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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
His offense will come with time. Right now his focus seems to be on defense, and that is great. But I honestly think he will become a real stud on the backend in a couple of seasons.
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Not to make too too much out of individual plays, but I agree with you re: his defensive focus. I think it is paying dividends: in the game against Colorado, there was a play (1st or 3rd period, forgot exactly which) where Duchene was coming down with speed on Brodie's side and tried to beat him to the outside. Brodie nicely cut him off and took him into the boards. The reason I bring it up is because in the previous game, Duchene did exactly that: came down with speed and beat Brodie wide and cut back in to score.
So it's nice to see Brodie picking up the lessons and applying what he learned. A year or two of figuring out NHL forwards and he could be an extremely effective defenseman.