forthewild
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Is that actually true? Lol
no it's not but Spurgie is small and shows that if you have smarts you can make it. Brodin is better in that department plus he has the height to have a solid frame.
Is that actually true? Lol
I think a lot of the supposed knocks on Jonas Brodin's offensive game is from people watching the stat line from his SEL season this year.
He's a good puck-mover, great skater, sound decision-maker, and that should be good for some assists at the NHL level. It's all circumstancial though, especially for a guy that's likely not a first unit power play guy because of the lack of a great slapper.
He definitely isn't written off from putting up Matt Carle-numbers or something like that.
You dont always have to have a good slapper to be on the first unit. If he's a notch above everyone else in decision making then he'll be there.
I like how they traded Leddy only to draft this guy 15 months later... Aren't they projected as like the exact same type of player?
How is Hjalmarsson as a comparison for Brodin?
I like how they traded Leddy only to draft this guy 15 months later... Aren't they projected as like the exact same type of player?
How is Hjalmarsson as a comparison for Brodin?
Hjalmarsson is an awful comparison. Brodin isn't as physical and is positionally much better then Hjalmarsson. Brodin uses the stickcheck effectively and skates very well (both forward and backwards). This makes it difficult for players to stickhandle past him even if he doesn't punish them with a crushing hit for trying.
I'm having a hard time coming up with a comparable player but maybe you could say he's a better version of Carl Gunnarsson. Both are good skaters with a good outlet pass but aren't offensive D-man. On the backend they block shots through good positional play but they don't play the body that much even though they have decent size (I'm aware Brodin only has decent lenght at this time but if he fills out his frame he's got decent size). They can also play on both a PP and a PK although neither is specialized in those areas.
Actually i would expect brodin to play a lot on PK.. any time a defenseman is as good defensively as i would expect him to become, he ends up playing tons of PK mins.Hjalmarsson is an awful comparison. Brodin isn't as physical and is positionally much better then Hjalmarsson. Brodin uses the stickcheck effectively and skates very well (both forward and backwards). This makes it difficult for players to stickhandle past him even if he doesn't punish them with a crushing hit for trying.
I'm having a hard time coming up with a comparable player but maybe you could say he's a better version of Carl Gunnarsson. Both are good skaters with a good outlet pass but aren't offensive D-man. On the backend they block shots through good positional play but they don't play the body that much even though they have decent size (I'm aware Brodin only has decent lenght at this time but if he fills out his frame he's got decent size). They can also play on both a PP and a PK although neither is specialized in those areas.
Actually i would expect brodin to play a lot on PK.. any time a defenseman is as good defensively as i would expect him to become, he ends up playing tons of PK mins.
On the other hand, it looks to me brodin doesn't like to block shots (unless you mean deflecting shots with his stick in 1vs1 plays). Not sure how much you watched of him, but his great positioning is usually not aimed to block shots. He prefers to leave good vision to his goalie and concentrate on rebounds.
I hope not, we need him at the World Juniors in Russia =)
He plays like lidström with like 30-50pts in his prime. Might not be norris calibre but steady #1-2 in the future for the Minnesota.