Brine is a PK specialist and was voted as the most defensive forward whilst playing in another league, his face off skills are also very good he was brought in as a role player and Bownsie rates him very highly, to say he is redicously cheap does him a dis-service! he and his wife are really lovely people too.
How is it a disservice to say he's ridiculously cheap? It's the truth. I agree that he and his wife are great people, you'd be hard pressed to find another couple who are as genuine as them! However, just cause he's a nice guy doesn't mean we shouldn't look to upgrade on him.
Say what you like, but Brine was one of our worst forwards and I'm not just basing it on point production. Yes he was good on the PK and rarely took a penalty, but he was also very slow, and never really did anything with the puck. 6 or 7 years ago he would have been a really good signing, but I'm afraid he's on the downturn now. I also have to point out that this years team would have made ANY defensive forward look good and he won that award while playing in a junior league 12 years ago!!
...I know I'm not the only one with this opinion as there are some people within the organisation who share this feeling. Genuinely think most of the EIHL would pass up on the opportunity to sign him if he wasn't so cheap.
Love the guy to bits, but as a player we can upgrade massively.