Prospect Info: Anton Lundell (2020, #12 overall), HIFK (Liiga) - signed ELC 6/7/2021

[Pigge]

Lundell's all goals vs Saipa last Saturday ( October 24 ).

I was so dazzled by the defense of #45 before that I didn't really pay attention to the penalty shots. It looks like he has put in a lot of work on that, with the very specific wide route and then two solid finishing options. It's fun to see players really design their penalty shots.

 

[KW]

Some people won’t give Lundell credit unless he repeats what only Mario Lemieux has done, score every distinct way possible in one game. (Even strength, power play, short handed, penalty shot, empty net.)

 

[GigaChad]

2nd best corsi in the league means he played really f###ing well.
4 goals in a game is not a "one game event" but a continuum to his great play.
I understand some here want to downplay these things because of lack of success, but come on.
I for one am very happy for this pick!

Btw in 1 hour HIFK vs Jyp

 

[Crossbar]

Seems like he's progressing very nicely, which is all you can ask for at this stage in development. Hopefully no setbacks pop up.

 

[Zub]

Just scored another nice goal 1 minute into the game, stole the puck himself in the ozone and went and sniped it.

 

[GigaChad]

And he scoooores!

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Only one goal 10mins into the game?
He's slacking big time.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

EDIT: Sorry, thought it had the highlight too

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

EDIT: Sorry, thought it had the highlight too

Join the short bus to Pittsburgh with Tallon

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

 

[Ippenator]

He also got a nice secondary assist to HIFK’s 3-0 goal. Another assist was close, but his teammate hit unfortunately the post. Lundell has looked very good again today. A pleasure to watch him play.

 

[FinlandPanther]

He also got a nice secondary assist to HIFK’s 3-0 goal. Another assist was close, but his team mate hit unfortunately the post. Lundell has looked very good again today. A pleasure to watch him play.

Teammate hit post? Lundell is a bust.

 

[KW]

Teammate hit post? Lundell is a bust.

Big mistake to pass. He should have known the guy was gonna hit the post. Unforgivable.

 

[Ippenator]

He had a really impressive pk shift today. Insane to see a 19 year old do something like that in Liiga.

 

[Dread Clawz]

He had a really impressive pk shift today. Insane to see a 19 year old do something like that in Liiga.

His skating has gotten so much better. So great to see.

 

[Ippenator]

What a workhorse he really is. He skated clearly the most of all the players against JYP. With less ice time than all the other players that skated a longer distance in the game. He skated 5040 meters, which was almost half a kilometers more than the forward that skated the second most in the game.

 

[Dread Clawz]

What a workhorse he really is. He skated clearly the most of all the players against JYP. With less ice time than all the other players that skated a longer distance in the game. He skated 5040 meters, which was almost half a kilometers more than the forward that skated the second most in the game.

Damn, I didn't even know this stat is tracked. Yeah that's the scouting report on Lundell, he's relentless on the puck both offensively and defensively.

 

[Prominence Problem]

Didn't Ass-ton Matthews score 4 goals in his first NHL game? And he is the next best thing since sliced bread around these parts

 

[SoupyFIN]

His skating without the puck is eerily similar (in a good way) to Barkov.

Only one goal 10mins into the game?
He's slacking big time.

inb4 this doesn't count because JYP is about to go bankrupt.

 

[sinDer]

His skating has gotten so much better. So great to see.

He looks fast indeed.

But I’m really not impressed by what I see from Liiga in term of caliber. The game looks so slow.

Just look at #8 and #95 at 0:18. Sorry...but those players are scrubs. Any NHL 4th player would have look as good as Lundell on this play.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Any NHL 4th player would have look as good as Lundell on this play.

I wouldn't go that far, but yes the quality of Liiga has definitely dropped.

 

[RogerRoger]

He looks fast indeed.

But I’m really not impressed by what I see from Liiga in term of caliber. The game looks so slow.

Just look at #8 and #95 at 0:18. Sorry...but those players are scrubs. Any NHL 4th player would have look as good as Lundell on this play.

Is Haley still in the league? If so, I disagree with you

 

[KW]

He looks fast indeed.

But I’m really not impressed by what I see from Liiga in term of caliber. The game looks so slow.

Just look at #8 and #95 at 0:18. Sorry...but those players are scrubs. Any NHL 4th player would have look as good as Lundell on this play.

I know, Finland 2019 without any NHL players beating everyone with NHL players .... a complete fluke. Liiga sucks. Geez.

To anyone more impartial, maybe these early season games leave something to be desired in terms of speed and skill, but these players on world stage, while not the best, have nothing to be ashamed of.

You just can’t credibly claim that Lundell’s play right now isn’t pretty damn good and a promising AND meaningful sign towards transition to NHL.

 

[sinDer]

I know, Finland 2019 without any NHL players beating everyone with NHL players .... a complete fluke. Liiga sucks. Geez.

To anyone more impartial, maybe these early season games leave something to be desired in terms of speed and skill, but these players on world stage, while not the best, have nothing to be ashamed of.

You just can’t credibly claim that Lundell’s play right now isn’t pretty damn good and a promising AND meaningful sign towards transition to NHL.

Half of the Finland team wasn’t even from Liiga. With teams like Canada having their team B or even C.

Anyways...the « problem » with a league like Liiga is not the top end talent. Top players from this league are very good and most of them would probably not look out of place in the NHL. It has more to do with depth.

I could be wrong, but the way I see it, it’s like good teams have 3 or 4 players that could be good enough to fight for a spot in the NHL. But the rest of the team couldn’t make it to the AHL.

And I agree with you about Lundell. I’m not saying that he should be scoring 3 goals per game to prove he’s going to be a good NHL’er. He looks dominant out there and it’s a good sign.

He scored 10 in 44 last year and he’s got 8 in 8 so far this year. So yeah, he definitely took a next step.

I’m just being careful and I’m not ready to pencil him yet as a lock for our 2C in a near future.

 

[violaswallet]

I have a Luongo retirement banner in my room...and I am ready to Order the Lundell banner to be next to it