Alright, I’m heading to Shelbyville today for reasons, so i just want to share a thought. Just a thing about andersson and maybe some more stuff since I have a bunch of time for myself.
This kid is gonna he something. Showed a lot of poise tonight and got a shit tone of minutes, especially from the third period onward, and has looked great on the pp. Essentially was a #4 overall tonight (got roughly the same minutes as Hanifin, who has also been low-key solid overall), and was our only positive possession dman tonight. I said from day one he was our best defensive prospect and deserved to be on the team over stone and was better than Valimaki, and I’m happy to say I was right. If he can even have marginally better skating, I think he tops out as a #2. I’m not doubting it anymore, his progression is right there to see.
As for Brodie, man he’s a shell of his former self. I remember in 2015 in which he was a rock and looked like a Norris caliber dman with Derek f***ing Engelland. That player is gone. We’ve had that replaced with jake gardiner... seriously, exact same shit happens in Toronto with him and with Brodie here. He’s ideally served as a #3 given that he is extremely mistake prone, and we know this isnt a lefty righty thing anymore. Would still take him long term over hamonic 100%, but man he always makes his case tough.