A case of signing Erik Brannstrom

I  do know Brannstrom signed with a team in Switzerland. But I think Erik Brannstrom is a solid NHLer who had terrible opportunities on bad teams. I don't know if it's a case of attitude, but I noticed how he player for four teams this season -- three. Signed by Colorado, traded to Vancouver for Tucker Poolman, then goes to the Rangers in the J.T. Miller trade, and finally is traded to Buffalo for Aube-Kubel. 

Now, he put up some incredible numbers in the AHL. And if I'm wrong here, I think he'd light it up in the KHL and be looked at as a promising defenseman in that league. But I think a good team with a salary cap crunch like Florida, Edmonton, even Vegas should go after him. I believe this because Florida did it with Gustav Fosling, turning him into a star. Also, Brannstrom had a 20-point season being fourteenth in scoring on a bad Ottawa team. Now he did play for the Abbotsford Cancuks which have been great this year and had twelve points in eight games which is pretty good. I think it may be a case of being too offensive, but you need to pair him with a star defenseman on a contending team. I find Colorado could've worked, but Bednar hasn't made decisions based on competing. You could pair him with Makar, but he's an offensive defenseman. I find the way to properly use Brannstrom is keeping him on the left-side, while also putting him with a super-star defensive defenseman while getting twenty minutes or more a night. You just can't put the pressure entirely on him.

Say if he was in Vegas, you may pair him with Pietrangelo who has a great two-way game. 

On Florida you'd pair him with Aaron Ekblad who also has a great two-way game. 

In Edmonton you'd pair him with Evan Bouchard. 

Some may call me crazy, but some players can succeed in a different way some don't expect. Like I said, Florida did it with lots of players. Look at them now. 

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