It was around the time Matthew Tkachuk turned 8 when a prospect from the St. Louis Blues, Lee Stempniak, moved into the family household. Stempniak was from Buffalo, had played college hockey at Dartmouth College, and Tkachuk’s father, Keith, wanted to help the first-year player make the transition to professional hockey.
When the draft begins Friday night in Buffalo, get ready to hear a lot about players from St. Louis with at least four potential first-rounders from here in Matthew Tkachuk, Swansea’s Clayton Keller, Logan Brown and Luke Kunin.
Logan Brown is a prospect with the size (6’6, 200 lbs.) and the skills (passing, shot, net presence, board work plus decent skating) to be a top five prospect. However, at the start of the year, Logan had a great deal of difficulty in giving an effort and compete level to match his skills.
Earlier this spring, Windsor Spitfires forward and dual citizen Logan Brown opted to play for the United States at the World U18 Championships, more or less locking him in to play for the US internationally in the future.
So today, I will look at Windsor Spitfires center Logan Brown.
Brown is 6’6″, 220+ lbs and just turned 18 in March. He is the son of former NHLer and current Ottawa 67’s head coach Jeff Brown.
Today, we’re talking about Logan Brown. Logan is a colossal center out of an unusual place, but despite such a vast frame, Brown has the skill and vision of a natural playmaking power forward.
Logan Brown, left-shooting center for the Windsor Spitfires, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1998 when his father Jeff played for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Windsor Spitfires centre Logan Brown and prospect Clayton Keller helped the United States win the bronze medal Sunday at the World Under-18 Hockey Championship in North Dakota with a 10-3 win over Canada.
Logan Brown stands out from this crowd, and it’s the reason General Manager Ron Francis should make sure he’s our pick, no matter what it takes. Here’s why.
