Absolutely! By all accounts Clarke fanstastic kid
D Brandt Clarke - Ontario Reign, AHL (2021, 8th, LAK)
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Absolutely! By all accounts Clarke fanstastic kid
ConnorMcMullet
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Brandt Clarke scores a beauty for his first pro goal!
I absolutely love Clarke but someone needs to tell him that he has outside edges
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Seeing Clarke go #1OA would be a massive source of inspiration for me and thousands of other benders across the globe.
lol.. ain’t that the truth!! Crazy how he either can’t or won’t use them . Looked up knockneed- inside -edge skater on Google and his pic popped up!
Highly skilled though and great offensive instincts.
Pavel Buchnevich
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Thats a poor comparison. He's bigger, more explosive, and defends better than Merkley. There is also no history of attitude issues that Merkley had.
buddy .. love how you wade in all the time as the authority ..lol. You’ll see that i mentioned the size and attitude differences if you read my posts. As for the rest ..skating ,poise with puck ,high risk-high reward offensive style I stand by my assessment.
Pavel Buchnevich
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Authority? No, I'm like anyone here that gives an opinion. If you don't like it, you should explain why. Don't instead try to criticize me that you made a post that others disagreed with on a message board to discuss hockey.
I think your comparison is off. I don't see many similarities, at all. Both look dynamic handling the puck and are right shot OHL defenders. Thats about it. I really don't see many similarities. I think when you have to qualify that there are differences with their size and attitude (I'd add there are also big differences in defense and some with skating), I think thats a little too much to say the comparison is a good one.
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Brandt Clarke with 2 goals and assist vs HC Detva. He needed game like this. Had a lot of scoring chances in previous games but was little bit unlucky. His team won the game 5-1.
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Pavel Buchnevich
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A combination of John Carlson and OEL, but I can't think of a great comparison.
Definitely more of an offensive guy, like those two, but I think he's good enough defensively that he might be able to be considered a two-way defenseman. Similar situation for those two with classifications. I think his playmaking and offensive potential is closer to Carlson than OEL, but his flashiness is more similar to OEL. Skating is about halfway between those two players.
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I have heard this take before and really can't see where it is coming from but to each their own.
I don't think he pivots or moves as well laterally as people try to describe and I don't think he has an overly powerful or efficient forward stride. He does, however, have pretty quick feet all things considered which certainly helps his cause. To each his own I guess.
Brandt Clarke's 4th goal of the season. Great hand eye coordination.
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I like what I've seen of his straight ahead speed and his agility when moving up ice. I think where he needs to improve is his agility and edgework when skating backwards.
The kid looks like a roving/goalscoring offensive defenseman. Maybe Morgan Rielly, Dougie Hamilton or Mike Green? I don't see him ever being a guy that will be considered a defensive stalwart in the league, but I could see him getting 60+ points in the NHL if everything goes according to plan.
