oobga
Tier 2 Fan
- Aug 1, 2003
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I mean, they needed a guy that can score goals, and Brown has a better shot than any of the wingers aside from Kane (assuming he ever fully recovers). They have enough guys trying to pass the puck into the net. They also needed a defensive presence in the top 6. I still think Brown will end up being the best winger this year, which could be a bad thing.
My opinion probably isn't popular, but I thought we needed another top 6 guy that can hold a puck and make plays 5v5. I think we are far too dependent on McDrai to do all the playmaking and zone entries. Come playoffs, if we have McDavid and Drai on dif lines, it makes the opposition game plan easy 5v5, just smother those guys, and hope the refs are in playoff mode and don't care. The wingers they have are incapable of drawing attention away and taking advantage of open space while holding onto the puck, they are just waiting for McDavid or Drai to do everything. That inevitably leads us to being a 1 line team 5v5 because we need at least 1 line with 2 guys capable of carrying a puck.
I hope Brown works out. Funny enough though, our 2 best goal scorers on the team are McDavid and Drai themselves. But, they have to do 1 man shows to score because their wingers are so incapable of playmaking. Nuge included, who plays hot potato with the puck 5v5 and needs all the extra time and space on the PP to make plays.