Prospect Info: Nils Lundkvist: Part III

[Entrancemperium]

today is the first day i worry about him signing w NYR ... the people he knew are not the people who can sign him

Relax a bit

 

[FireGerardGallant]

today is the first day i worry about him signing w NYR ... the people he knew are not the people who can sign him

Drury is still here I assume he knows him

 

[Leetch3]

today is the first day i worry about him signing w NYR ... the people he knew are not the people who can sign him

doesn't matter. he's getting traded

 

[Ola]

Nödvändigt att han växer till en världsback

Story on Nils, with the narrative that that he — given that Sweden doesn’t seem to get any NHL Ds for the WCHs — must develop into a world class D a bit sooner than expected.

 

[Slurpeelover27]

Fox is currently 2nd among defenseman and 5th in the league in power play points. It will take a lot to take his spot on the first unit, and rightfully so.

The last 2 weeks of the season showed that Fox is not Gretzky on defense. He had a stretch of about a dozen games where he went nuts scoring with Mika. Fox is a great dman but not a great number 1 pp dman. Nils definitely has potential to be better.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

The last 2 weeks of the season showed that Fox is not Gretzky on defense. He had a stretch of about a dozen games where he went nuts scoring with Mika. Fox is a great dman but not a great number 1 pp dman. Nils definitely has potential to be better.

Sorry dude but this is such an egregious take that basically noone here would agree with. Fox was arguably the best pp qb in the league this year so if Nils is somehow better he’d have to be better then the best lmao.

 

[jay from jersey]

We will see who is laughing. I am thinking around Christmas of this year you will be eating some humble pie to go with your turkey dinner.

Don’t think he will ever get the chance to unseat fox on PP1. As crazy as it sounds fox could have 10-15 more points if some guys finished better. I’m sure lundkvist has a better shot then fox right now, but the PP is set up for fox to dish to Zibby or panarin mainly. Fox taking the shot from the point is the last option.
I think Lundkvist is trade bait mainly for 3 reasons. It sucks because he can max out as a top pair D but he’ll never get the minutes to with Fox in the fold. The rangers have 4 smaller D in Fox, Lindgren, lundkvist and Jones. All guys are 5”10 and under. All of the can move the puck, some better then others. Of those 4 lindgren plays the biggest game and uses his body the most. Plus his chemistry with Fox, he’s going no where. And he has room to improve.
I am 99% certain the rangers want big mobile guys who can defend and skate.. they have Fox that’s mr. Everything he s going no where. Neither is lindgren for at least 2-3 years, same with a trouba. That leaves miller, Nils, Schneider, Jones, and Robertson for 3 spots.
Robertson and Schneider are both huge and proved they are both above average when moving the puck. The fact that they can do that plus their size, reach, and ability to play a real physical game makes me think they are both a sure thing for 4-6 D while they are young and learning. They fit the in house mandate.
Miller who finished the year a little rocky Still overall had an excellent rookie season. He also has the size, reach and wheels that the rangers want on the backend.
That leaves Lindkvist and Jones. Both smaller players who have the puck on their stick a lot. lundkvist is the far more polished players, he’s a more complete D currently and his value is sky high after setting record in the SHL. He is also older then jones. If Jones hits his ceiling he can become they better of the 2 but their are no guarantees.
Right now I doubt highly we will see a top 6 that features Lundkvist, Jones, and Fox in it.
I think Lundkvist is the piece currently that could be available that would bring back the most in trade,

 

[EdJovanovski]

Don’t think he will ever get the chance to unseat fox on PP1. As crazy as it sounds fox could have 10-15 more points if some guys finished better. I’m sure lundkvist has a better shot then fox right now, but the PP is set up for fox to dish to Zibby or panarin mainly. Fox taking the shot from the point is the last option.
I think Lundkvist is trade bait mainly for 3 reasons. It sucks because he can max out as a top pair D but he’ll never get the minutes to with Fox in the fold. The rangers have 4 smaller D in Fox, Lindgren, lundkvist and Jones. All guys are 5”10 and under. All of the can move the puck, some better then others. Of those 4 lindgren plays the biggest game and uses his body the most. Plus his chemistry with Fox, he’s going no where. And he has room to improve.
I am 99% certain the rangers want big mobile guys who can defend and skate.. they have Fox that’s mr. Everything he s going no where. Neither is lindgren for at least 2-3 years, same with a trouba. That leaves miller, Nils, Schneider, Jones, and Robertson for 3 spots.
Robertson and Schneider are both huge and proved they are both above average when moving the puck. The fact that they can do that plus their size, reach, and ability to play a real physical game makes me think they are both a sure thing for 4-6 D while they are young and learning. They fit the in house mandate.

Lindgren is 6'0, and also very physical

 

[jay from jersey]

Lindgren is 6'0, and also very physical

Yes I know but I’m making the point he’s not like the other behemoths 6”4, 6”4 6”3 and 6”5 all going to be playing around 220lbs or better. That’s some serious grade A beef on the backend, all capable of being dangerous in transition.

 

[charliemurphy]

Don’t think he will ever get the chance to unseat fox on PP1. As crazy as it sounds fox could have 10-15 more points if some guys finished better. I’m sure lundkvist has a better shot then fox right now, but the PP is set up for fox to dish to Zibby or panarin mainly. Fox taking the shot from the point is the last option.
I think Lundkvist is trade bait mainly for 3 reasons. It sucks because he can max out as a top pair D but he’ll never get the minutes to with Fox in the fold. The rangers have 4 smaller D in Fox, Lindgren, lundkvist and Jones. All guys are 5”10 and under. All of the can move the puck, some better then others. Of those 4 lindgren plays the biggest game and uses his body the most. Plus his chemistry with Fox, he’s going no where. And he has room to improve.
I am 99% certain the rangers want big mobile guys who can defend and skate.. they have Fox that’s mr. Everything he s going no where. Neither is lindgren for at least 2-3 years, same with a trouba. That leaves miller, Nils, Schneider, Jones, and Robertson for 3 spots.
Robertson and Schneider are both huge and proved they are both above average when moving the puck. The fact that they can do that plus their size, reach, and ability to play a real physical game makes me think they are both a sure thing for 4-6 D while they are young and learning. They fit the in house mandate.
Miller who finished the year a little rocky Still overall had an excellent rookie season. He also has the size, reach and wheels that the rangers want on the backend.
That leaves Lindkvist and Jones. Both smaller players who have the puck on their stick a lot. lundkvist is the far more polished players, he’s a more complete D currently and his value is sky high after setting record in the SHL. He is also older then jones. If Jones hits his ceiling he can become they better of the 2 but their are no guarantees.
Right now I doubt highly we will see a top 6 that features Lundkvist, Jones, and Fox in it.
I think Lundkvist is the piece currently that could be available that would bring back the most in trade,

Agreed that Lundkvist holds a lot of value.
You don’t think Lindgren became available with that new extension?

 

[Slurpeelover27]

Don’t think he will ever get the chance to unseat fox on PP1. As crazy as it sounds fox could have 10-15 more points if some guys finished better. I’m sure lundkvist has a better shot then fox right now, but the PP is set up for fox to dish to Zibby or panarin mainly. Fox taking the shot from the point is the last option.
I think Lundkvist is trade bait mainly for 3 reasons. It sucks because he can max out as a top pair D but he’ll never get the minutes to with Fox in the fold. The rangers have 4 smaller D in Fox, Lindgren, lundkvist and Jones. All guys are 5”10 and under. All of the can move the puck, some better then others. Of those 4 lindgren plays the biggest game and uses his body the most. Plus his chemistry with Fox, he’s going no where. And he has room to improve.
I am 99% certain the rangers want big mobile guys who can defend and skate.. they have Fox that’s mr. Everything he s going no where. Neither is lindgren for at least 2-3 years, same with a trouba. That leaves miller, Nils, Schneider, Jones, and Robertson for 3 spots.
Robertson and Schneider are both huge and proved they are both above average when moving the puck. The fact that they can do that plus their size, reach, and ability to play a real physical game makes me think they are both a sure thing for 4-6 D while they are young and learning. They fit the in house mandate.
Miller who finished the year a little rocky Still overall had an excellent rookie season. He also has the size, reach and wheels that the rangers want on the backend.
That leaves Lindkvist and Jones. Both smaller players who have the puck on their stick a lot. lundkvist is the far more polished players, he’s a more complete D currently and his value is sky high after setting record in the SHL. He is also older then jones. If Jones hits his ceiling he can become they better of the 2 but their are no guarantees.
Right now I doubt highly we will see a top 6 that features Lundkvist, Jones, and Fox in it.
I think Lundkvist is the piece currently that could be available that would bring back the most in trade,

Yes agree with much of what you say as it makes sense; however, most likely Lundkvist gets to play starting next year and if he is as good as he has shown in SHL I don’t see how they can trade him unless something massive coming back. If you have 2 awesome players you should not automatically get rid of 1. They are not exactly the same either. Size and handedness is the same, but so what? I guess Rangers looking for size and toughness, but can get that from other positions too. If Nils can score like he did this year in a Rangers uniform, he ain’t going nowhere and he will be on the number 1 pp eventually.

 

[jay from jersey]

Yes agree with much of what you say as it makes sense; however, most likely Lundkvist gets to play starting next year and if he is as good as he has shown in SHL I don’t see how they can trade him unless something massive coming back. If you have 2 awesome players you should not automatically get rid of 1. They are not exactly the same either. Size and handedness is the same, but so what? I guess Rangers looking for size and toughness, but can get that from other positions too. If Nils can score like he did this year in a Rangers uniform, he ain’t going nowhere and he will be on the number 1 pp eventually.

Could be but If he does is expect it to be in a trigger man position so they could use that laser beam he has. Not running at the top of the umbrella. But anything’s possible

 

[jay from jersey]

Agreed that Lundkvist holds a lot of value.
You don’t think Lindgren became available with that new extension?

If they deal lindgren, I wouldn’t expect it to be for at least 2 years. He’s still growing as a player as well and already proved he can play well in a first,second, or 3rd pair if he’s asked. That’s a pretty rare thing for a guy to be counted on like that. I think I’m in the minority, but it’s my opinion the rangers hold lindgren in tremendous regard. They are going to be in no rush to move him as he is young battle tested and the exact type of player they want. He’s just not as big as the other guys, though he plays a far more in your face game then miller does on the left

 

[mrmovies779]

The last 2 weeks of the season showed that Fox is not Gretzky on defense. He had a stretch of about a dozen games where he went nuts scoring with Mika. Fox is a great dman but not a great number 1 pp dman. Nils definitely has potential to be better.

This is 1 of the worst takes ever.Take a bow

 

[Fitzy]

This is 1 of the worst takes ever.Take a bow

The absolute dream scenario would be Lundkvist ending up even in the same conversation as Adam Fox, who will be top 5 in Norris voting his second year in the season.

Some of the posters here have shit I wouldn't post after huffing industrial adhesive.

 

[Lone Ranger]

This may sound like heresy, but Lundy will likely never be as good as Fox overall, but with that shot, he'll likely score more goals, not points mind you, just goals.

 

[Slurpeelover27]

This is 1 of the worst takes ever.Take a bow

Better on the pp I meant to say, not overall.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

This may sound like heresy, but Lundy will likely never be as good as Fox overall, but with that shot, he'll likely score more goals, not points mind you, just goals.

This is def a fair take. The crazy shot is like the one thing Fox is missing, but it takes more then a great shot from the point to run the powerplay. Will be a great asset on the pp2... or Buffalos first unit

 

[cwede]

We have an emabarassment of riches.
From our small sample size (a few NCAA, a few NHL) , it seems Jones has that innate ability to get pucks on net from long.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

This is def a fair take. The crazy shot is like the one thing Fox is missing, but it takes more then a great shot from the point to run the powerplay. Will be a great asset on the pp2... or Buffalos first unit

Does anyone still want Eichel? I know you have the sarcastic smiley but the guy rubs me the wrong way.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Does anyone still want Eichel? I know you have the sarcastic smiley but the guy rubs me the wrong way.

Depends on what we give up I guess. Absolutely no chance I’d do someone like Lafreniere or Kakko. If Nils was apart of it I wouldn’t be too upset because of all the defenseman we have coming up

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Does anyone still want Eichel? I know you have the sarcastic smiley but the guy rubs me the wrong way.

I'd rather acquire Couturier and Ekholm in 2 separate trades than Eichel in a big one. This team (IMO) needs balance more than it needs another superstar. For all the assets it takes to acquire Eichel, I just don't see the appeal.

 

[egelband]

Lindgren is 6'0, and also very physical

Yeah. This isn’t basketball Height is great of course but not necessarily an end in itself. Lindgren is tough as nails. I certainly wouldn’t put him in the small defenseman basket. Actually a guy like Miller kind of plays smaller than Lindgren even though he’s much bigger.

 

[egelband]

If they deal lindgren, I wouldn’t expect it to be for at least 2 years. He’s still growing as a player as well and already proved he can play well in a first,second, or 3rd pair if he’s asked. That’s a pretty rare thing for a guy to be counted on like that. I think I’m in the minority, but it’s my opinion the rangers hold lindgren in tremendous regard. They are going to be in no rush to move him as he is young battle tested and the exact type of player they want. He’s just not as big as the other guys, though he plays a far more in your face game then miller does on the left

Yeah. Lindgren is part of the solution, not the problem.

 

[jay from jersey]

Yeah. This isn’t basketball Height is great of course but not necessarily an end in itself. Lindgren is tough as nails. I certainly wouldn’t put him in the small defenseman basket. Actually a guy like Miller kind of plays smaller than Lindgren even though he’s much bigger.

Yea, I just using it as an example. Those guys are going to cover a lot of passing lanes with their wing spans and deflect a lot of shot. The old Adage you can’t teach size certainly applies to Defenseman in the NHL still. Miller will never be as physical as lindgren even with 5 more inches and 30 pounds heavier. But it sure as hell helps with the wear and tear on your body. Being bigger is def better in that regard