Kevin Lankinen Appreciation Thread (Calder Trophy Candidate)!

[Malagahawks]

Let's get this going and hope he becomes a top 15 netminder by next year. He is 1-1 with a 3.00 GAA.

Hope you have a great & stellar Hawks career Lankinen!!!

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[Kevin Musto]

Back in my day players had to work hard to earn an appreciation thread...

 

[Malagahawks]

Back in my day players had to work hard to earn an appreciation thread...

He at least has to survive 10 Rooh GDT's.

 

[Kevin Musto]

He at least has to survive 10 Rooh GDT's.

A goalie that accomplishes that is an automatic Vezina winner

 

[crazyhawk]

Kev certainly turned some heads with that Finland WJ's win (mine included! ) and though that doesn't necessarily mean anything it does show his compete and composure under fire.
Time will tell but for now give'm the reigns!

 

[Clownish]

 

[Muffinalt]

Kev certainly turned some heads with that Finland WJ's win (mine included! ) and though that doesn't necessarily mean anything it does show his compete and composure under fire.
Time will tell but for now give'm the reigns!

He was amazing... That whole team was amazing. Just absolutely relentless. Huge party in finland during the cup and after the win too.

I thought Lankinen was the absolute best in the last two games, so come crunch time i got no fears with him at all.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Lanky Kong lmao

 

[clydesdale line]

Kudos to @CourtneyDagger50 who liked Lankinen over the other two from the start. I saw Lank's performance in the WC and was a fan then. Hawks brass made me skeptical on him because he was getting passed by the other goalies and I wasn't understanding it. But he has certainly taken the ball and ran with it so far.

The league is still getting a book on him so he won't always have nights like the Detroit one (will be bumps in the road) but I do believe he was starter upside (definitely will be a quality NHL backup at worst).

 

[Brightwing]

Kev certainly turned some heads with that Finland WJ's win (mine included! ) and though that doesn't necessarily mean anything it does show his compete and composure under fire.
Time will tell but for now give'm the reigns!

It wasn't juniors. He was playing against many NHLers including guys like Mark Stone on team Canada. And Dylan Strome lol.

 

[ColbyChaos]

Lanky Kong lmao

I wish I could play DK 64 still now

 

[Clownish]

Lanky Kong lmao

I nominate "Lanky Kong" for his nickname.

 

[jaysoneil]

I wish I could play DK 64 still now

I'll sell you a N64 with DK.

 

[crazyhawk]

It wasn't juniors. He was playing against many NHLers including guys like Mark Stone on team Canada. And Dylan Strome lol.

My bad .. you are correct .. I got mixed up there! He did good there.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Was just about to make one

25 year old "rookie" - played his first pro game in the 13-14 season, for Jokerit.
200+ pro games under his belt already and is a world champion.

His WC gold performance came out of no where
was by far the best goalie at the last worlds.

Had an awesome final season in the Sm-Liiga
and a good one season before that, so obviously
it wasn't a miracle thing, but no one expected that to happen
what he did at the worlds.

His first 2 seasons for IceHogs wasn't bad, not great numbers but
he still played well,...well enough, also the adjustment for the smaller ice
faster pace and all, even thou it was the AHL, but nevertheless,
important stuff, for his NHL career for sure.

I have been trying to sell Lankinen to you all since the last worlds with zero impact
Time will tell but...maybe i was right after all, ha!

 

[Malagahawks]

Another very solid game. They were the deadwings but he has started off really well.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Allowed 2 pp goals. Perfect 16/16 5 on 5

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Another strong game

 

[Artorius Horus T]

3 games 5 on 5 so far :

4 goals against (49/53)
.925
1.33 gaa

 

[featherhawk]

like what I see from Lankinen

 

[coolhand]

Lankinen making good saves, but I also like how he handles the puck

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

I said it before and it might sound goofy but he just looks like a NHL goalie. Subban and Delia look frantic, like they know they’re playing in a league above their ability.

Lankinen tracks the puck and just looks smooth.

 

[feichter33]

Lanks is looking good. Glad anyone is really. We will have to revisit this after a few wks and NHL video scouts get some time looking at him. He looks like an NHL level goalie...but that is just the start bc last yr we got our teeth kicked in with two top 10 goalies. How far he can go is anyones guess but its a pretty good start.

 

[Gsus]

Excited for this! Is Lankinen going to be the no1 goalie?

 

[torniojaws]

Excited for this! Is Lankinen going to be the no1 goalie?

Spot the odd one out: