I assume Brouwer will be a camp tryout. I give it 50/50 if he makes a roster. I was trying to be pretty positive with him but at the end of the day he's a replacement level player. There are a lot of players in this league that can put up 6 goals and 22 points with less ice time and no powerplay time. He's got less to offer than Glencross at the end of his career.
Good article about the cautions of the old model of paying players for past performance. Really it was asinine that the Flames gave Brouwer a big raise at 30 with his best days behind him;
https://thehockeynews.com/news/artic...autionary-tale