LeBrun: Inside Brock Nelson’s ‘slow build’ adjustment to the Avalanche after career with the Islanders
April 24, 2025
LeBrun: Inside Brock Nelson’s ‘slow build’ adjustment to the Avalanche after career with the Islanders
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Lou on Nelson: “As a human being, you don’t get any better, as far as quality, family, the whole thing — he’s exemplary,” Lamoriello told The Athletic. “His wife is very supportive. She was also a heck of a player. As a player, he’s committed to being the best he can be. He will do anything that is necessary. He’s a team guy. He can play in all situations: power play, short-handed, five-on-five. I can’t say enough good things about him, both as a person and as a player. That comes out in him when you talk to him as a person, and it comes out in him when you watch him play. He competes.”
> The reality is that Lamoriello wasn’t motivated to trade Nelson. He believed in his team’s chances to the end. Those were difficult conversations with Nelson’s agent Ben Hankinson.
“It is not something I wanted to do,” Lamoriello said. “We’ll leave it at that.”
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Lou on Nelson: “As a human being, you don’t get any better, as far as quality, family, the whole thing — he’s exemplary,” Lamoriello told The Athletic. “His wife is very supportive. She was also a heck of a player. As a player, he’s committed to being the best he can be. He will do anything that is necessary. He’s a team guy. He can play in all situations: power play, short-handed, five-on-five. I can’t say enough good things about him, both as a person and as a player. That comes out in him when you talk to him as a person, and it comes out in him when you watch him play. He competes.”
> The reality is that Lamoriello wasn’t motivated to trade Nelson. He believed in his team’s chances to the end. Those were difficult conversations with Nelson’s agent Ben Hankinson.
“It is not something I wanted to do,” Lamoriello said. “We’ll leave it at that.”