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Bradyg31

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Forum: Armchair-GM16 déc. 2021 à 14 h 17
Forum: Armchair-GM12 déc. 2021 à 10 h 11
Sujet: Ottawa Senators
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Bradyg31</b></div><div>Connor Brown is a fantastic player but we need an upgrade for our second line. If we want to winning now. But I don’t think it will going to happen because this year, we’re going to let our players growing into a strong, better and teamwork.</div></div>

But the thing is Ottawa has had a lot of trouble keeping the puck out of the net, not scoring goals

It's true that we would need a 2nd line RW but trading Connor Brown for one would then create a bigger hole

A player like Connor Brown is much harder to replace than a 2nd line winger. Look at these stats (2019-20 + 2020-21) :

- Among Brown's 19:17 TOI/GP in Ottawa, 2:45 were on the PK and only 1:32 on the PP. His overall dZS% has been 62.6% which is extremely high. Simply put, he is mostly used as a shutdown forward or on a matchup line.

- Despite this defensive usage, he has been 61st for Even Strenght Points among NHL players since 2019-20 (not including 2021-22 yet). Look at the names around him on that list, they aren't all as good overall :

http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&amp;seasonFrom=20192020&amp;seasonTo=20202021&amp;gameType=2&amp;filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&amp;sort=evPoints&amp;page=1&amp;pageSize=50

Facts summary :

- He has scored at a 24 goals/50 pts pace in Ottawa (127 GP)
- He was 2nd in takeaways last season (behind Mark Stone of course)
- He received Selke votes (17th)
- Total beast on the PK : often gets more scoring chances than the opposition
- used heavily in a defensive deployment (34.0 oZS% vs 66.0 dZS%) but still provides good offense

His speed, non-stop motor and flawless work ethic is a beautiful thing to watch. With only a 3.6 AAV for 2 more seasons... way too valuable for Ottawa and they love him a lot. Any team who has Brown should use him in a similar way that Ottawa has been