Player Discussion Brett Leason

[slippingsloth]

24 year old who deserves his own thread after getting picked up from the Caps.

Mainly needs a thread so we dont only sing his praises in the depths of a game day thread.

He has had a good start to the 2023-24 year in a depth role

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[robbieboy3686]

If he can improve his shot somehow, he can become a really nice piece for us.

 

[mightyquack]

Been a pleasant surprise, was not a fan of him going into this season but he's been solid defensively and (finally) using his frame to initiate physical play. Seems like he's embraced that bottom six role instead of trying to be a scorer.

 

[JAHV]

I was down on Leason coming into this season, and his numbers have not been great. But he put a couple of absolute dangles on some Boston players last night. My jaw dropped on that one move where he went backhand-forehand through the triangle of a defender to get a shot off from the slot. I did not know he had that arrow in the quiver.

 

[DuckDuckGetz]

Gonna have to change his name to Brett Weason

 

[70sSanO]

Leason becoming more physical is a major improvement. I always thought he could puck handle for his size well enough and had a long reach, but his lack of physicality negated much of that.

Of course, having big brother Johnston on your line does help to increase the courage to hit more.

John

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

Don’t remember the last guy who I did such a 180 on from one season to the next, kudos to him. Only guy in the entire bottom 6 who saw a significant number of games and was on the roster at the end of the year who should be a roster lock for next year

 

[MMC]

6 points in his last 4 GP, now up to 7 in 12 games

 

[Static]

6 points in his last 4 GP, now up to 7 in 12 games

Is he almost the team lead then?

 

[Mr Rogers]

Caps fans were pissed when they lost him. Definitely developing into a quality player

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

Brett Weason

 

[MMC]

Is he almost the team lead then?

Tied for the 7th, Terry first with 12 points, Strome and Leo have 9, Zellweger, McT, and Cutter have 8, Leason and Frank have 7.

3rd in PPG behind Terry and McTavish

 

[Ducksforcup]

He seems to have taken the healthy scratching in a very positive way.

He's made a meaningful impact every game since.

 

[slippingsloth]

Leason is a good depth winger. Felt it last season, still do now.

Fabbri out. Mcginn out. Mct out. Leason had better be in short of an amazing trade

 

[mightyquack]

Looks more like the Leason of 23-24 rather then 22-23 now. As others have said, just a solid depth piece. Good to see him get rewarded on the PP too, plays the net front role perfectly.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Leason is a good depth winger. Felt it last season, still do now.

Fabbri out. Mcginn out. Mct out. Leason had better be in short of an amazing trade

It's about consistency. If he can play that way all the time, he's a solid third liner or great fourth. Needs to bring it every night and have those big feet running