Agent Zuuuub
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Really? I dont see it to be honest. Brown moves around the ice much better and more fluidly than Stone.
I'll give you that Brown has an active stick and seems to be engaged defensively like Stone always was, and they both make the players around them better. But they go about it very differently imo.
Beyond the obvious differences (playing different positions), I dont see many similarities between these in terms of style. Brown is a high IQ offensive playmaker (with a great but underused shot), and Stone is more of a two way goal scorer (and also a good playmaker).
they use their sticks in the offensive and neutral zones in a very similar way. Holding it close, and at the last moment flashing out their long reach to break up plays. Stone is much better at it, which is why it would have been nice to have him mentor Brown and help him hone his skillset.
And they are both playmakers. Like Stone is a pretty good scorer, but he is an exceptional passer. and it's really his passing that makes Stone have chemistry with everyone. Brown is very similar but Stone trumps him in hockey IQ.
The difference in them is Browns skating and the dogged and hardnosed way that Stone plays the game which is exceptional to most nhlers. if that rubbed off on Brown we'd have a Spezza /Stone hybrid in him.