Lindgren is honestly a pretty exceptional defenseman on this team
he has proven that he's not a product of Fox and is completely capable of playing top pair minutes with or without him.
I do not like the Girardi comparisons. Lindgren is an exponentially better skater and puck mover than Girardi was at his best, especially with lateral strides and gaps. At Lindgren's age, Girardi was in the AHL, not burying top scorers night in and night out. they're comparably in that they're physical and bleed a lot.
Also every other game he absolutely freight trains someone but it never seems to end up on highlight reels. Guess cause they usually don't result in fights.
Just happy to have him.
spot on. I agree. Girardi was bigger and slower. More of a true stay at home shutdown D/shot blocker.
Lindgren is way more mobile and doesn’t handle the puck like a grenade on his stick.
They get compared together because both were 1st pair in very good support roles with better partners, and both are physical and like to hit.
Lindgren was also drafted. His talent was noticed and Boston grabbed him. There were concerns about his size and his offensive skills translating to the nhl speed of the game with bigger better players. Thank god Boston was dumb enough to move him down on their depth chart so we were able to acquire him.
the thing that makes the Lindgren-Fox pair so good is the unsaid connection between the 2.
Both as stand a lone guys are great. They more then pull their own weight.
But having a long history of playing together and being close friends on and off the ice makes them really special. It’s like they communicate with each other thru telepathy. Each guy knows what the other is going to do, where they’re going to be before it happens. That is incredibly rare.
Both are very good skaters as well which makes a huge difference.
Lindgrens physical style along with being mobile is a perfect compliment to Fox s positionally sound 2-way Puck moving style as well.
It’s a special Pair for sure.