Vrbata or Brassard

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Who would you rather have for this year?

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[snipshow101]

Vrbata AINEC

[Magicstew]

Vrbata - playing with Twins and getting PP time - will get lots of shots.
Brassard will not be that far behind him, now that Stapan is back his PP time may slow down a bit.

[havanablast21]

Agree with the other 2 posters here. Vrbata has become an integral part on that top line. Brassard is a 2nd line C. I don't see much of a comparison between these two by seasons end.

I'd Radda Vrbata.

[Rehdaun]

I'm going to say Vrbata too. But. If Brassard continues to stick on L1 with Nash and MSL his value increases. Not that he'll match Vrbata but it does make it a lot closer.

[Pengwin7]

Vrbata.

[havanablast21]

I'm going to say Vrbata too. But. If Brassard continues to stick on L1 with Nash and MSL his value increases. Not that he'll match Vrbata but it does make it a lot closer.

Reason to believe Brassard would hold down the #1 C with Nash and MSL over Stepan?

Just interested.

[Rehdaun]

Reason to believe Brassard would hold down the #1 C with Nash and MSL over Stepan?

Just interested.

A few of reasons IMO. Nothing substantial.

Stepan has been back for a few games, yet the lines haven't changed. Stepan hasn't been re-inserted back into L1 yet.
Brassard played well with MSL and Nash with Stepan hurt. Small sample size but he hasn't slowed down too much since Stepan's return. So no reason for Vigneault switch up yet.
Stepan has played with Kreider and Zuccarello in the past. I believe that they started the 2013 season together. And I believe that Stepan and Kreider had some good chemistry in the past. Of course Brassard and Zuccarello had chemistry in the past as well.

[potatoetree]

Stepan will take over the 1st line eventually IMO. He missed a substantial amount of time with a serious injury, is just getting up to speed.

I prefer Vrbata!