Prospect Info: Round 2, Pick 34: Bobby Brink, RW, Sioux City (USHL) --> Denver (signed 4/10/22)
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Captain Dave Poulin
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So, it's official; Pup-N-Suds it is.
Cool!
It's not. Stop it right now.
Foggy14
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Mais oui, bien sûr, mon capitaine!
Then, I think I'll go with "Pup."
It's a good, less formal version of Pup-N-Suds.
On a serious note about our little friend, here's a piece about Brink from a McKenzie article last last week. I knew about the Montreal name stuff, but not about playing (and scoring) on a broken ankle. The tie-in to the old Bobby Baun story is definitely cool.
If Brink — the gritty USHL scoring winger — isn’t one of the best stories of this whole draft class, it’s hard to imagine who tops him. Brink’s Dad Andy, owing to his great passion for the history of hockey, bestowed on his eldest son the name Bobby Orr Brink. He pondered whether to name him Bobby Orr Brink or Bobby Clarke Brink. If you think that’s a cool story, it gets even better. Bobby’s 16-year-old brother’s full name is Joseph Henry Brink and goes by Joe. Their 14-year-old brother’s full name is Henri Richard Brink. If you’re familiar with Montreal Canadian history — and Andy Brink is — you would know that Maurice (Rocket) Richard’s full name is Joseph Henri Maurice Richard. So Andy Brink went with Joseph and the English version of Henri for his middle son as a tribute to the Rocket and then went full Pocket Rocket Henri Richard Brink for the youngest boy, although Henri is pronounced Henry.
And there’s more.
After Bobby Brink scored the game-winning goal for Team USA in the World Junior A Challenge gold medal game last December — on what was later diagnosed as a broken ankle that caused him to miss six weeks of action — Andy wondered if he should have named his boy Bobby Baun Brink. Of course, Baun was the Toronto Maple Leaf defenceman who famously scored the overtime goal in Game 6 of the 1964 Stanley Cup final on a broken ankle.
Andy Brink is nothing if not a hockey historian.
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LegionOfDoom91
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I have the same feeling as far as beeing stoked about this pick. For some reason I think about Mark Rechi, who was knocked for his skating but had a great NHL career. Brink must be super hi Hockey IQ in order to put up the numbers he did. Ironically this sounds like the opposite of what happened last year when Flyers drafted O'brien. He was really fast and offensively gifted, but put up a dud in his freshman season.
Captain Dave Poulin
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Mais oui, bien sûr, mon capitaine!
Then, I think I'll go with "Pup."
It's a good, less formal version of Pup-N-Suds.
It's Binksy. Period. Binksy.
Even if I weren't the final arbiter of these things (and I am), even taking half of a DFF suggestion would be worthy of a month-long ban, if not a huge slap. You know better than that, Foggster.
mja
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Bobby Brink's ability to adapt and succeed at all levels is truly impressive.
Even rookie beach volleyball. #winner
Even rookie beach volleyball. #winner
Chinatown88
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FLYguy3911
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One less red flag too.
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I breathed a sigh of relief when Frost won the Summer Volleyball Showcase with him.
Striiker
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I feel like having nicknames that are longer than their actual names is kinda missing the point.
You know Striikersy, sometimes hockey culture is a weird and mysterious thing.
Ghosts Beer
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He looks like a random kid photobombing the pic.
Somehow I’m guessing he had little to do with a beach volleyball win.
Striiker
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Of course Brob E. Bink won the 3v3 tournament too.
What a f***ing beaut.
What a f***ing beaut.
Larry44
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Expectations
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I knew a guy in college named Richard Whacker. No joke.
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I haven't seen this posted elsewhere, so apologies if I missed it, but the beats interviewed Fletcher and it seems Brink's dad coached Fletcher's son and even taught him at school! I'm not suggesting any kind of cronyism, but it's another reminder of how incredibly small and incestuous the hockey world is, and every story like that rips a small crack into the confidence of drafting based on scouted merit.
Again, I absolutely wanted to draft Brink, but there's always something, isn't there?
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Again, I absolutely wanted to draft Brink, but there's always something, isn't there?
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FLYguy3911
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Fletcher has made some questionable moves since he’s taken over but that haircut is not one of them.
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I haven't seen this posted elsewhere, so apologies if I missed it, but the beats interviewed Fletcher and it seems Brink's dad coached Fletcher's son and even taught him at school! I'm not suggesting any kind of cronyism, but it's another reminder of how incredibly small and incestuous the hockey world is, and every story like that rips a small crack into the confidence of drafting based on scouted merit.
Again, I absolutely wanted to draft Brink, but there's always something, isn't there?
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I’m going to cut Chuckles some slack on this. If all your scouts combine to rank a kid 20ish, it’s OK if the GM can vouch for him. Like Hexy knew Sanheim’s family from Manitoba. Character intel adds to the file, that’s all.
David St Hubbins
Well, you're not as confused as he is.
Now, let’s discuss drafting family members of corporate officers or (Phillies) execs nephews ...
