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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Nope, you are just wrong, they often didn't even have him on unit 2 when they took him off - they left unit 2 intact until injuries hit. And when they took Brouwer off starting in the second quarter, guess how their PP was? Just as terrible as when he was on. I know there's a desire for a narrative, but Brouwer wasn't the PP issue. He had less ATOI on the power play than, say, Sam Bennett, but with more points.
He's not an ideal guy for the PP, which is why he went from being on a quarter of the time in the first quarter, to a 10th of the time, in the second quarter. Who would you put on instead, when the injuries hit?
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Harvey the Hound scored as many on the PP from the stands. So anybody deserved a try.
Just stop the nonsense already. Brouwer was a HUGE part of the PP. And he was quite possibly the biggest reason why the PP sucked this year. And I am talking about the whole season, not just the last quarter when injuries were a factor.
Defending Brouwer's usage on the PP is a gutsy thing to do. I will give you that Mrs. Gulutzan.