Josh Brown News
Brown is dealing with a lower-body issue and will be a game-time decision in Florida. If Brown is unable to play, Dillon Heatherington will play on the third pairing next to Victor Mete.
Brown returned to the lineup on Monday but played just 2:35 TOI before departing with an upper-body injury. Brown will be out until after the Christmas break and could be sidelined until mid-January.
Brown is expected to be sidelined for the rest of the season with an undisclosed injury that he suffered on Monday. Jacob Bernard-Docker will replace him in the lineup on Wednesday.
Brown was acquired from the Panthers for a 2020 fourth-round pick last Friday and he will likely skate in the Senators' top-6 defensemen in 2021. The 26-year-old is a towering defenseman (6-foot-5, 217 lbs.) but offers very little in terms of offence--10 points (4G / 6A) in 93 career NHL games.
Brown was originally a sixth-round pick of the Panthers (2013) and worked his way into an NHL defenseman in 2020. Brown spent the whole season in Florida, where he played primarily as Keith Yandle's D-partner and scored three goals with five assists (eight points) in 56 games. At 6-foot-5, 217 lbs. Brown can be a physical force on the ice but had just 77 hits (to lead FLA defensemen) in 2020.
Brown has recorded three goals in 22 games with the Thunderbirds this season but has no points in three NHL games. Brown is expected to be in the lineup on Friday.
Brown, 24, was a sixth-round pick in 2013 and is set to make his debut after playing 167 games in the AHL and 54 games in the ECHL. Brown has just three games in 19 games with the Thunderbirds this season.