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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Brouwer was fine last year.
Just no where near worth 4.5
Have to remove cap hit from evaluating who should be where
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I thought he had his moments which fair minded fans could see, but folks with preconceived narratives ignored, and as long as he wasn't paired with Stajan he was good on the PK (I also thought Stajan was fine on PK when not paired with Brouwer). I think his IQ is higher than Hathaway who is his main competition for a 4th line role. He's had a couple of injuries the last two years which, while not serious, were constricting to his play I would imagine (broken finger and broken face).
Now, that all said, I do think he doesn't have an ideal skill set for the present style of the game, mainly in that he's not fast. He also seems like a guy who doesn't excel in short shift, low minutes roles. This is a problem because I don't see him getting up into the top 6 at all - or even likely the top 9.