Troy Brouwer’s name doesn’t have the same ring to it as it once did. For the second straight season, he was one of the go-to whipping boys for the Flames, but, in a reduced bottom six role, actually did a decent job for the Flames this year. He might not be the power forward he once was, but he’s definitely not as terrible as some make him seem.
2017-18 season summary
Let’s be honest: after what was a truly awful 2016-17 campaign, the bar for Brouwer started out as low as it could go. The only thing that one could really hope for was that Brouwer would be at the least a serviceable fourth line winger who didn’t act as a boat anchor to Johnny Gaudreau or Mikael Backlund.