one obsession in life is agitating for the disposal of Pete deBoer in the vain hope that they'll be able to understand what his successor does with the team. Some of them are so anxious to get the incumbent out they don't appear to care who would replace him.