Monday Mailbag – Where is the best fit for Connor Brown?

Happy Monday, friends, I’m happy you joined us for another fresh edition of the Mailbag to help get your week started and break down all things Edmonton Oilers. This week, we’re looking at where you slot in Connor Brown, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins point predictions, and a whole lot more. If you’ve got a question you’d like to ask, email it to me at baggedmilk@oilersnation.com or hit me up on Twitter at @jsbmbaggedmilk and I’ll get to you as soon as we can.

He will be on the RW. Makes sense to start him with McDavid, but I could see him and Hyman switching between McDavid and Draisaitl at times.

RW on the first line.

It feels inevitable that the Oilers test him with Connor McDavid right away. With that, top line right wing.

Top six RW. I can see him and Hyman flipping back and forth depending on how things are going.

His previous career high was 69 points. If he stays healthy I’d say he could get to 80+ because the power play is so good. He was the only forward in the top 200 scorers who had more PP points (53) than even strength points (47). Others were close like Corey Perry (13EVP-12PPP) John Tavares (41-39) and Leon Draisaitl (64-62). RNH doubled his previous career high in PP points which was 26 (2019). He is the third most important piece on the PP and if he stays healthy I see him surpassing 40 PPP again.

I’m thinking right around 70 points, the second-highest total of his career.

Tyler and I were just talking about this! I would think between 75 to 90 is reasonable. Tough to expect another 100-point season.

Give me 75. He’ll still be getting his power play time and plenty of even strength minutes with Connor or Leon.

I don’t see him displacing Kulak to start the season. He doesn’t require waivers so unless he beats out Vincent Desharnais for the 3^rd RD, I think he will spend more time in the AHL to start. He needs to play. Edmonton’s blueline was very healthy last year. Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard, and Kulak didn’t miss a game. Tyson Barrie/Mattias Ekholm played 82 games for the Oilers. Cody Ceci missed two games. Their top-five D missed a total of two games. I think Broberg will play more this year, because the odds suggest someone on the blue line will get banged up.

I don’t see him starting in the top six and it makes no sense to have him hanging around without getting ice time as a seventh guy, so it’s Bakersfield to start.

My belief is that the Oilers test him on his off side more often than not. I actually think we will see a lot more of him that people think.

I think he’ll be battling for the seventh defenceman role until he steals minutes from someone else.

I’d be better at steer riding. Also talking like Donald Duck.
Brownlee is better at music trivia and walking comfortably in six-inch platform boots.
Wanye can code better than all of us. Also, he is very skilled on the flute.
Zach can chug beer the fastest. Also quickest at solving intermediate level of Sudoku.
Baggedmilk dominates at the Price is Right. And is easily the best thrift shopper.
Tyler can work through a hangover the best. Saw it in Nashville. And he knows the most about “reality TV contestants.”
Chalmers dominates at limbo (height advantage) and would run a marathon the fastest.
Cam can type on his phone the quickest, post online the fastest, and he won four piano recitals in his youth.
Liam is a former spelling bee champion and can dribble a soccer ball (touches) the longest.

So, you’re calling it a home run when his foot was outside the batter’s box? If I’m limited to one, I’ll go with work on/restore a classic car. Most of these guys probably haven’t even done their own oil change.

I could score more free kick goals in soccer than anyone else.

Without question, I can giver better than anyone in this company. Put a few rums in me and watch out.

I’d make the max term a player 28+ can sign is five years.

Following your lead, I’d like to see a limit to the number of NTC and NMC any team can have in any given season. Far too many of them now.

I would add contract modifications. That means that you can adjust the cap hit of a player by adding another year or two.

Give me a franchise player tag. Do it. Also, max number of pre-season games is four.

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