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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Ugh.
Duncan Keith? I know we're all fans here but yesterday we were comparing Backlund to Kesler now we're saying Brodie is the next Keith?
Seriously?
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His point totals are almost identical to what Keith's were before he broke out in his 3rd season. In junior, the AHL, and the NHL they were very similar in the start of their careers. Add that to the fact that they are the same size and play a similar game and I can see where the comparisons come from.
When younger NHLers are given a comparison, it is almost always to a player way better than them that, if everything goes right, they could end up being like. Keith is an acceptable "ceiling" comparison for Brodie. Will Brodie ever be as good? Almost certainly not, but Keith is the player that Brodie should be trying to become. It's a much more convincing comparison than Backlund/Kesler