As someone who (clearly) cares about hockey sense more than any other trait (see: The People vs. Farkas in the Evan Bouchard thread), I don't see what the issue is...at least with the scouts that I know, I got a lot of agreement about Bouchard as being a dunce. But so far this year, I'm 0 for 1 on people agreeing with me that Broberg is not only smart, but very smart.
From what I saw, which was every shift of the Hlinka tournament (and two of the games, three times) and then a couple games in J20, he seems very advanced to me in shutting down plays before they start a la Drew Doughty. He's a step ahead, not a step behind among his peers in my viewings. I'm not some stubborn blockhead though, so if we have some video to back this up or that we can discuss, I'd very much enjoy that...can someone point out a few of these poor decisions for illustration purposes please?
If anything, I think it's the hands that are lacking...not the smarts. I see everyone coming in and saying "oh, what a toolsy player...10 cent head though" and I think it's closer to the opposite. I'd like to see him make a second man miss, I'd like to see him make a good F1 miss while puck carrying...he's not like Burns or Wilde at all, those guys are all skill...Broberg - and I think someone mentioned it - is like Mattias Ekholm when he was a hatchling, where he could carry it across two lines if he can swing the net with speed and just coast along the gutter against a weak forechecker.
I would like to see Broberg improve his technical skills, particularly at top speed. I'm open to the idea that hockey sense is an issue, but I've seen hours of his game play at this point and I look at it as a really strong positive.