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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
IMO Brown has a big bust factor attached to him as everyone is falling in love with him because of his size while overlooking his consistency issues, lack of drive (lots of scouts don't know if he gets it), and whether he's going to take full advantage of his size or become a Colborne type of player. What separates the great players from other talented players is desire and this guy looks like the classic talented player that doesn't have the desire required to extract all his talents. From all I have read about him he's Colborne's slightly more talented twin. Guys like Jankowski, Colborne, and Brown are project forwards that take time to bake and the majority of the time come out only half baked and that's the reason guys like Thornton are so rare. At worst he will likely still play in the NHL in a bottom 6 role because lots of teams will give him a chance due to his size but I don't think we are talking about the next Joe Thornton here.
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He doesn't have to be Joe Thornton. He could also be a Getzlaf. Wasn't his knock the same back in his draft year? People questioned his drive, but once he matured and turned it up, he became a franchise centerman.