Hunter Brzustewicz | D

[PickleCanuck]

Date of Birth Nov 29, 2004

Position D

Age 18

Height 6'0" / 183 cm

Place of Birth Washington, MI, USA

Weight 190 lbs / 86 kg

Nation USA

Shoots R

NHL Rights Vancouver Canucks / Unsigned

Drafted 2023 round 3 #75 overall by Vancouver Canucks

 

 

Edited September 17, 2023 by PickleCanuck

[PickleCanuck]

For his first prospect tourney I think he's exceeded my expectations which were already pretty high.. I'm loving our D prospect pool... this upcoming draft is pretty D heavy so we can add some more top end with these guys and have one of the more solid prospect pools.

[Guile]

1 hour ago, PickleCanuck said:

For his first prospect tourney I think he's exceeded my expectations which were already pretty high.. I'm loving our D prospect pool... this upcoming draft is pretty D heavy so we can add some more top end with these guys and have one of the more solid prospect pools.

He, along with Raty, Bains and Hirose, stand out for having such excellent poise and vision when they have the puck, especially when playing in a fairly loose system with little familiarity with teammates. You're right - really impressive first two games.

[smithers joe]

i liked hunter and kudryavtsev, i think they both will make it in a couple of years.

[Jim Tim]

This kid is unbelievably poised for his age. Looked like a first round talent to me. Just needs to get stronger but all the tools are there for a top 4 d-man.

[R3aL]

On 9/18/2023 at 1:06 PM, smithers joe said:

i liked hunter and kudryavtsev, i think they both will make it in a couple of years.

It’s nice we actually have a group of young dmen that all look like they can be pro players.

[JIAHN]

Just watched the Hunter interview (thanks for posting @PickleCanuck ), what a bright, articulate, and mature, young man. Really nice to see. I remember reading all the prospect reviews on him, and seeing him projected in the early to middle second round. It will be great to watch his progression.

[Eddie]

Great interview - the kid has huge potential based on the Young stars. Great pickup at the draft. He's actually bigger than i thought he was too. 

[PickleCanuck]

4 hours ago, JIAHN said:

Just watched the Hunter interview (thanks for posting @PickleCanuck ), what a bright, articulate, and mature, young man. Really nice to see. I remember reading all the prospect reviews on him, and seeing him projected in the early to middle second round. It will be great to watch his progression.

Absolutely he was definitely the best pick at the spot, definitely trending upwards in value him and Mynio were solid picks.

[Wall of Wonder]

4 assists tonight.

[CRAZY_4_NAZZY]

 

[Hammertime]

He's looking like a great pick. 

Edited October 3, 2023 by Hammertime

[eeeeeeeeergh]

this guy was my choice if we had kept the additional 1st round pick

 

deserved to go in the 1st round imo

[Hammertime]

58 minutes ago, eeeeeeeeergh said:

this guy was my choice if we had kept the additional 1st round pick

 

deserved to go in the 1st round imo

I mean ASP is off to a pretty hot start. I really liked Hameenaho, Brindley, and Richie if we went with a fwd I probably had Sale as BPA but he was kinda more of what ails us and since we already grabbed our D man I felt those 3 fwds brought the most to the table in terms of complementing our core. It's no secret that Pekarcik was my guy from very early on last year with the Hunter pick but I was thrilled with Hunter I really didn't think he would be available when we got him I was very happy with the pick even if Pekarcik went with the next pick I think Hunter was the right choice I was extremely pleased with his play at the youngstars too.

Edited October 3, 2023 by Hammertime

[204CanucksFan]

Hunter with another assist so far tonight.

 

 

[Psycho_Path]

Hunter had an unassisted goal in the 3rd and was -1 in Kitchener's 5-2 loss today

Edited October 7, 2023 by Psycho_Path

[Wall of Wonder]

He is off to a good start this season.

[Wall of Wonder]

1 goal so far in todays game.

[Blitz-Pix]

 

Hunter's off to a great start this season!

 

                    TEAM                LEAGUE   GP   G    A  TP   PIM  +/- 

2023-24	Kitchener Rangers	OHL	5	2	5	7	2	3	|
	Projected	OHL	68	27	68	95	27	41	|

[WillisD]

Atta boy Hunter! Hopefully his defensive game is shining too

[CRAZY_4_NAZZY]

 

[Wing]

Appreciate folks who continue to provide updates on our prospects. I haven't been excited with our prospects for a long long time, especially our D prospects. 

[Psycho_Path]

Hunter's got the 4th goal in today's game for Kitchener. They're about half way through the game

[aGENT]

On 10/10/2023 at 8:48 AM, Wing said:

Appreciate folks who continue to provide updates on our prospects. I haven't been excited with our prospects for a long long time, especially our D prospects. 

 

That feels so foreign 

Edited October 14, 2023 by aGENT

[Blitz-Pix]

 

 

 

Hunter with 1 Goal and 2 assists tonight. 

 

Now up to 9 points in 6 games