I really liked Juulsen when he came in as a 7th d last year, as he appeared to realize he needed to simplify his game to stick. Thought the playoffs were an anomoly based on not seeing the ice much.
However, it looks like that stretch was the anomoly and that playoff form is just who he is. We can't be having the bottom pair make horrendous decisions that gift the opposition goals.
Continuously getting out of position to allow odd man rushes for a 50/50 shot at a hit is the equivalent of Sprong standing at the opponents blueline waiting for a breakaway pass, except the cherry picking might actually result in something meaningful while the hit is not much better than a pokecheck.
After they signed Forbert in the offseason I was hoping they'd bring in Brannstrom as a stop gap puck mover until they made a move at the deadline. Hopefully he shows well today, they just need him to play 13 minutes of sound ES hockey in relatively soft minutes (Hronek, Soucy, Myers, Vinny should be able to handle all the PK minutes with Hughes getting the last 10-15 seconds if necessary).