Oskar Lindblom - LW - 6'0" - 185 - Brynas Jr. Sweden Jr. - 2014 pick (5-138)

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Hopefully Lindblom stays with 96 on the Flyers. Charlie Conway

It's Spazway. He'll blow it.

 

[Curufinwe]

I really don't see why LV would take Read. What do they get out of an older undersized forward who doesn't really score anymore?

I would assume they'd prefer a younger player like Cousins or Laughton because at least there's potential there.

It really depends on what forwards they get elsewhere. The quality of forwards that will be available seems poor at best. Read or Weise could be 2nd liners on the 17-18 Vegas team.

If Read has ~30 points and Weise has ~20, I think they still might prefer Weise since he's bigger, younger and under a pretty cheap contract for three years.

 

[Les Averman]

Hopefully Lindblom stays with 96 on the Flyers. Charlie Conway

Can't hate Averman's number 4, though...
D2 is on Netflix now, so I promptly watched that following the Flyers game to bring out the child in me. Laughed out loud every time Russ Tyler teed up the knuckle puck

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Lindblom- Couts - Simmonds literally makes my pants a size smaller just thinking about the possession.

 

[Les Averman]

Lindblom- Couts - Simmonds literally makes my pants a size smaller just thinking about the possession.

Imagine with Jake instead of Simmonds, not that I'm suggesting splitting up he and Giroux currently

 

[Curufinwe]

His board play and net front skills would work well on the 1st line, too.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I can see Lindblom being a straight up replacement for Raffl.

 

[Larry44]

I can see Lindblom being a straight up replacement for Raffl.

Next year at 1LW.

 

[Appleyard]

Next year at 1LW.

He could end up playing some of the year there... but I reckon he starts on the 3rd line out of camp. That would be my bet anyway.

 

[deadhead]

I think they'd start him on the 3rd line with less minutes and let him work his way up the food chain. Lindblom - Schenn - Weise/Lubyimov/Leier wouldn't be bad (Lindblom could play both sides).

 

[Larry44]

He could end up playing some of the year there... but I reckon he starts on the 3rd line out of camp. That would be my bet anyway.

Probably more likely, but if he plays as well as I think he will, like Konecny, he could force his way into the top 6.

 

[Curufinwe]

What if Lindblom is the key to turning Schenn into a solid center?

Raffl-Giroux-Voracek
Konency-Couturier-Simmonds
Lindblom-Schenn-Weise/Read
Laughton/Leier-Laughton/Cousins-Lyubimov

 

[CanuckistanFlyerfan]

He could end up playing some of the year there... but I reckon he starts on the 3rd line out of camp. That would be my bet anyway.

You don't think he'll need any AHL time...even to start the season?

I'm just asking cause I haven't seen enough of him to know. And the NA game is different.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

He did well in his short AHL stint as well.

 

[Curufinwe]

And he might play in the AHL playoffs this season.

 

[Magua]

If in his first ever stint of NA pro hockey, at age 19, Lindblom put up 7 points in 8 games, I can only imagine what he'd do down there now with some better teammates and the growth he's shown to his game. He wasn't putting up cheap points either. In the couple games I caught, he just looked a cut above. And again, that was last year. I can't imagine him not going straight to the NHL.

Anyway, if he did spend time in the AHL, he'd probably just be put on the 4th line with no PP time.

 

[Appleyard]

One pretty cool thing is that he has adapted his game so well dependant on how he is required to play and his line-mates over the last few years:

14-15: Played RW on 3rd line in a ~Matt Read style EV role... had to play solid D first but expected to chip in points.
15-16: Played LW on 1st line in a ~Michael Raffl style EV role... was the space creator for Rodin and Johnson.
16-17: Playing LW in effectively top 6, in a kind of ~Blake Wheeler style EV role... is primary play-maker on line but also guy who wins the board battles and gets to the net.

But also for Sweden U20's when with Nylander he played a ~Scott Hartnell role as shooter on line who got to slot and net areas while also being required to be defensively responsible.

 

[CanuckistanFlyerfan]

Awesome....thanks.

 

[ILoveStephanieBrown]

How effective is his 5 on 5 game?

 

[Appleyard]

How effective is his 5 on 5 game?

Leading the league in EV pts... and almost certainly 5v5 P/60.

Also at +11.

 

[renberg]

Anyway, if he did spend time in the AHL, he'd probably just be put on the 4th line with no PP time.

I really don't want Gordon around him for an extended period of time. The way that he would use him would only mess up Lindblom's game.

 

[Curufinwe]

It didn't last year.

 

[renberg]

It didn't last year.

He wasn't with the Phantoms that long.

 

[Appleyard]

Tbf to Gordon last year Lindblom went straight onto the 2nd line and PP1 I believe?

 

[Appleyard]

Just scored to make it 2-0.

Carried puck from centre ice, as entered zone looked to set to pass cross ice, made Dman back in, then got to circle and sniped the puck high glove, went right in top corner.