Patrick Brown Heads to Mannheim After Another NHL Grind

Patrick Brown is moving on to Adler Mannheim, and that usually tells you where a player’s career arc has landed after the North American grind. Brown has carved out the kind of pro path that keeps front offices honest and keeps locker rooms useful, even when the points column never screams for attention. The DEL gets a veteran who knows how to play the boring, necessary shifts that coaches quietly love.