Yes he looked very very good tonight. Just can’t see him going to the WHL.
Very Early and biased aside I’ve watched highlights and some games of the other first rounders that have played preseason and he is up there with best performances.
Was slightly below Perfetti today
Perfetti is a wizard. I feel like even suiting up with him makes players better...
I do think that Lambert can be a great complementary player with someone like Perfetti, whose vision is so next-level, allowing him to get to plays so quickly.
I've been very impressed with him -- he's been much better off the puck than I'd expected from (most) scouting reports, hounding puck carriers, disrupting plays and looking for takeaways. And on the puck he has some of that Ehlers-sque speed with tight puck control that is absolutely terrifying for D, since anything short of a perfect play means getting beat.
Def needs some work on positioning as the play transitions and some reps across the board against full teams playing their best players, and will be best served IMO by playing the rest of the preseason and then playing top-line minutes in the A, and coming up a bit later when he might stick for good.
But there's a ton to like about his play, and it's been a nice break from a hellish season and offseason for Jets fans -- nice to have some genuine excitement for a prospect.