C Brad Lambert - HIFK U20, Jr. A SM-liiga (2022 Draft)

[FinPanda]

16 year 64 day old player playing in a top pro league, a pro league which is the best in the world in developing young, junior players at the moment. Notice: the best pro's developing league, not the best country in developing young, junior players, nor the best junior program, etc. etc.

Currently/already developed (future)star/(future)super star/quality players by the Sm-Liiga
- recent drafts (2012-2019) + undrafted (sorry if i forgot names)

Brad Lambert (2022)
Aatu Räty (2021)
Anton Lundell (2020)
Roni Hirvonen (2020)
Topi Niemelä (2020)
Kristian Tanus (2020)
Joonas Oden (2019 undrafted, 2020 eligible)
Kaapo Kakko (NY Rangers)
Lassi Thomson (Ottawa)
Ville Heinola (Winnipeg)
Patrik Puistola (Carolina)
Anttoni Honka (Carolina)
Matias Maccelli (Arizona)
Kim Nousiainen (Los Angeles)
Aku Räty (Arizona)
Valtteri Puustinen (Pittsburgh)
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Montreal)
Rasmus Kupari (Los Angeles)
Jesse Ylönen (Montreal)
Lauri Pajuniemi (NY Rangers)
Veini Vehviläinen (Columbus)
Miro Heiskanen (Dallas)
Urho Vaakanainen (Boston)
Eetu Ruotsalainen (Carolina)
Oskari Laaksonen (Buffalo)
Patrik Laine (Winnipeg)
Tarmo Reunanen (NY Rangers)
Mikko Rantanen (Colorado)
Sebastian Aho (Carolina)
Roope Hintz (Dallas)
Niko Mikkola (St. Louis)
Markus Nutivaara (Columbus)
Sami Niku (Winnipeg)
Kasperi Kapanen (Pittsburgh/Toronto)
Ville Husso (St. Louis)
Alexander Barkov (Florida)
Rasmus Ristolainen (Buffalo)
Juuse Saros (Nashville)
Teuvo Teräväinen (Chicago/Carolina)
Joonas Korpisalo (Columbus)
Esa Lindell (Dallas)

Who is Eetu Ruotsalainen? Y0u mean Eetu Luostarinen?

 

[Mysteric1000]

Actually that information of Lambert being the youngest player ever to score 2 points in one game is false, cuz Aleksi Saarela scored 1+1 in his debut back in the days, being 2 weeks younger than Lambert. But Lambert is the youngest player with 2 assists in one liigagame whatsoever.

Really mature and poised player there. Puck bounced a little, but that barely hurted his team at all. His two-way game is also well-developed and he culd block passing lanes, give pressure and make it hard to make plays for opponents. Even blocked couple of shots. I liked the way he kept his feet moving without the puck and he also took care of his own zone responsibilities. Not bad game at all from him tbh, not even offensively, even if he didnt really panned out either like he did in his debut vs Ässät outside of production tho. But didnt seriously disappoint either considering his age and lvl of competition.

 

[FinPanda]

Thanks to that person who changed the title.

I sent a couple PM's about it.

 

[Zub]

I usually try to not hype too much on prospects, but i can't help but be abit giddy about this one. We'd deserve it.

 

[Daximus]

I usually try to not hype too much on prospects, but i can't help but be abit giddy about this one. We'd deserve it.

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[Zub]

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touché

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Almost 2,5 years untill he will even be draftable.

I have seen only some of his plays so far. Who would you compare him to? Matthews?

 

[ijuka]

Almost 2,5 years untill he will even be draftable.

I have seen only some of his plays so far. Who would you compare him to? Matthews?

MacKinnon.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Almost 2,5 years untill he will even be draftable.

I have seen only some of his plays so far. Who would you compare him to? Matthews?

Without having seen too much of him, from what I've read Kucherov comes to mind as a stylistic comparison.

 

[Mysteric1000]

Almost 2,5 years untill he will even be draftable.

I have seen only some of his plays so far. Who would you compare him to? Matthews?

Previously I compared him to Matt Barzal, but after seeing how he does against adults (tho only 2 game sample size) Im more and more excited about his two-way abilities too along with offensive game and IQ.

Ofc his skating stands as the biggest strenght and especially edgework and acceleration which reminds a lot of Nate MacKinnon.

Hes going to be a great player for sure and it will be pretty exciting to see how good he can be but yet, there have been stylistic comparisons for quite the names so far.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Almost 2,5 years untill he will even be draftable.

I have seen only some of his plays so far. Who would you compare him to? Matthews?

Sebastian Aho ( can play C and W ) but updated version of him.
I really don't know what would be good NHL comparison for Lambert so i have to go with Aho now.

I'll probably get nailed and bashed on that comparison but that's only what came to my mind this fast.
But i reserve a chance to change my NHL comparison for Lambert when I've seen him playing to U18 WJC's first.

 

[JJTT]

Kärpät-Hifk is free on tv today on Sub. Starts 18:30.

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Hockey IQ and speed are perhaps the most important attributes on today's NHL. I hope he keeps growing and inch or two which is possible for a 16 year old.

 

[Zub]

MacKinnon.

I wouldn't compare him to Mack. More like Barzal.

 

[1OApick]

I think he have more finesse than Barzal but he is not exactly like Panarin. Effective player and a great prospect.

 

[Zub]

Wow his linemates are useless

 

[Mysteric1000]

Wow his linemates are useless

 

[Zub]

Are you watching the game? Sallinen is a huge anchor. Lambert needs to be put with Lundell.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Are you watching the game? Sallinen is a huge anchor. Lambert needs to be put with Lundell.

Lambert needs to play in U20s until he's a big boy, don't worry about who he plays with in these couple of tastes he's getting.

 

[tellermine]

Wow his linemates are useless

Heard this before....

 

[Zub]

Heard this before....

Lol if you actually think Sallinen has played remotely well.

 

[tellermine]

Lol if you actually think Sallinen has played remotely well.

Dunno in this game.

Your line just reminded me about Kakko. Has allways bad linemates

 

[Zub]

Dunno in this game.

Your line just reminded me about Kakko. Has allways bad linemates

What does this have to do with that? Many times Lambert skated himself open for passes but didn't recieve one, and when they tried they failed miserably by missing 1 meter. He also backchecked and was the only one even trying. Sallinen was outright dumb as it gets, just because i've called Kakko's linemates bad before does'nt change this fact. And yes Kakko has been very bad too so i eat my own words on all that from b4.

 

[Zub]

Anyways, all harsh critizism aside from his linemates, Lambert played well. He skates smooth as silk, reminds me of Jack Hughes skating.

 

[tellermine]

Anyways, all harsh critizism aside from his linemates, Lambert played well. He skates smooth as silk, reminds me of Jack Hughes skating.

Do you know how he is as a person?

I mean that even if he does not get taller he can compensate it with right attitude and hearth.
Like Kailer Yamamoto in Oilers.