Erik Brannstrom is a legit NHL level puck moving D

[Coffey]

He’s coming for Edlers 2nd place spot on all time assists as a Canuck dman.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Does every slightly positive thing in Van need a thread?

demko remains mysteriously injured from last spring

miller is on a personal leave

hronek just separated his shoulder (probably)

pettersson has just emerged from a nine month funk

boeser just returned from getting concussed on a totally unnecessary cheap shot

so yeah if it’s not too much trouble we’d appreciate it if you let us have a few please

 

[Canucks LB]

What is such a nice story about it? Most teams have guys in this category and threads aren't needed for them. Doubt a thread like this is great for board activity either. 15ish minutes a night for a blueliner is really low ice time as well even if on the 3rd pair.

It’s a nice story because he got bounced around and found a home and he’s playing really well, it’s the same thing why we have a thread about podkolzin just above this.

Let people be happy

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Amazing how VAN got him

Was mistreated and hated by DJ Smith in Ottawa for simply not being 6’2 200 lbs

Was dumped by COL for Poolman so they could active LTIR

Now he has found a home in VAN under Toecchet’s system

DJ Smith hated him so much he played him more than Tocchet has, like, 200 times

 

[KevinRedkey]

His problem was always size, which is often needed in a 3rd pairing role. If you can see past that, then he's a solid and capable NHL defenceman. The only news here is someone outside of Ottawa has taken notice.

 

[NextGoalIsHuge]

I'm quite happy with him too. Though, its still early. Let's let things play out.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Ewww a Canuck....

I liked him better when he was a Vegas Golden Knight.

 

[robsenz]

I've defended this guy for years on this forum, should have been developed better than he was, Ottawa didn't do much for his progression at all.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Just let people be happy man, what’s the problem with the thread, it’s a positive thread about a nice story, what’s the problem with that?

It helps with activity on the boards as well, where I’m assuming lots of people enjoy

Also if this isnt thread worthy then it would have been deleted by now already

Or no one would have replied at all

That fact that we are on page 2 means it is thread worthy

If Podkolzin having 8 pts is thread worthy, why not this one

 

[Rowlet]

Also if this isnt thread worthy then it would have been deleted by now already

Or no one would have replied at all

That fact that we are on page 2 means it is thread worthy

If Podkolzin having 8 pts is thread worthy, why not this one

Because Brannstrom only has 7 points

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Yeah we knew this, unfortunately he isn’t a 6’4 ogre who’s dumb as rocks, which is what the Sens prefer.

 

[tucker3434]

A lot of teams aren’t going to have room for an OFD on the bottom pairing (including Colorado). Same with putting a small scoring forward in your bottom 6. It works out okay when they’re showing up in the scoresheet. But the moment they aren’t, teams tend to want a PK specialist or some other low event player that can eat some bad minutes in that spot.

Is Vancouver really going to give the guy 70%+ o zone starts indefinitely?