-Vintage Canuck- Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighOnHockey Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 The promising trend for Lekkerimaki so far this year is through the first 2-4 games he was near the very bottom of the rankings for Djurgardens in terms of corsi, hovering around 42-44%. He's been slowly climbing and is now 5th among the team's forwards at a respectable 51%. The kid line of Ohgren-Ostlund-Lekkerimaki rank 1st, 2nd and 5th among forwards in corsi on the team, yet they're still playing about 10-12 minutes a night, although Ostlund is a fixture on the top powerplay and Lekkerimaki has been starting to see significant PP minutes as well. Djurgardens is sitting 2nd in the league right now and they've been a very strict defensive team (they're 4-1 in their last 5 games with only 11 goals for in that span) so it's unlikely they're going to loosen the reins any time soon. The kids are just going to have to continue to gradually earn the trust of the coaching staff by playing a sound two-way game first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_BOI_pete Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/21/2022 at 11:58 AM, Goal:thecup said: What a pass! that was either a bad shot, or a cross ice pass gone awry. it was deflected by goalie to open player pretty lucky bounce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Petey_BOI said: that was either a bad shot, or a cross ice pass gone awry. it was deflected by goalie to open player pretty lucky bounce Right you are Petey Boi! Oh well, still love me sum Letterkenny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Locke Lamora Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 This kid has a ton of work to do to become a NHL’er. Just hope he has the driven mentality necessary to do it. More EP, and less J. Dahlen. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighOnHockey Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I caught the game this morning. Nothing particularly new to report on Lekkerimaki. As I've always talked about, he's a low-risk, possession-first player. Seems like he's starting to gain a little confidence at the pro level, there was a few times he held on to the puck for long walks, skating around in open space high in the offensive zone and you could see he was looking for soft spots to attack - little head fakes like he thought about going a couple times but ultimately ended up laying it into the corner for linemates to retrieve. I feel like his defensive game is definitely improving a little, at least in terms of effort level and trying to stay below the puck. Still by far his biggest weakness is just that, literally lack of strength; it is glaring at times when he's trying to play in the corners. He's been playing right wing on that kid line for the past few games now and they've played really well against tertiary matchups, but with the team struggling to create offence lately - they were down 1-0 after the 2nd today - they completely juggled things up and all three were on different lines. After that it actually ended up being Ohgren that came to life in a big way on a line with Olle Liss. Ohgren scored a goal to tie the game and had a couple more high danger chances, wreaking all kinds of havoc in front of the net. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alflives Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: FInally fully recovered (and back into shape) from Mono. Kid will dominate now. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HKSR Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Sounds like he's putting it together now. He has an incredibly high ceiling, let's hope he gets close to it at a minimum. If he does, he'll likely be a consistent 30 goal scorer in the NHL. Hit his ceiling and 40 goal seasons are not out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, HKSR said: Sounds like he's putting it together now. He has an incredibly high ceiling, let's hope he gets close to it at a minimum. If he does, he'll likely be a consistent 30 goal scorer in the NHL. Hit his ceiling and 40 goal seasons are not out of the question. Kid sure reminds me of Mike Bossey. Both fell in their draft year. Both are score and not do much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wolfgang Durst Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 " but the effort is coming" - you would expect much more from a 1st round pick than that, especially in a tier2 league like the Allsvenskan. Advanced stats like corsi and expected goals for have improved mainly due to the great linemates Lekkerimäki is playing with as Noah Östlund and Liam Ohgren. Although i am hoping that Lekkerimäki starts producing. He is playing on the 3rd line of Djurgarden but on a top 3 team in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deus.ex.makina Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) never liked the pick. wish him the best but i'm waiting for absolutely nothing. and yes i hope i will eat those words soon. Edited November 7, 2022 by deus.ex.makina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DownUndaCanuck Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Not a great offensive start to the year with just 1 goal, it's hard to see the picks right after him scoring better than him. Ostlund, Kemell and Ohgren are having decent years whereas Jonathan is struggling to put up points. I know we've invested so much into Swedish/European scouting but so far they're not looking good. Meanwhile Pickering is scoring at a point per game on defence... Could have snagged a decent playmaking center in Ostlund or a good puck mover in Pickering but instead go for yet another "sniper" winger who can't score... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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