Is Lehner the best Swedish goalie this season ?

[Bloomfield*]

Well it is basically lehner vs Lundqvist, and Lundqvist is on decline.

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[Eric Sachs]

i'm convinced

 

[Snippit]

I guess he is

 

[Steamwhistle]

Well it is basically lehner vs Lundqvist, and Lundqvist is on decline.

Nice, answered your own question before a single person even posted.

 

[thepoeticgoblin]

Yes. Buffalo seems to leak shots against, but Lehner is saving most of them.

1. Lehner
2. Lundqvist
3. Markström
4. Nilsson
5. Läck

Many would put Nilsson at #3, and I could see why. But as he's played a handful game less than JM, and has a worse GAA but a much better Sv% I return to the "Buffalo leaks shots"-argument. Anyhow, the Buffalo Swedes are doing very well and it's cool to see a Swedish tandem again.

Gustavsson, Enroth, Hellberg and Ullmark are in the AHL so left out here, obviously.

 

[Appleyard]

Oscar Alsenfelt IMO.

 

[Royal Thunder]

He's really really good. Hell of a leader too.

 

[LeafsNation149]

I think many of you guys are forgetting about Enroth. Absolutely stellar performance this season

 

[Grandrift145]

What with all the goalies leaving Ottawa and becoming Vezina caliber?

 

[Thorton02]

I think many of you guys are forgetting about Enroth. Absolutely stellar performance this season

I was so pissed when Toronto got him and not Buffalo.

 

[SnoopDogg]

without a doubt

 

[VanJack]

Lehner as the best Swedish goalie?....is somebody kidding?....the guy moves like a dreadnought in the crease....he's not even as good as Jacob Markstrom.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

Lehner as the best Swedish goalie?....is somebody kidding?....the guy moves like a dreadnought in the crease....he's not even as good as Jacob Markstrom.

Yeah the older goalie with about 40 less games played career wise then Lehner with a career .906 svp? Lehner has a career .919 svp. He's better then Markstrom easily. Kind of pointless thread there aren't many Swedish goalies and it's Lehners by default since Lundqvist is having an off season. Lehners in the middle of the pack for goalies, probably in the 15-20 range.

 

[CashMash]

Yes.

 

[BusQuets]

Buffalo plays a style that boosts goalie's sv% (all goalies have better sv% the more shots they face) though Lundqvist has been average so i guess, yes.

 

[Lehnsanity]

I've always said it, but Lehner will be one of the best goalies in the league soon.

 

[Cirris]

Lehner as the best Swedish goalie?....is somebody kidding?....the guy moves like a dreadnought in the crease....he's not even as good as Jacob Markstrom.

He doesn't move like a Littoral combat ship that's for sure. But he's the size of a Battleship. He doesn't need to hop around like a PT boat to be effective.

 

[mms217]

i dissagree in my opinion lack might be 4 he can be under rated we just haven't seen a ton of him

 

[pm88]

As an Ottawa fan, I really didn't want to see him go but I feel like the organization had no choice. He was pretty vocal about wanting to have an opportunity to be the starting goalie right now but Anderson was just playing way too good for Ottawa to take him out for any extended period of time. Lehner would have become a distraction eventually in the locker-room.

He always had the physical ability, I think it was the mental part of the game that wasn't fully developed but looks like it's there now

 

[Bloomfield*]

What with all the goalies leaving Ottawa and becoming Vezina caliber?

Ottawa trades away the good swedes. Lehner Silfverberg zibanejad

 

[Cherpak]

I see you got yourself a real barnburner of a conundrum. 2 goalies.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

What with all the goalies leaving Ottawa and becoming Vezina caliber?

Have you not realized that every goalie (Ever since 2011-2012) who played in Ottawa has posted at worst only somewhat below average stats (Hammond this season doesn't count), and many posted legendary numbers (Anderson lockout, Hamburglar run).

Also Lehner plays on a team that minus Enroth has always had goalies posting great Sv%. Elliott posted great stats on the Blues, but otherwise has been a tire fire. Bishop is the only goalie who you can make a point that played better out of Ottawa.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Buffalo plays a style that boosts goalie's sv% (all goalies have better sv% the more shots they face) though Lundqvist has been average so i guess, yes.

Especially since Buffalo allows some of the lowest high danger shots in the league.