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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
You don't find too many high end NHL defensemen who weren't top pair guys on their junior teams at 19. He's got upside... but he's not in a shut down pair or getting much PP time in junior...
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I just get the feeling that you are writing these things from the perspective of one who only gazes at the stat sheet. Brodie and Dalton Prout are Barrie's 'shutdown' tandem. Pietrangelo and Crawford get first PP time. Thus, Brodie makes a huge defensive contribution to the best team in the league, while surpassing previous point totals despite significant reductions in PP icetime. I don't know how you can look at those two facts and somehow interpret them as negative. Brodie had a great year.