What I do notice about Prout is two things:
1) He gets the puck in corners/front of the net. He is good at it. Handling the puck? Not so much... but honestly better than I thought he would be at it.
2) Give him the puck at the opposing blue-line, and he shoots it. Almost every single time. Very "Hamilton-esque" to me, but with a much worse shot. Still, he often gets it on net. Perhaps the high danger chances are when it happens through traffic? Or when there is a rebound? I usually notice that the goalie has little trouble with the shot - often is a controlled rebound to an open corner, or just catches and freezes the puck.
Either way, I think we can all agree on that Prout is no offensive defencemen, but he is competent. Outside of the first Vancouver game where Pettersson made him look a bit silly (but that kid is definitely good, and there was not real 'book' on Pettersson for Prout to know about), I felt that Prout has done a good job all season filling-in when necessary.
He has done a good enough job that I am glad he is on the team. It might be huge for the playoffs if injuries start piling up again, or simply in case you go up against a team that is built with large wingers that forecheck well. Both Andersson and Kylington have trouble along the boards against bigger players, so to me it is not surprising that they have lower numbers overall as a pair. However, they just need to get some more 'man-strength' like Brodie has, or just practice handling the puck in-tight along the boards more deftly like Brodie.
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