Welcome back to "Who Is That Player?". That feeling when the Coyotes' roster has the least amount of obscure players to choose from of any opponent thus far. Ah, but hope is not lost. Today we profile that famous Arizona defenseman,
Josh Brown.
Typically we don't pick out players who have been in the NHL exclusively the past 5 seasons. Or who have played 246 NHL games. But if you had asked me to give you 2 minutes on Josh Brown I could only stare back blankly. And that's why we're here, to learn.
Perhaps because he suffers from generic-name-syndrome, Brown has flown under the radar through stints with Florida, Ottawa, Boston, and now here in the desert. Originally a 6th round selection of the Panthers (Taken 3 picks after Matej Paulovic, who continues to play in Czechia!), the towering 6'5 blueliner came out of Ontario with the Oshawa Generals (where he was a teammate of Dakota Mermis - how's that for synergy?) before matriculating 3 years in the minors.
Acquired by former-GM Pierre Dorion for a 4th round pick, Brown was hoped to provide shotblocking, crease-clearing, and general physicality for the Senators. However it wasn't long before he was on the move again, this time as part of a trade that shook the hockey world to its core: Zach Senyshyn (part of the Bruins' infamous 2015 3 consecutive 1st round pick draft disaster) and a 5th rounder went back to Ottawa with Boston reaping the services of Brown along with a coveted conditional 7th rounder.
Fast forward to the present day and Brown begins his 2nd full season in Phoenix tenuously holding down a spot on the 3rd pairing. Last year could have potentially gone better as he finished with a blueline-worst -18. So far this year the Coyotes have surprised in the standings but Brown is again last on the team in both average and cumulative game score.
For the true degenerates among us, you can currently get +2000 odds on Brown scoring a goal tonight surely in response to this profile.
This has been, "Who Is That Player?"
