hail alfie
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- Apr 30, 2011
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....One of your own said he's a bust
He was a bust at the 9th overall pick
But that does not imply that he can't be a solid NHL defenseman, which he is at this moment.
....One of your own said he's a bust
He made Chris Philips look like a NHL defender again.
Lee is getting overrated by Ottawa fans.
actually we are not, we were the only ones to see him play games this season so you cant say nothing about us overrating him.
He has proven himself as a top 4 shutdown dman that anyteam would love to have at a small cost.
Wait, are you serious, sarcastic, or drunk?
Brian Lee is a #7 d-man in the NHL on a non-playoff team at this moment,.
Sure, he could mature into a more serviceable 5-6 guy, but that is his peak from the looks of things.
The only team he is top-4 on, is a bottom feeding team purposely nose-diving for the #1 draft pick.
I wish him the best, but he is not top-4. When a contending team signs that #8-10 guy for depth, he is one of those guys. Nothing more unless he really improves.
Weak draft. Smid was also 9th overall(2004) and was projected to have more offense than he has shown. IMO "great skating with the puck" and "good breakout pass" characteristics used to describe a prospect D-men rarely translate into a lot of NHL points. Ryan McDonagh is probably similar also.
Wait, are you serious, sarcastic, or drunk?
Brian Lee is a #7 d-man in the NHL on a non-playoff team at this moment,.
Sure, he could mature into a more serviceable 5-6 guy, but that is his peak from the looks of things.
The only team he is top-4 on, is a bottom feeding team purposely nose-diving for the #1 draft pick.
I wish him the best, but he is not top-4. When a contending team signs that #8-10 guy for depth, he is one of those guys. Nothing more unless he really improves.
The thing about Brian Lee is, he was never that great to begin with. He was terrible as an underager in the WJCs and his college career was mediocre. I never understood why he was favored by USA Hockey and then picked 9th overall. So he never really fell off, he's actually right where I expected him to be.
Give me a team that Brian Lee would play top 4 minutes on other then Ottawa.
Almost any other team in the league.
The thing is, I never think he should of been drafted that high, yeah, he had good numbers at Moorhead, but that's high school hockey. The compeition there isn't that tough, he then played in the USHL and got 3 points in 12 games, although points don't mean much, for an apparent "offensive defenseman" at the time, those are pretty weak numbers. The playoffs he did step up, I have to admit. I just don't see why he's "a player to watch out for" next season, when he will be playing behind guys like Karlsson, Phillips, Gonchar etc. Yeah, he's good defensively, but he's never gonna live up to his potential and where he was picked.
Give me a team that Brian Lee would play top 4 minutes on other then Ottawa.
You better be kidding.
Anaheim: Visnovsky, Beauchemin, Fowler, Lydman, Foster, Sbisa, Lee, Brookbank, Smaby, Carle
Boston: Chara, Seidenberg, Corvo, Ference, Boychuk, McQuaid, Lee, Kampfer
Buffalo: Myers, Ehrhoff, Regehr, Leopold, Sekera, Morrissonn, Lee, Gragnani, Weber
Calgary: Giordano, Bouwmeester, Sarich, Babchuk, Lee, Butler, Carson
Carolina: Pitkanen, Gleason, Kaberle, McBain, Allen, Lee, Harrison, Joslin,
Chicago: Keith, Seabrook, Hjarmalsson, Leddy, Lespsito, Lee, O'Donnell, Mondator, Scott,
Colorado: Johnson, Quincey, Hejda, Wilson, O'Brien, Cumiskey, Lee, Gaunce, Hunwick
I could keep going.
I have seen him a play a few times and what struck me was how "un-physical" he played. His skating kept him in position but he rarely played the body nor did he look to take the forward to the boards and paste/hold him there.
Then I read he was sent down, then waived and openly reported to being shopped around with no takers.
To Lee's credit he made the best of his latest chance when called back up.
From the January call up he seems to have played about 20-22 minutes a game on average with a few stinkers namely a -3 against Buffalo on March 13th and a bunch of -2 games against detroit, pitt, nyr and van.
He was a -9 in March alone
top 4 ? well I hope so because I have him in my sim league
but 5/6/7 seems more likely
then again he is only 24 years old
best of luck to him and the senators this upcoming season