JC Brassard

[notts1999]

Most our goals conceded seem to come when this fellas on the ice.

Has no defensive awareness at all. Once Lagrone comes back I’d release Brassard imo

[Yotes]

Should Duggie ever be healthy enough to return, then I'm afraid the first player out should be Duggie himself.

[bobness]

First things first, I was happy when he returned this season. he was objectively decent last year, on a poor D in general.
Thigs haven't been as positive this year, it has to be said, though.

Stats-wise

Panthers have conceded 81 goals at even strength this season so far. PP defending is a different issue, so I'll ignore for now.

Of those 81, Panthers on ice for those goals, ranked, are as follows (TOI as told to us by the elague earlier in the season, in brackets)

Brassard 35 23:10
Summers 32 23:10
(17 of these goals are when these 2 are together)
Hammond 31 20:04
Gagnon 29 19:31
Welsh 27 19:31
Ferrara 25 13:42
Kelsall 24 12:03 (will be higher lately)
Brady 23 18:38
Sorenson 22 14:44
Puffer 18 15:16
Caruso/Hazeldine 16 17:23/16:37
Welychka 13 19:32
Levin 10 16:05

Moore and Lagrone are 10 and 7 respectively.

Yes, Brassard is currently "worst" on the team in this metric, but he's not exactly an outlier. He is getting the icetime too, that's also a factor, and often plays against other "top" lines.

[iginla]

Jan 13, 2023 11:18:40 GMT notts1999 said:

Most our goals conceded seem to come when this fellas on the ice.

Has no defensive awareness at all. Once Lagrone comes back I’d release Brassard imo

Brassard is poor but somehow he’s playing top stud Dman minutes when realistically he’s a number 4 or 5 D guy who should be playing against the opponents third or fourth lines,that’s the problem.

[Higgy]

Brassard plays like Corey used to...no way will he be going, he loves an offensive d man