What Do You Do With Logan Brown?
Weekly Question: What Do You Do With Logan Brown? - Silver Seven
Very good article about Logan Brown. It’s a must read.
Trade Him!
I’ll start by saying I think there could be merit, at this point, in trading Brown but there’s a large caveat — how are the Senators about to use their first two draft picks in Junewhenever the draft occurs?
I’m of the opinion that drafting the best player available is the only way to go, especially in the first round. The good news is there is no shortage of quality centres available early in the 2020 draft so it’s likely that the best player available to Ottawa will be a centre. It’s even quite possible that the Senators walk away with two quality centres. What a day that would be!
Realistically, there are two options. First, trade him while the Senators can still use his potential as a big part of his trade value. Second, practice patience and continue his development within the Ottawa system.
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Keep Him!
The other option in this scenario is to keep Brown and let him continue developing. For me, this means having him as a regular member of the Ottawa lineup next season. I think Brown has learned enough at the AHL level and all he’ll do if he spends more time in Belleville is continue to produce and wait for his turn in the show.
Looking at Brown’s production over his young career, there are things to like. In his draft+1 year, Brown had a fine season in Windsor that saw him put up 40 points in 35 games, missing time with an injury. In his draft+2 year, he split the season between Windsor and Kitchener, where he amassed 48 points in 32 games. If you’re noticing the games played trend here, you’re catching on. During the World Juniors, Brown’s tournament was halted at three games because of yet another injury.
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Reset Your Expectations
All in all the question of what to do with Logan Brown is actually a trick question itself (gotcha!) because the answer might be less about the above options and more about resetting our expectations.
Listen, I’d love for Brown to come in and be a 70+ point beast of a first line centre. The opportunity to watch a guy with his unique combination of size and skill centre a player like Brady Tkachuk is a thing of dreams. Between the two of them, it wouldn’t matter who the third player on the line was. Brown’s ability to move the puck and Tkachuk’s tenacity near the net would be a lethal combination. That being said, I don’t think we should expect that of Brown anymore. Will he be a second line centre? Maybe! But even if he settles in as a strong, scoring third line centre, that would be a win for this organization.
When you look at the teams that have put together strong playoff runs or gone as far as winning the Stanley Cup, you can point to centre depth as a big reason for their success. If the Senators can grab someone like Byfield or Stützle (or both?!) at the draft, run Colin White as the second line centre and then follow that up with a 6’6” skilled centre on the third line, that’s a seriously special lineup down the middle. And, don’t get me wrong, it’s totally possible that Brown still ends up as a solid second line centre and White is the guy holding down the fort on line three.
So if we’re answering the question of what to do with Logan Brown today, I say you keep him but reset your expectations for that first line centre role that we’ve been hoping for. Brown is going to be a solid NHL centre who will be a great contributor to many playoff runs in his career, and I think Ottawa is the perfect place for him to do just that.
Weekly Question: What Do You Do With Logan Brown? - Silver Seven
Very good article about Logan Brown. It’s a must read.
Trade Him!
I’ll start by saying I think there could be merit, at this point, in trading Brown but there’s a large caveat — how are the Senators about to use their first two draft picks in Junewhenever the draft occurs?
I’m of the opinion that drafting the best player available is the only way to go, especially in the first round. The good news is there is no shortage of quality centres available early in the 2020 draft so it’s likely that the best player available to Ottawa will be a centre. It’s even quite possible that the Senators walk away with two quality centres. What a day that would be!
Realistically, there are two options. First, trade him while the Senators can still use his potential as a big part of his trade value. Second, practice patience and continue his development within the Ottawa system.
click the link for more.
Keep Him!
The other option in this scenario is to keep Brown and let him continue developing. For me, this means having him as a regular member of the Ottawa lineup next season. I think Brown has learned enough at the AHL level and all he’ll do if he spends more time in Belleville is continue to produce and wait for his turn in the show.
Looking at Brown’s production over his young career, there are things to like. In his draft+1 year, Brown had a fine season in Windsor that saw him put up 40 points in 35 games, missing time with an injury. In his draft+2 year, he split the season between Windsor and Kitchener, where he amassed 48 points in 32 games. If you’re noticing the games played trend here, you’re catching on. During the World Juniors, Brown’s tournament was halted at three games because of yet another injury.
Click the link for more.
Reset Your Expectations
All in all the question of what to do with Logan Brown is actually a trick question itself (gotcha!) because the answer might be less about the above options and more about resetting our expectations.
Listen, I’d love for Brown to come in and be a 70+ point beast of a first line centre. The opportunity to watch a guy with his unique combination of size and skill centre a player like Brady Tkachuk is a thing of dreams. Between the two of them, it wouldn’t matter who the third player on the line was. Brown’s ability to move the puck and Tkachuk’s tenacity near the net would be a lethal combination. That being said, I don’t think we should expect that of Brown anymore. Will he be a second line centre? Maybe! But even if he settles in as a strong, scoring third line centre, that would be a win for this organization.
When you look at the teams that have put together strong playoff runs or gone as far as winning the Stanley Cup, you can point to centre depth as a big reason for their success. If the Senators can grab someone like Byfield or Stützle (or both?!) at the draft, run Colin White as the second line centre and then follow that up with a 6’6” skilled centre on the third line, that’s a seriously special lineup down the middle. And, don’t get me wrong, it’s totally possible that Brown still ends up as a solid second line centre and White is the guy holding down the fort on line three.
So if we’re answering the question of what to do with Logan Brown today, I say you keep him but reset your expectations for that first line centre role that we’ve been hoping for. Brown is going to be a solid NHL centre who will be a great contributor to many playoff runs in his career, and I think Ottawa is the perfect place for him to do just that.
