C/LW Anton Lundell - IFK Helsinki, Liiga (2020, 12th, FLA) Part2

[Baaaaaaaaaaaaah]

Tonight seems like a little bit of a one off (Marchment also with 6 points). However what a perfect environment for Lundell to develop in. Veterans, winning, icetime.

Happy to see him succeed. I was a little worried his skating could relegate him to perma 3C status, but he seems to be blowing any haters out of the water.

 

[Zub]

Told ya'll he was legit since way back But "no offensive upside" "not flashy enough"

 

[FinlandPanther]

Tonight seems like a little bit of a one off (Marchment also with 6 points). However what a perfect environment for Lundell to develop in. Veterans, winning, icetime.

Happy to see him succeed. I was a little worried his skating could relegate him to perma 3C status, but he seems to be blowing any haters out of the water.

Of course it’s a one off. He’s not going g to score 5 points often, but he looked just as good tonight as he’s looked the last 10ish games.

 

[Osakahaus]

Still thought he should've been taken much higher. Fell right to Floridas laps and look at him

I await my bag of popcorn as to why the Wild didn't take him

 

[Mestaruus]

He's already at prime Mikko Koivu level in terms of game play. Not there yet in terms of locker room guy yet I'd guess.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

He's already at prime Mikko Koivu level in terms of game play. Not there yet in terms of locker room guy yet I'd guess.

From everything I've seen and heard, he's a born leader. The guy had A & C in HIFK and captained the U20 team in a great fashion.

 

[Mestaruus]

From everything I've seen and heard, he's a born leader. The guy had A & C in HIFK and captained the U20 team in a great fashion.

Sure he might have some leadership qualities already but Mikko Koivu in terms of leadership is the best captain that Finland has ever had and I think that Minnesota Wild fans would regard his leadership highly as well so I won't consider Lundell to be at that level yet in terms of leadership. I haven't been in the locker rooms seeing things live though, but it's hard to imagine Lundell would be that kind of guy yet.

Lundell of course has far to go to reach what Mikko Koivu did during his entire career, but he's on a very good track to get there if he can keep this up and I'd say that his current play is prime Mikko Koivu level stuff.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

BTW Lundell is almost +30 this season, if anyone is interested.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Still thought he should've been taken much higher. Fell right to Floridas laps and look at him

I await my bag of popcorn as to why the Wild didn't take him

Rossi is an elite prospect who could easily turn into an all-star calibre player. Takes like this not even 2 years removed from the draft are so unnecessary.

 

[bsu]

BTW Lundell is almost +30 this season, if anyone is interested.

Yes we know that is he is on a legit Stanley Cup contender.

 

[tellermine]

Yes we know that is he is on a legit Stanley Cup contender.

And he is more than pulling his weight as a rookie.
Damn he is good.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Yes we know that is he is on a legit Stanley Cup contender.

????

What does that gotta do with anything,
he has worked hard to get to where he is at at the moment,
and has played really well so far.

You sort of imply that the only reason that is so, because he plays for a legit Stanley Cup contender, as you put it.

Right....

 

[Artorius Horus T]

And he is more than pulling his weight as a rookie.
Damn he is good.

Exatcly.

 

[bsu]

And he is more than pulling his weight as a rookie.
Damn he is good.

Yes he is

 

[Skeletorrr]

Still thought he should've been taken much higher. Fell right to Floridas laps and look at him

I await my bag of popcorn as to why the Wild didn't take him

For once the Panthers had some luck in the draft day when he fell. I still remember when Avalanche snatched Rantanen right before us.

 

[voyageur]

For once the Panthers had some luck in the draft day when he fell. I still remember when Avalanche snatched Rantanen right before us.

I wanted the Jets to draft this guy. He was right there, and the hole at the time was a centre between Ehlers and Laine. Though that changed months later.

If he gets the Calder it's going to sting here. But I also suspect that having Barkov to mentor him has made him a better player, where I am not sure he would have got that leadership in Winnipeg.

I'm happy I picked Lundell up for my fantasy team on Sunday.

 

[ijuka]

Still thought he should've been taken much higher. Fell right to Floridas laps and look at him

I await my bag of popcorn as to why the Wild didn't take him

Yeah, and the arguments were off for Lundell also. Like he didn't have offensive upside, even though his Liiga season was perfectly fine in terms of scoring. It always was difficult to understand why exactly he landed so low.

On the other hand, it might also be a blessing to be drafted so low. I feel like Kakko suffered from the hype and being put into NHL right away. Lundell got to play another strong season in Liiga and was much readier for NHL game. In general, I wish that teams would stop rushing early picks to NHL. For this 2020 draft, it feels like especially Lafreniere's suffering from this but Stützle as well.

Age for age, Lundell's currently ahead of where Barkov was at his age and it'll be very interesting to see how he'll end up. Big steal regardless, and chances for first overall in redraft.

 

[Osakahaus]

Yeah, and the arguments were off for Lundell also. Like he didn't have offensive upside, even though his Liiga season was perfectly fine in terms of scoring. It always was difficult to understand why exactly he landed so low.

On the other hand, it might also be a blessing to be drafted so low. I feel like Kakko suffered from the hype and being put into NHL right away. Lundell got to play another strong season in Liiga and was much readier for NHL game. In general, I wish that teams would stop rushing early picks to NHL. For this 2020 draft, it feels like especially Lafreniere's suffering from this but Stützle as well.

Age for age, Lundell's currently ahead of where Barkov was at his age and it'll be very interesting to see how he'll end up. Big steal regardless, and chances for first overall in redraft.

I think he ends up as a top 5-10 pick in any redraft. pretty clear that Lundell is a very skilled player, and Florida giving him a role of the 3rd line and penalty kill has helped his strengths as well

 

[Reddawg]

I think he ends up as a top 5-10 pick in any redraft. pretty clear that Lundell is a very skilled player, and Florida giving him a role of the 3rd line and penalty kill has helped his strengths as well

I can’t see any argument he should fall outside the top 5 in any redraft.

 

[nergish]

Remember that World Juniors where Finland won, and everybody was talking about young Kakko, even though Lundell looked even better?

Yeah, he's better.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Told ya'll he was legit since way back But "no offensive upside" "not flashy enough"

a lot of these armchair scouts are laughable.

 

[Merci Saku]

Remember that World Juniors where Finland won, and everybody was talking about young Kakko, even though Lundell looked even better?

Yeah, he's better.

It’s like back then with Aho vs Laine all over again

 

[42]

BTW Lundell is almost +30 this season, if anyone is interested.

+25, and many players on the Panthers are in the +15 to +25 range. The + is more a team stat than individual one. Having said that, I want to acknowledge that Lundell has played great defensively

 

[Realgud]

BTW Lundell is almost +30 this season, if anyone is interested.

His +/- is not that important, it's more the fact that he's 2nd on his team in that category. That is damn impressive.

 

[ponder]

His +/- is not that important, it's more the fact that he's 2nd on his team in that category. That is damn impressive.

I wouldn’t read TOO much into that. He’s +25, essentially tied with Duclair (+24), Forsling (+24) and Gudas (+23). All fine, but not exactly amazing players - in their seasons before coming to Florida, Duclair was a minus player on Ottawa, Forsling a minus player on Chicago, it’s a team stat.

Florida are stacked, basically everyone who plays significant minutes has a great +/-, they’ve got a whopping 12 players who are +15 or better. Don’t get me wrong, Lundell is an excellent rookie, I just don’t think his +/- is overly meaningful.