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Jeremy Bracco next year?

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I could be wrong in my Babs analysis of how many light weight highly skilled guys he wants on the team. And maybe the nhl will change again to an even higher skill league. Our centres are all highly skilled but all 3 have 2 way 200 foot games.

What i was referring to was Nylander Marner and Bracco who do not have 2 way 200 foot games. Their skill levels are all slightly different but similar. Nylander is best skater of 3 with best shot. Marner has the most complete game of 3 and best playmaker. Bracco has the best hands of the 3 and his passes are unreal (if you thought marner could pass then you will be excited to see a guy at the next level). Bracco will also take more risks going to the net. He does have more risk of getting knocked out due to his size.

I still feel like Babs will only play 2 of those guys and if Nylander fits in Leafs Dubas cap then i do believe it will be him. Under that scenario I think Bracco gets moved for a top end defenceman but it will take more time. But there is a limited chance Nylander just does not fit the cap and if so then there is a backup plan in place.

Kappy and AJ are 2 way 200 foot players but with a lot less skill than 3 above. They will never replace each other.
 
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He'll be the marlies timashov next year
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I think mason marchment is ahead of bracco ..brocco might be like Kirby rychel ,both should play in the NHL .
once they realize u have earn every minute of playing time u get.
rychel grew up having his career mapped out in junior ,and bracco needed another year of junior hockey IMO
 
Where's the middle ground? This guy is a real prospect but he isn't a particularly great one. He's an offense or bust type. On the side board with the puck he stands out, almost every other situation he's not so great. I have difficulty envisioning him adjusting his game to take on a depth role. Like any Leafs' prospect I'm not particularly high on, I'll love it when he proves me wrong. He does seem to have grow up and out, no more reports of tantrums and he's no longer a lightweight/low strength player.

He doesn't compare well to Kapanen IMO because Kapanen can be a positive player right now without generating a lot of offense at the NHL level.
 
They are polar opposites from a skill standpoint. Maybe Rychel's dad was able to map out a career for him to junior but thats it. Bracco has been earning and proving it every year I can remember since he was an atom. The kid makes the big plays in the big games. And did it right up to winning the Memorial Cup game pretty much on his own. With Marlies he is getting 4th line minutes and linemates. Once he gets his shot with minutes and linemates you will see he will be 1+ point per game and most of those points will be game winners. And his game in nhl will be the same. If you saw him over 10 years win tournament after tournament you would understand. His skill level is just off the charts line 1 nhl good. Just ask Mitch he will tell you how many times Bracco won tournaments as kids it was just insane. His real only issue was making a mistake in taking Boston College route vs ohl route right away. But he corrected it pretty quick.
 
Guess what, Bracco isnt a bad defensive player.
Their is a common misconception that he is, but it's just not true.

Toronto Maple Leafs: The Good and Bad of Jeremy Bracco
Good: Two-Way Game

Bracco, in a surprising twist, has managed to somewhat avoid these hiccups in his first taste of AHL action, developing a two-way game far beyond expectation while doing so in his own way.
He’s not a physical player, not by any stretch, and therefore won’t smother opponents in coverage. Rather, Bracco uses other means, specifically his combination of acute on-ice positioning and spatial awareness to effectively eliminate gaps, force turnovers, and paint attackers into a corner off the rush.
He’s fast, albeit not in a straight away sense either. Bracco instead maximizes his lateral speed and edge work to change directions on a dime, in turn allowing him to keep pace with the play in the event of an offensive turnover and to adapt to changes in possession.
 
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You want the truth? He is more likely to get traded than stick with this team. Those wings are very crowded and other will pass him by this very year. It is a sign of the times in Leafland, we are stacked.
 
stickty111 said:
Guess what, Bracco isnt a bad defensive player.
Their is a common misconception that he is, but it's just not true.

Toronto Maple Leafs: The Good and Bad of Jeremy Bracco
Good: Two-Way Game

Bracco, in a surprising twist, has managed to somewhat avoid these hiccups in his first taste of AHL action, developing a two-way game far beyond expectation while doing so in his own way.
He’s not a physical player, not by any stretch, and therefore won’t smother opponents in coverage. Rather, Bracco uses other means, specifically his combination of acute on-ice positioning and spatial awareness to effectively eliminate gaps, force turnovers, and paint attackers into a corner off the rush.
He’s fast, albeit not in a straight away sense either. Bracco instead maximizes his lateral speed and edge work to change directions on a dime, in turn allowing him to keep pace with the play in the event of an offensive turnover and to adapt to changes in possession.
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He had this reputation at the draft for being poor defensively, but unfortunately that seems to have stuck with him even though he’s clearly rounded out that part of his game in his post draft development seasons.
 
If he was in fact a 200 foot player with a decent defensive capability then he would already be in the nhl because there are only 3 or 4 Leafs with equal or more puck skill then him right now. So something or someone is holding him back. Maybe it is his conditioning? Maybe his strength? In Marlie games I saw last year which was like 75% I thought his biggest issue was his linemates and icetime. No one can score lots of assists if you are playing with plugs and you get reduced minutes. Look at Karrlson in nhl this year he got to play with skill and he produces great numbers. Put him on the 4th line and he goes right back to where he was before.

If Leaf season started and Bracco was Matty's right wing then the line would not even miss a beat. In fact it is very likely the point totals would increase. It won't happen if Nylander signs up which he will but the Leafs as a whole really would not be affected. This is why I'd like to use Nylanders $$ on cap to get a top tieright shot dman right now.We could get a better shot at winning the Cup this season. Rather then wait another year to be serious contenders. I speak as a senior citizen so my time is very valuable now. I dont care as much about the individual players anymore as i do about winning the Cup again.
 
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I bumped this Thread cause I’ve just signed on for the first time in while & was looking at some old posts.

So Bracco didn’t pan out after dominating the USND program offensively and not adjusting to the pro level.

Does anyone know what happened to him?

One abiding memory I have is of he being quite the “cheeky chappy” in interviews, etc, but I remember some video from development camp one year showing him being told off by the looks of things by Shanahan which I thought was quite funny. Look like Shanny was saying something along the lines of “FFS put a sock in a kid & get with the program”.

I guess he didn’t.
 
HockeyNightInBelfast said:
I bumped this Thread cause I’ve just signed on for the first time in while & was looking at some old posts.

So Bracco didn’t pan out after dominating the USND program offensively and not adjusting to the pro level.

Does anyone know what happened to him?

One abiding memory I have is of he being quite the “cheeky chappy” in interviews, etc, but I remember some video from development camp one year showing him being told off by the looks of things by Shanahan which I thought was quite funny. Look like Shanny was saying something along the lines of “FFS put a sock in a kid & get with the program”.

I guess he didn’t.
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I think he's played in a whole bunch of euro leagues. KHL, German, Swiss, Slovak. I mean, he's done well in those leagues, but probably not at a Josh Leivo level where he may be reconsindered for the NHL.

As to what happened over here.......don't want to start rumours, but everything points toward inappropriate behaviours likely caused by "stuff".
 
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It wasn't the drugs, or not specifically. I'm sure a lot of nhl players partake. It wasn't the partying specifically either - tons of players over the years have taken nights deep relatively consistently and rallied the next day - especially in their early 20's when your body can kind of bounce back.

Those were just symptoms of the actual problem - his arrogance - his complete inability to take the sport seriously. Go over to hockeydb and take a look at his picture for the Carolina Hurricanes when he was essentially signed to a tryout for one last shot to salvage an NHL future. Does that look like the face of someone who was hitting the gym incredibly hard? The face of someone who was working so hard to save his reputation and NHL future? The guy has probably never broken a sweat on the ice and when it got to the point where he had to he just couldn't bring himself to try hard. The arrogance and entitlement to think he was too good to do the work.

When players are drafted it's literally written in articles what their weaknesses and flaws are...what they need to work on and develop in order to make it to the NHL. I don't have much respect for young players who know they need to work on their defensive game, their physicality, or put on strength and size and then simply do not do any of it.

Give me a Steven Lorentz over a Bracco any day.

Bracco actually sickens me.

Sorry not sure what came over me.
 
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Stringer Bell said:
It wasn't the drugs, or not specifically. I'm sure a lot of nhl players partake. It wasn't the partying specifically either - tons of players over the years have taken nights deep relatively consistently and rallied the next day - especially in their early 20's when your body can kind of bounce back.

Those were just symptoms of the actual problem - his arrogance - his complete inability to take the sport seriously. Go over to hockeydb and take a look at his picture for the Carolina Hurricanes when he was essentially signed to a tryout for one last shot to salvage an NHL future. Does that look like the face of someone who was hitting the gym incredibly hard? The face of someone who was working so hard to save his reputation and NHL future? The guy has probably never broken a sweat on the ice and when it got to the point where he had to he just couldn't bring himself to try hard. The arrogance and entitlement to think he was too good to do the work.

When players are drafted it's literally written in articles what their weaknesses and flaws are...what they need to work on and develop in order to make it to the NHL. I don't have much respect for young players who know they need to work on their defensive game, their physicality, or put on strength and size and then simply do not do any of it.

Give me a Steven Lorentz over a Bracco any day.

Bracco actually sickens me.

Sorry not sure what came over me.
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Yeah, I think you’re onto something.
I took my daughter to a Marlies game while he was there. We made our way to the corner glass to watch warmups.
I pointed out the scoreboard. While we were looking up, someone smacked the glass hard with their stick startling both of us: Jeremy Bracco, kinda snickering. Bit douchey.
Shame, I liked his skill profile and saw a path for him.
 
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Stringer Bell said:
It wasn't the drugs, or not specifically. I'm sure a lot of nhl players partake. It wasn't the partying specifically either - tons of players over the years have taken nights deep relatively consistently and rallied the next day - especially in their early 20's when your body can kind of bounce back.

Those were just symptoms of the actual problem - his arrogance - his complete inability to take the sport seriously. Go over to hockeydb and take a look at his picture for the Carolina Hurricanes when he was essentially signed to a tryout for one last shot to salvage an NHL future. Does that look like the face of someone who was hitting the gym incredibly hard? The face of someone who was working so hard to save his reputation and NHL future? The guy has probably never broken a sweat on the ice and when it got to the point where he had to he just couldn't bring himself to try hard. The arrogance and entitlement to think he was too good to do the work.

When players are drafted it's literally written in articles what their weaknesses and flaws are...what they need to work on and develop in order to make it to the NHL. I don't have much respect for young players who know they need to work on their defensive game, their physicality, or put on strength and size and then simply do not do any of it.

Give me a Steven Lorentz over a Bracco any day.

Bracco actually sickens me.

Sorry not sure what came over me.
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Appreciate you being so candid thank you.
I can understand your anger for somebody who wastes their talent so wretchedly.

Yeah, that last profile pic is a dandy. …blessed w/ a pout you wanna punch or at least check into the boards really hard 🫢
 
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Glad we traded the Konecny pick to draft this guy and Dermott. It's funny to read that Dubas wanted to also trade down from the Knies pick for more picks... West Clark got angry at him and said "just pick Knies already".

Dubas is just a idiot.
 
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