DylanSensFan
BEESHIP: NBH
That was a fun game, despite the loss. I really love the way this team is shaping out.
Good tank game imo. Looked 10x better than vs the Rangers.
1st star maybe 2ndMost of the pressure came thanks to Brannstrom holding the puck in like 3-4 times. He needs a star tonight.
Branny is having a hell of a game. You gotta think he'll have more of those on the regular as he continues to develop. He's only 22 people.
Don't see him getting a lot of offensive minutes here with Sanderson and Chabot on the left side. Rather package him out to get a big piece back or use him as a sweetener to get rid of White/Zaitsev.
N1st period: pretty good.
2nd period: brutal shit
3rd period: good
Overall solid game for a loss
So far in the 2nd half of the season Timmy has 23 points in 29 games for a P/GP average of 0.79 (0.7931).
Why not have all of Chabot, Sanderson and Brannstrom going into next year?
Might be nice to have actual depth on D and not need a bunch of scrubs to fill out the D pairings don't you think? Branny's obviously still developing and could become a good 2nd pairing puck moving D for the next 5-6 years. Not worth giving that up unless it's for a true top-6 F who can score 30 imo.
Ya, Brannstrom had a good game.2 pt night for Branny, 7pts in his last 12 games.
Should help the trade value.
I would be fine with that, but I think as you said later Branny probably sees himself as a 2nd pairing 30-40pt dman and expects to make that salary at some point in his career. Sanderson already burned a ELC year we can't allocate so much of the budget/cap on the left side D.
In the back of my head I want to love Branny, but i'm not comfortable having him in a playoff series or in physical games. Despite his size it seems like he doesn't have much of a edge to his game defensively, although I am fan of his ability to skate the puck out of the Dzone, theres much more to be desired.
For the next year or two, third pairing + 2nd or 3rd PP d-man?I would be fine with that, but I think as you said later Branny probably sees himself as a 2nd pairing 30-40pt dman and expects to make that salary at some point in his career. Sanderson already burned a ELC year we can't allocate so much of the budget/cap on the left side D.
In the back of my head I want to love Branny, but i'm not comfortable having him in a playoff series or in physical games. Despite his size it seems like he doesn't have much of a edge to his game defensively, although I am fan of his ability to skate the puck out of the Dzone, theres much more to be desired.
Shhhhh shhh shhh shhh
We do not need Jimmy to hear that he is actually good, need him to sign a team friendly contract.
At least DJ called out Zaitsev