I don’t think he’ll keep up anything close to his 70+ point pace, but I’m not surprised at all that Brown’s offensive numbers are having a revival in Ottawa.
In part, it’s because he’s getting a ton of ice-time and opportunity, and someone’s got to score on a bad team.
But this is also a guy who led the OHL in scoring one year, led the Marlies in scoring in his first pro season (65+ point pace) and then had 20 goals in his first full NHL season.
So he’s undeniably got skill. It’s kind of remarkable how much that disappeared after a couple of years as a star pupil in Babcock’s plugger school. I’m happy for the guy though, and hope he keeps it up. Would be nice for his sake if he extracted a fat third contract on the basis of good offensive numbers this year.