BRANDON MONTOUR - Defenseman - 25 - $3.38MM Cap Hit - RFA in 2020-2021
LAST UPDATED 6/25/19
Montour broke out as an extremely skilled offensive weapon on Anaheim's then-stacked blueline. The Ducks chose to convert him into future assets at the 2018-19 trade deadline, shipping him to Buffalo, and in his limited time in Western New York Montour gave the Sabres something they desperately needed: a young, dynamic offensive defenseman capable of actually putting up points. Montour is a capable power play quarterback, (although isolated impact metrics would disagree with that statement) and has the puck skills to make plays from the back end. He's a decent shooter and has an above-average shot from the point. He plays an aggressive style, and sometimes pays for that defensively, and he's not big or physical enough to win as many board battles or fights for loose pucks as one would like. Right now, Montour is an offensive #4 defenseman who can QB a power play unit, with the upside to be a genuine top-pairing blueliner if he could just improve that defense.
Montour broke out as an extremely skilled offensive weapon on Anaheim's then-stacked blueline. The Ducks chose to convert him into future assets at the 2018-19 trade deadline, shipping him to Buffalo, and in his limited time in Western New York Montour gave the Sabres something they desperately needed: a young, dynamic offensive defenseman capable of actually putting up points. Montour is a capable power play quarterback, (although isolated impact metrics would disagree with that statement) and has the puck skills to make plays from the back end. He's a decent shooter and has an above-average shot from the point. He plays an aggressive style, and sometimes pays for that defensively, and he's not big or physical enough to win as many board battles or fights for loose pucks as one would like. Right now, Montour is an offensive #4 defenseman who can QB a power play unit, with the upside to be a genuine top-pairing blueliner if he could just improve that defense.
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