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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I understand that some of the consternation around Brouwer revolves around the term and cap hit of his deal, but I will just point out:
Brouwer has more points in his last 10 games than Sam Bennett while playing less minutes.
In his last 10 games, Brouwer has more points than Frolik with a better +/- averaging about 3-5 minutes less per game.
In his last 10 games, Brouwer has as many points as Ferland while getting roughly the same kind of icetime.
I'm not going to make the argument that Brouwer hasn't disappointed somewhat this season, but let's bring a little context into the situation here: he's filling a hole more adequately than a guy like Freddie Hamilton could, and that's the alternative right now.
Troy Brouwer has as many goals in his last 10 games as Lance Bouma has in his last 60 games.
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Yeah, but then it all goes back to your first sentence in this post. He makes $4.5 million.
Bennett and Ferland are much younger players making a fraction of what Brouwer makes, and Frolik has 44 points this season, and dominant possession stats. Bouma is an overpaid 4th liner.
Brouwer has 3 goals and 0 assists and is -1 in his last 10 games, to go along with being a black hole possession wise. It's also worth mentioning his last goal was 4 games ago. Just because those other players are putting up worse numbers doesn't excuse his terribleness this season.
Maybe with those other players slipping a bit lately, now would have been a good time to actually step up and fill the void for once.