Player Discussion Jonas Brodin

[TaLoN]

Benched despite 9 players being out, Kevin Fiala goes from the doghouse to the penthouse in a big Wild win

All indications from sources are that Brodin’s injury after he blocked a shot and finished the game in Boston two nights earlier is serious enough to keep him out three to four weeks.

All Evason would say is “it’s serious enough that he will not play tonight.”

 

[MK9]

All indications from sources are that Brodin’s injury after he blocked a shot and finished the game in Boston two nights earlier is serious enough to keep him out three to four weeks.

All Evason would say is “it’s serious enough that he will not play tonight.”

This does not seem optimal.

 

[TaLoN]

This does not seem optimal.

The good news? If it's 3 weeks, we can cut it down to 2 weeks worth of games because of the postponements.

Trying to find the silver lining...

 

[Wild11MN]

The #1 defensive defensemen in the NHL... at least by the stats used in this article:

Ranking the NHL’s best shutdown defensemen

In an era where scoring is booming, elite shutdown defenders are worth their weight in gold. Who are the NHL's best?

theathletic.com

An NHL executive once told me that Jonas Brodin would be the first shutdown defenseman he’d pick out of the entire league to defend Connor McDavid one-on-one. The numbers this season appear to agree. Playing on a shutdown pair next to Matt Dumba, Brodin has been an essential bedrock on Minnesota’s blue line for years.

Brodin is also symbolic of how the definition of a shutdown defender has changed. The 28-year-old doesn’t bully players physically, intimidate or block a ton of shots like the defensive defensemen of yesteryear — Brodin wins because of his mobility, impeccable positioning and clever defensive stickwork. Wild GM Bill Guerin did a fantastic job explaining what makes Brodin special in Michael Russo’s feature story a few months ago.

“He’s got kind of that (Nicklas) Lidstrom quality to him where he doesn’t kill you with a bodycheck, he doesn’t do anything to physically harm you or anything like that, but after the game, you’re confused as to why that was so difficult,” said Guerin. “That was the same thing playing against Nick. He never laid a hand on you, but you couldn’t get by him, you couldn’t dump a puck past him, you couldn’t get a hit on him, and he just broke out. Anytime you’d get to a puck at the same time, he’d be a little quicker than you. Brodes has some of those elements to his game.”

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

if/when a statue of Jonas shows up in the middle of W 7th, just know it wasn’t me

 

[Arturia Pendragon]

Where’s that one poster lmfao, the one from a few games ago ragging on Brodin

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Where’s that one poster lmfao, the one from a few games ago ragging on Brodin

He's a nice guy and is really smart when talking about hockey. Just didn't agree with him when it came to some of those opinions on Brodin. But I don't think it's insane to question his or any Wild player's playoff performances.