People forget how good a healthy Lundy is at center. Also, not realize Eakins and Silf were a huge part of that growth.
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2020-21 Lundy COVID: 41 games, 6g + 3a = 9 pts
Lundy was transitioned to wing after the start of the season, when he was sent down to the AHL. Coach Dineen did something with Lundy that he looked too good in San Diego's pre-season that he got called backup to Anaheim without playing an AHL regular season game.
While Lundy was playing wing in the NHL for a bit, injuries at center forced Lundy back to center. A Comtois-Lundy-Rakell line was created due to decimating injuries, but that line took off! In 9 games together: Lundy had 2 goals, Rakell had 4 assists, and Comtois cashed in with 5 goals and 4 assists. As players returned from injury, team CLR was disbanded and Lundy played shutdown 3C again.
2021-22 Lundy: 80 games, 16g + 13a = 29 pts
Lundy could have done even better, but Silf contracted COVID and was never the same since. Silf eventually had a blood clot in his leg at the end of the season. Silf had another blood clot last year.
Lundy... w/ and w/o Silf | | | | | |
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2021-22 | Games | G | A | Pts | PPG |
Total | 80 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 0.36 |
Before Silf COVID | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.78 |
From 10/31 to 11/11 (No Silf) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 |
From 11/11 to 3/6 (with Silf) | 43 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0.35 |
From 3/12 to 4/29 (no Silf) | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.18 |
2022-23 Lundy: 61 games, 4g + 10a = 14 pts
Lundy was injured during pre-season. He never fully recovered as it was evident in his lack of speed. Eakins cited this in a post-game interview. Then he got injured for almost two months in Dec and Jan.
2023-24 Lundy: 14 games, 2g + 2a = 4 pts
Lundy tore his Achilles while training (sprinting) during the summer. In last night's game, he said he's still starting to feel better skating on it.
I don't know why people think that Lundy stopped playing defense when on wing with Mac. It's b/c Lundy and Silf play defense that they're able to transition to offense more often. When Mac centered Vatrano and Strome, there wasn't much defense played there. In the five games Mac has played with Lundy and Silf, he's a +4 rating with 3 assists. In the last five games Mac didn't play with Lundy and Silf, Mac had a -7 rating and 1 goal.