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Harris is your safe bet to be a NHL defenseman.. 3rd pairing floor, 2nd pairing upside.. where Struble might never be a NHLer but his upside is a top pairing D man because of how toolsy he is.
Prospect Info: Josh Brook II
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Harris is your safe bet to be a NHL defenseman.. 3rd pairing floor, 2nd pairing upside.. where Struble might never be a NHLer but his upside is a top pairing D man because of how toolsy he is.
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yep. it's the classic 'upside vs. readiness' debate. that's why i qualified my ranking of LDs that some might have one over the other and vice versa. Struble's raw but could leap over a few ranked ahead of him in the next year depending.
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he was loaned to Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL, he'll join former Hab Lucas Lessio.
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This is good for Brook. Even if he don't dominate, he gets a taste of competition from another league. Could help him in the adjustment department. I do value when guys in the CHL import draft come over to the CHL and have very good 1st seasons. That's not easy to do with a different culture and adjusting to a different league. Talent rises to the top in cases like this. Lets see what Brook can do. There is multiple layers of development he can gain from this.
Why are more players not doing this? Could it be that they take roster spots from others away? If you were managing those leagues, would you go all in on that where some of those players might get taken back once the CHL and AHL starts up again?
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he has all the tools to be a great prospect, he struggled physically, and at the start of the season his defensive play was at times terrible. He showed big improvements there as the season went on, going from the 3rd pairing at the start with Alzner to the top pairing by the end and was playing his best hockey by far. I've heard he's bulked up, I fully expect him to be one of our best players in Laval and I think he's going to move back into the top 5 of our prospects. He's legit if he's added a good amount of strength and some mass.
If he could play top pair minutes for Laval all year that’d be great for his development.
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I assume he does unless Juulsen gets sent down for longer then his allowed 2 week conditioning stint. When Fleury was sent down, Brook was considerably better defensively so I would hope that he would get first crack although as a 3rd year pro they need to know what they have in Fleury next season more so it will be interesting to see how Bouchard handles it. I think Brook was really smart to go to the DEL and get some work in so hopefully that pays off for him as well.
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The funny thing about the Habs prospects in both a good and bad way is that i would not be the least bit surprised if any of say our top 10 or so prospects ended up being our best down the road. Guys like Brook, Struble, Norlinder have such interesting offensive tools to go with elite skating/mobility that any of them could end up breaking out and being a high end player or of course none of them do since we all know how hard it is to find that Markov level type.
Brook did not look like Brook barely at all last season and that has to change in a major way. He's at his best when he gets the puck and rushes it up ice, end to end and creates offense either with his playmaking (among the best in our system for blueliners) or using his wrist shot (not as good of a shot as say Norlinder). But it's moving the puck up ice in a hurry, making things happen in the offensive zone and while there were flashes of this, it was way, way too rare a sight. I suspect it had to do with his confidence taking a bit hit due to his lack of strength impacting his game so much early on that he struggled all year to get it back.
So my hope is that the talk of him having bulked up this off-season means he will start to play his game in Laval and if so that would be great news.
Brook did not look like Brook barely at all last season and that has to change in a major way. He's at his best when he gets the puck and rushes it up ice, end to end and creates offense either with his playmaking (among the best in our system for blueliners) or using his wrist shot (not as good of a shot as say Norlinder). But it's moving the puck up ice in a hurry, making things happen in the offensive zone and while there were flashes of this, it was way, way too rare a sight. I suspect it had to do with his confidence taking a bit hit due to his lack of strength impacting his game so much early on that he struggled all year to get it back.
So my hope is that the talk of him having bulked up this off-season means he will start to play his game in Laval and if so that would be great news.
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I haven't heard if he's still over there or not. He played 2 games and then nothing since the 7th so I guess he left? I use eliteprospects for transfers and so far I have yet to see any Habs listed despite KK, and Vejdemo leaving their teams weeks ago so I don't know what the delay is in updating that info. You would think some of the Habs beat writers would be talking about it.
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Juulsen especially needs to play.
And, Mete might not see a lot of action until there's an injury on defense. He should have been playing.
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On the prospect official thread, stats are posted by @Adam Michaels. Prob look there but I do believe hes got 1 point in 1 game
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He had 1 assist in two games in some sort of pre-season tournament, they didnt make it out of the round-robin. We shall see if he's still with the team, they start the season tomorrow.
To avoid the waiver wire, can a team loan out a player to a European team so they can play and not risk losing them? I'd do that with Juulsen if it works that way.
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I thought Brook played a much better game overall. Hope he can keep getting better... he needs to make some strides to remain relevant.
He will but he’s a 2-4 year guy. Lots of great players spent 3 years in the AHL
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True. Maybe I'm being impatient. He was so great in his last year of junior. As long as he keeps moving in the right direction...
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