Chuck Fletcher made a bold moving up to grab Bobby Brink, a young man that possesses a snipers like shot, with the 34th overall pick of the 2019 NHL Draft,
“I’m honored to join a classy, historic, organization. Flyers fans are so passionate, how can a person not be excited. It was a day I will remember for the rest of my life. My friends and family were very happy.”- Bobby Brink told Jamey Baskow last February before the Coronavirus hit
Brink has a wicked blast, as he can shoot from anywhere, but Brink can do it accurately in the same token. If a Defenseman has the guts to stand in the way of his hard slap shot…good luck, or better yet…good riddance. Fletcher moved up and selected Brink to help aide the Flyers with secondary scoring in the future, and to restock the Right Wing position. This young Flyers team seems destined for success in the future, with all the young budding prospects to include Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, German Rubtsov, Cam York, Isaac Ratcliffe, Wyatt Kalynuk, and Tanner Laczynski. Of course, now we can add Brink to the mix of budding young prospects, as he may make his NHL debut within the next few years.
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As Brink highlighted, the University of Denver Pioneers has really produced some good former and current NHL players. For instance, Tyler Bozak (Blues), Chris Butler (Blues), Paul Stastny (Vegas), Jason Zucker (Wild), Will Butcher (Devils), and former Flyers Kevin Dineen and Matt Carle, all played for the University of Denver. Brink really selected a renown hockey program to play for, and today their season gets underway against a Flyers young prospect Noah Cates and the Minnesota Duluth squad at 635 pm (MT).
The young prospect in Brink was born on July 8, 2001, in Minnetonka, MN, and this US-born player has busted his butt to get where he is at in his career. Nothing was handed to him by any means, he had to earn everything. His hard work and dedication to the sport of hockey are finally paying off in a big way, and he has been working hard on his wicked slap shot since he was younger, “I’ve been working on perfecting my slap shot ever since I was younger,” Brink told me last February. The one area of his game that has received criticism is skating. He has been working diligently in this particular when he could.
This young prospect in Brink opened some eyes in his freshman season for the Pioneers. He really showcased his talent of being a sniper, a player with a goal scoring touch, en route to a solid year by potting 11 goals, and registering 13 assists for a total of 24 points in 28 games played. Believe it or not from watching some of his games from this past season, it appeared as though Brink’s speed improved significantly. For his efforts, Brink was named to the NCHC All-Rookie team before his season was cut short due to what appeared to be a knee injury, but Brink obviously has plans to put this behind him, as he has also been named to the preliminary team for Team USA for the WJC.
This young man has some great hockey tools that the Flyers could benefit from in the future. Brink won’t kill you with his speed, but his hockey IQ ranks off the charts. One thing is for certain Flyers fans, the future is bright in Flyer land.
I hope Brink can upgrade his skating to his strengths, otherwise in NHL level it will be hard to use his skill set, if he can not keep up! Also Wyatt Kalynuk is no longer in our organisation, and German Rubtsov while former first rounder, will not rise to our big club any more, barring a miracle! Just saying!
Thanks for all your support Perttu. You’re amazing