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C Logan Brown - Windsor Spitfires, OHL (2016, 11th, OTT)

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Mad Brills said:
hfcanucks will melt
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good, that bandwagon needs to be cleared out. In the bigger picture, if Logan Brown can play to his potential then you have a Joe Thornton, that is absolutely a player worth taking a chance on, in the low end, you have a 3C.
 
Fictional Realism said:
There is buzz building around this guy as a potential top 5 now. I've read and/or heard about articles out of Edmonton and Vancouver (plus the random Columbus buzz around #3) that has him as the second best centre in the draft after Matthews. Could he go at 4/5?

http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...own-is-top-centre-in-nhl-draft-says-his-coach

https://soundcloud.com/tsn-radio-va...ogan-brown-is-going-to-go-early-in-this-draft

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Caro...-Logan-Brown-Shine-at-Draft-Combine/194/77378
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Both scouts I know have him in the top 7. I am not surprised, the potential is absolutely elite. A 6'6 centerman with great hockey sense, good hands, can skate and has NHL pedigree of course this player is getting picked high. The way he came on at the end of the year too showing what he can do with his skill set shows his potential. Big players always take longer to develop I was hoping he'd fall to the sens but I knew there was no chance its going to happen.
 
Fictional Realism said:
There is buzz building around this guy as a potential top 5 now. I've read and/or heard about articles out of Edmonton and Vancouver (plus the random Columbus buzz around #3) that has him as the second best centre in the draft after Matthews. Could he go at 4/5?

http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...own-is-top-centre-in-nhl-draft-says-his-coach

https://soundcloud.com/tsn-radio-va...ogan-brown-is-going-to-go-early-in-this-draft

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Caro...-Logan-Brown-Shine-at-Draft-Combine/194/77378
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I've been pumping his tires for a while. Literally every GM from 4-7 has publicly stated him being a possibility. Plus, Columbus is said to be taking him to C-bus for a full day interview.

I watched a Windsor game late in the season and he was dominant. Then I watched the USA in the U-18s and he made Canada look straight up bad. I don't know if I've ever seen one player dominate Canada like that before.

He's way ahead of RyJo and Getzlaf at the same age. He's a good skater. He can be special IMO. How do you defend a 6'6 260 pound guy that can skate and make plays?

I reallllllly want Calgary to take him if Dubois, Tkachuk are gone.
 
Button is releasing his list tomorrow. Eager to see where he puts Brown considering the hype he has for him.

I went from not even considering him for the Habs pick in the winter, to thinking 'maybe' when he had a great end to his OHL season, to seeing him at the U-18 and feeling good about the chances of him being there at 9, to now quite concerned he is going top 8 with this growing hype.
 
Clear Cut said:
good, that bandwagon needs to be cleared out. In the bigger picture, if Logan Brown can play to his potential then you have a Joe Thornton, that is absolutely a player worth taking a chance on, in the low end, you have a 3C.
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Thornton had 122 pts and 123 pim in 59 games his draft year and went #1. Brown 74 pts and 40 pim in 59 games. Sure they both have size but Brown is no ****ing Thornton not even close.
 
WhiteCurse said:
Thornton had 122 pts and 123 pim in 59 games his draft year and went #1. Brown 74 pts and 40 pim in 59 games. Sure they both have size but Brown is no ****ing Thornton not even close.
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Not considering that Thornton was scoring in a totally different era of hockey, Brown plays like Thornton stylistically. Every player's trajectory is different, Brown only starting hitting his stride mid-season when he started producing at 1.5PPG.
 
Clear Cut said:
Not considering that Thornton was scoring in a totally different era of hockey, Brown plays like Thornton stylistically. Every player's trajectory is different, Brown only starting hitting his stride mid-season when he started producing at 1.5PPG.
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A guy like Dylan Strome is wayy closer to Joe Thornton than Browm
 
Clear Cut said:
Not considering that Thornton was scoring in a totally different era of hockey, Brown plays like Thornton stylistically. Every player's trajectory is different, Brown only starting hitting his stride mid-season when he started producing at 1.5PPG.
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Thornton would be going #1 in this draft. Thornton had way more jam to his game at the same age. Brown is real soft for his size.
 
WhiteCurse said:
Thornton would be going #1 in this draft. Thornton had way more jam to his game at the same age. Brown is real soft for his size.
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right, I don't think I'm going to compare draft years that are 20 years apart , lets compare when it's 2036.
 
6'6 - 6'7 is almost too big for a forward. It's more about the ability to deal with tight spaces and still control the puck. I can't think of any forwards except for Brian Boyle or Jimmy hayes that are 6'6.
Every other player with that height is a d-man. It's a very awkward height for a forward especially on face-offs.
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6'2 - 6'4 is ideal in my opinion
Jeff Carter
Kesler
Kopitar
Toews

all those guys are within that range.
 
Breakers said:
6'6 - 6'7 is almost too big for a forward. It's more about the ability to deal with tight spaces and still control the puck. I can't think of any forwards except for Brian Boyle or Jimmy hayes that are 6'6.
Every other player with that height is a d-man. It's a very awkward height for a forward especially on face-offs.
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6'2 - 6'4 is ideal in my opinion
Jeff Carter
Kesler
Kopitar
Toews

all those guys are within that range.
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Blake Wheeler?
 
Blake Wheeler is another great example of going off the board, Logan Brown plays a similar style too.
 
Clear Cut said:
Blake Wheeler is another great example of going off the board, Logan Brown plays a similar style too.
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Somebody correct me if I am wrong here but I don't think the 2004 draft is a good comparison point because it was a rather weak draft after the first 3 guys(and even then Barker was a dud)
 
Ironic005 said:
A guy like Dylan Strome is wayy closer to Joe Thornton than Browm
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Combine the two (Strome and Brown) add some meaness and slightly better vision and you have Thornton. Brown is worthy of getting consideration even at 3 (although I personally think that is too high), but Thornton is up there with the best centers of the past 20 years and the best center prospects of the past 20 years (Behind Crosby and McDavid, on-par with the Malkin, Lecavalier, Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel and Matthews).
 
Clear Cut said:
right, I don't think I'm going to compare draft years that are 20 years apart , lets compare when it's 2036.
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And yet you had no problem stating that if Brown "plays to his potential" he'd be the second coming of Thornton, which is even more ridiculous?

Not every gigantic hockey player's ceiling is a Hall of Famer...
 
Breakers said:
6'6 - 6'7 is almost too big for a forward. It's more about the ability to deal with tight spaces and still control the puck. I can't think of any forwards except for Brian Boyle or Jimmy hayes that are 6'6.
Every other player with that height is a d-man. It's a very awkward height for a forward especially on face-offs.
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6'2 - 6'4 is ideal in my opinion
Jeff Carter
Kesler
Kopitar
Toews

all those guys are within that range.
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So height prevents you from being coordinated?

Hanzal and Bjugstad are both 6'6", and I think are both pretty skilled players. Bjugstad handles the puck very, very well.

Mantha, Colborne, and Wheeler are all 6'5" and all seem very skilled to me.

Is the knock on Logan Brown seriously that he is too tall? I guess that's a new one.
 
When Colborne's on, his puck protection is excellent. The playoff series against Vancouver was a great highlight of what he can do when consistent, as was the last part of this season.

He is inconsistent but that isn't because he's too tall.
 
This will be terrible if Vancouver takes him with #5. Lets be real here, and say he hits middle ground. With a #5 and #6 OA pick, they would have chosen size over anything and gotten two 3rd liners in Brown and Virtanen.
 
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