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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Brzustewisz is pretty much developed at this point, right? So it'd be Plug and Play, like with Kuznetsov.
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I think that's wishful thinking. Last year was Brzustewicz's first year in the AHL. He struggled for the first half before figuring things out towards the end of last year. Kuznetsov in comparison had 3 full years and 2 partial seasons in the AHL before getting called up. Kuznetsov also plays the slightly more simple game, that doesn't have many offensive elements to it.
I think Brzustewicz would be a good addition to the 3rd pairing along side Hanley if/when Parekh gets promoted to the Bahl pairing. IMO it will take him another 2-3 seasons before he can hold his own as a top 4 D.