[Samonadreau]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Before Brouwer hurt his hand he had 8 goals and 17 points in 35 games. That is right on track with where he was expected to be after signing his big contract. Before last season Brouwer had turned in seven straight years of +30 points and +15 goals with three +20-goal seasons and 3 +40-point seasons.

I think it is foolish to think that if reasonably healthy he will not improve over last year by quite a bit. It is utterly unbelievable to imagine that he will be any worse.