In any other season, Connor Brown's rookie campaign would have been the talk of the town. Only four other rookies—Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Sebastian Aho and Patrik Laine—had more goals than the 20 Brown scored. When two of those players (Matthews and Nylander) also played in Toronto, however, and you throw in Mitch Marner's 19 goals and 61 points, Brown picked a tough year to have a strong rookie season with the Maple Leafs.As a result, the spotlight did not shine in his direction as much, but Brown was cool with that."I definitely don't mind it. I almost enjoy it a bit," Brown told VICE Sports. "It's kind of nice just being able to go about my business. With them being so good, they deserve all the spotlight they can get so it's nice that you've got guys to kind of share the experience."Read more on VICE Sports.
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