He's a 5'7" slow winger. Let's not go overboard about his dominance in the possession game. Again, I am happy with the pick, despite efforts to paint it otherwise. I just think he's a little overhyped on here.
Like I said, I was happy with the pick (for round 2). He has tremendous hands. But despite his phenomenal stats this season, I have some concerns and I'm really curious to see what he does this season. Hopefully he's not another Pavel Brendl.
I liked the pick but it's a long shot for him to make an impact on the big club.
Brink will find his way into the NHL.
He better. I put my stellar reputation on the line for that prepubescent punk
The idea that he’ll be a liability if he isn’t scoring or that he’s a “one zone player” has a whiff of: “I’ve only seen him play a few times and I’m basing my critiques/player projections off of this limited sample size.”
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The idea that he’ll be a liability if he isn’t scoring or that he’s a “one zone player” has a whiff of: “I’ve only seen him play a few times and I’m basing my critiques/player projections off of this limited sample size.”
More like “I’ve never seen him play at all, but I read his height and weight in an article somewhere”.
Size based stereotypes are super popular around here.
Right now he's listed at 5'7 159, that's smaller than Martel who got shoved around.
but if Johnny Hockey didn't have great offensive skills, would he even be in the NHL?
For someone who loves to inflate players’ heights and weights and projects they will grow 29 inches and 500lbs, Brink is actually 5’8.5 and 165 lbs. And if anyone can get the benefit of the doubt, physically speaking, that they have a lot of maturation left.....
If Superman didn’t have superpowers would he even be a superhero?
The idea that he’ll be a liability if he isn’t scoring or that he’s a “one zone player” has a whiff of: “I’ve only seen him play a few times and I’m basing my critiques/player projections off of this limited sample size.”
This statement is odd to me. You're fine with taking a player with the #34 overall pick that is a long shot to every make an impact in the NHL?I liked the pick but it's a long shot for him to make an impact on the big club.
Just a general feeling I get after reading the prospect ranking threads. There isn’t a set measurable mathematical percentage of overhype, & different fans rate him differently. But I think many have extremely high expectations that probably should be tempered a bit, at least until we see his freshman season in college.By what percentage would you consider him overhyped? Where do you think the hype projects him verse where you think he should be projected.
He's small enough to go unnoticed while doing so....Brink will find his way into the NHL.
Are you saying you think Brink has average offensive skills? Average compared to what? Physical skills like hard shot and stick handling or mental like vision and iq.Who said Sanheim was overrated?
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Struggling to climb the learning curve (which he did for a while, and Myers did in the spring) doesn't mean you're not talented, it just means you're not going to be an instant success.
And I'm still waiting for the list of NHL players who are 5'8 180 with average speed and average offensive skills.