Breaking down Dustin Brown

[Doug Glatt]

Interesting little read here from my friends at Kings Insider:

http://lakingsinsider.com/2016/08/10...ation-brown-7/

[The Black Panther]

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

[yougo]

Too late, he's already broken down

[The Hockey Hitman]

Interesting little read here from my friends at Kings Insider:

http://lakingsinsider.com/2016/08/10...ation-brown-7/

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

Yeah interesting

[Doug Glatt]

Too late, he's already broken down

I am going to take a flier on him, last round. If he can iron out the issue with his shooting he still could be a solid multi-cat guy. It's not as if the Kings have a lot more LW options that are better than him at this point. Brown should be quite motivated for this year. If he doesnt get it together he is likely to be wearing the "C" again--for Las Vegas.

[Axeman33]

I am going to take a flier on him, last round. If he can iron out the issue with his shooting he still could be a solid multi-cat guy. It's not as if the Kings have a lot more LW options that are better than him at this point. Brown should be quite motivated for this year. If he doesnt get it together he is likely to be wearing the "C" again--for Las Vegas.

He's worth taking a risk on if you aren't in a cap league.

As far as Las Vegas goes, I think George McPhee will be looking at other options from the Kings over someone like Brown. Good chance someone like Alec Martinez/ Brayden McNabb will be left exposed and seeing as they can only select one player from any one NHL team, McPhee won't be looking for other teams bad contracts unless it's one of the last couple picks that he has.

[Pengwin7]

Brown is done.
I really love the "hustle" guys... but once it is gone, it's gone.
It ain't comin' back.
His scoring days are over and you'd have to be in a mighty deep league (or HITS-weighted league) to find reasonable value in him.

[PenguinHunter]

When I saw the thread, I thought maybe it was a video of Dustin Brown break dancing...

But then I realized his body it already too broken down to break dance anyways... so I would not waste any time drafting him and would take a chance on some young guy that has chance of breaking out rather then the old guy that is breaking down.

[rtstr]

Dustin Brown is breaking down.

[Rodgort]

I am going to take a flier on him, last round. If he can iron out the issue with his shooting he still could be a solid multi-cat guy. It's not as if the Kings have a lot more LW options that are better than him at this point. Brown should be quite motivated for this year. If he doesnt get it together he is likely to be wearing the "C" again--for Las Vegas.

I have heard he has been motivated to come in and play ever since his abysmal 2013 playoff performance of 4 points in 18 games.

But he can still do multi-cat stuff and is a good late flyer... if your league is deep and there is no salary cap

[Doug Glatt]

I'm in a deep league, and not a cap league, obviously. I'm taking a shot because my league setup warrants it. There arent really any young guys worth taking shots on late in our draft because we have a prospect system and those players are drafted separately. Our veteran draft is very slim in the last round, so I can slap him onto the end of my bench, and if he fails after a couple of weeks, I can call up a good-performing prospect to take his spot. I think last year my last pick was Chris Stewart. This is the kind of trash you are sifting through at the end.

In most leagues Brown is waiver fodder and you pick him up if/when he actually shows something. Yeah, he isnt an attractive option at this point. But he is on a good team, and he is going to get playing time and opportunities that are better than most guys get. If his shooting percentage comes back then you are looking at a decent multi-cat guy.