MattyIce wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:58 am
Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:47 am
MattyIce wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:31 am
He led the team with 4 hits and was a +1. He even had decent corsi stats for you people that care about that (I don't). And he did that while playing the least amount of minutes.
Sounds like what you want out of your fourth line.
Also, that is the same number of hits that Mac Mac has in his last 5 games combined. Brouwer also played more minutes last night than DLR has played in his last 3 games.
It's really not. I want a guy who brings more to the ice than being "responsible in his own end" as he is often described. He's played 12 games at this point and has contributed A point.
Think about the 4th line last year of Blais, Barbashev, Sunqvist. That's the kind of talent you need on a 4th line. Guys that can do anything you need them to do. Brouwer is incredibly limited other than running into people he can catch.
I never said that I would have him in the lineup if everyone was healthy. In a perfect world, the Blues wouldn't have had any injuries and would have had no need for him. I just get tired of people thinking that he is a useless player. There is more to hockey than just points. If people didn't learn that after watching the Blues wear teams down last year, then I guess they never will.
I also remember people saying the exact same things about Maroon last year. Then when it was time to play big boy hockey in the spring, the big boys rose up to the challenge including him.
I've never seen a 4th line player that was so controversial
There is other things than points...and in my opinion all of the other guys the Blues could be trotting out there over Brouwer are better at all of the other things in hockey than he is at this point.
Like, you're comparing him here to MacMac and DLR...two guys who also, when everyone is healthy, don't belong in the Blues lineup. Thats not exactly a glowing recommendation for Brouwer. He's just not that good at this point. If you're saying you wouldn't have him in the lineup when everyone is healthy, I don't know what we're arguing about here because that was the main point of my reply back to you:
UMSLBlues12 wrote: Wed Feb 05, 2020 7:40 am
Brouwer did absolutely nothing of note last night, good nor bad. That might be fine on a fourth line of a middling team,
but he doesn't have a place anywhere near this team when people are healthy. Jordan Nolan did more in his brief callups last year than Brouwer has this year IMO.