C/W Brad Lambert (2022, 30th, WPG) Part 3

[lafellaesobar]

I always find it amusing when random people on the internet "know" that this kids dad is a psycho and no team should draft him.

Unless there was actual footage posted online of his dad being a nutbar over the years, nobody knows shit. I wouldn't doubt if he pushes his kid hard and wants him to become a pro player real bad but that's what most parents do

Gotta love how easy it is to spread untrue rumors on here about prospects.

It reminds me of years ago when Barzal was younger and he was just goofing around in the dressing room having fun with his teammates and he tripped on a stick and messed his kneee up... then on this site apparently that meant he was a bad teammate, didn't care, goofed around too much and didn't even care about hockey

wait what???

 

[Jukurit]

*clip of Lambert making a nonsensical decision with the puck and throwing a terrible pass up the middle in the d-zone*

"- His teammates aren't helping him enough, they are the problem."

Nothing I've seen from Lambert really gives me much confidence. For a guy that's supposed to be all about skill and skating, he seems to skate himself into trouble far too often and make really dumb decisions to try and dangle players instead of making the simple plays. Even a lot of the clips that are supposed to show him doing good things are kind of questionable if you look past some of the flash of his skating.

I think Lambert's supposed "skill" is actually overrated. He's good with skating with the puck on his stick and I think that's about it. Can sometimes make nice passes. Weak shot. Good hands when he carries the puck, but not good enough to pull of moves with them very successfully.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I still have Lambert at #2. I'm terrified I'm going to be way off on him, but when I watch what he's able to do vs others in this draft, he's just on another level. He's a few tweaks from being a force IMO.

Looking forward to being outrageously wrong.

 

[Jukurit]

When has there been a prospect with such variety of opinions where they should be drafted? Some think Lambert should be top 3 pick, some think he should fall to second round. Most seem to put him around middle of first round.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

When has there been a prospect with such variety of opinions where they should be drafted? Some think Lambert should be top 3 pick, some think he should fall to second round. Most seem to put him around middle of first round.

It's definitely bizarre, but the last few years have been bizarre as well.

 

[57special]

I still have Lambert at #2. I'm terrified I'm going to be way off on him, but when I watch what he's able to do vs others in this draft, he's just on another level. He's a few tweaks from being a force IMO.

Looking forward to being outrageously wrong.

I admire the conviction.

 

[Petes2424]

Lambert is not a Lou player and would probably struggle in that sort of system. But they do need more puck transporters. They should target a guy like Savoie, Nazar, or Ostlund if they're available IMO.

They'll probably just go for a big body though. Lou hasn't been a great drafting GM in the last 15+ years.

On talent alone you don’t pass him up at 13. His uncle will know exactly what the issue was. He’s more talented than any of those guys you mentioned. Even Savoie. That’s why I say if he drops past 13, somethings not known publicly.

 

[lafellaesobar]

Lambert is not a Lou player and would probably struggle in that sort of system. But they do need more puck transporters. They should target a guy like Savoie, Nazar, or Ostlund if they're available IMO.

They'll probably just go for a big body though. Lou hasn't been a great drafting GM in the last 15+ years.

Lou is very hit/miss it seems, but Lambert would be a guy he would be 100% fine with if he can be like a Barzal (skilled, fast, and can transition between each zone), but Lamberts struggles are the transition game and shot). If you go by your logic, then it'll be someone like Mcgroarty, Bischel, Pickering, or maybe even a Geekie if he's there at #13.

 

[Jukurit]

I still have Lambert at #2. I'm terrified I'm going to be way off on him, but when I watch what he's able to do vs others in this draft, he's just on another level. He's a few tweaks from being a force IMO.

Looking forward to being outrageously wrong.

 

[lafellaesobar]

Still going in round 1. no way he falls out

 

[bsu]

Ducks @ 22

 

[doublechili]

I still have Lambert at #2. I'm terrified I'm going to be way off on him, but when I watch what he's able to do vs others in this draft, he's just on another level. He's a few tweaks from being a force IMO.

Looking forward to being outrageously wrong.

That sounds like how I "scout" the draft. I watch highlight videos and look for guys who make plays that a really good NHL player would make. This year Lambert and Yurov were the two guys that jumped out at me. Savoie's highlights, for example, is a lot of barely contested shots that you never see in the NHL. Unscientific, but sometimes I think the pros overthink things.

 

[Ippenator]

That sounds like how I "scout" the draft. I watch highlight videos and look for guys who make plays that a really good NHL player would make. This year Lambert and Yurov were the two guys that jumped out at me. Savoie's highlights, for example, is a lot of barely contested shots that you never see in the NHL. Unscientific, but sometimes I think the pros overthink things.

Highlights are just a small part of each player’s game. Unfortunately when you really watch Lambert’s game outside of the highlights you see loads of losing the puck because of hanging on to it until he turns it over. Or if he rarely decides to pass it, it happens almost always too late so his team mate isn’t really open well any more, so he causes also bad situations to his teammates and not just to himself.

He has also awful and lackluster defensive play, which all together with his offensive weaknesses makes him a pretty much awful team mate to play with. I wouldn’t probably draft him at all, but as the NHL has a real hard on for skating, he might even get picked in the first round - which would be absolutely undeserved based on what he really is as a player.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Highlights are just a small part of each player’s game. Unfortunately when you really watch Lambert’s game outside of the highlights you see loads of losing the puck because of hanging on to it until he turns it over. Or if he rarely decides to pass it, it happens almost always too late so his team mate isn’t really open well any more, so he causes also bad situations to his teammates and not just to himself.

He has also awful and lackluster defensive play, which all together with his offensive weaknesses makes him a pretty much awful team mate to play with. I wouldn’t probably draft him at all, but as the NHL has a real hard on for skating, he might even get picked in the first round - which would be absolutely undeserved based on what he really is as a player.

His shift to shift consistency is definitely a concern for me, but again his talent level is so high that it's hard to ignore.

But his biggest weakness is his awareness of back pressure and how to manage it. For a guy who processes the play in front of him so well, he hasn't figured out how to apply that to the play behind him. But I also think that's a very coachable problem. And with so much time and space on the bigger ice surface, he often gets caught trying to do too much and making a pass that isn't there. I think a lot of that goes away on smaller ice.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Ducks @ 22

Korchinski at 10, Lambert at 22 and then shortly after Lambert signs with Seattle Thunderbirds to play with his future NHL teammate

 

[jonlin]

I always find it amusing when random people on the internet "know" that this kids dad is a psycho and no team should draft him.

Lambert Sr. has very much made the kid "damaged goods" atleast in Finland. He WAS THE prospect from Finland for 2022 for years, but Good Ol Daddy messed things up. His kid should have been put on a pedestal and get everything for free. He is lackluster defensively and just tries to do too much himself. He has the speed and skill, but isnt playing a team-game. Why do you think he already went through 3 Liiga-teams? His dad also sticks his nose in everything and is probably the most to blame for Lamberts regression.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

I don't think so. Lambert can actually skate, unlike Räty.

Always listen to MrHeiskanen.

 

[Jukurit]

Starting to get close to second round. Aatu Räty 2.0?

 

[ORRFForever]

They're talking about him now.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Not at his seat anymore? Told he wasn't going today I assume.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

Head Case.

 

[Jukurit]

Not at his seat anymore? Told he wasn't going today I assume.

Probably did the same thing he does with teams and switched seats.

 

[AuraSphere]

Lambert sucks man idk what all this hype is. There are better more proven prospects still left on the table like Ryan Chelsey

 

[Evergreen]

I admire the conviction.

There's actually not a lot of conviction in making a bold prediction and then saying it's probably wrong. It's just a way of trying to look right either way. If he goes high, you say "I told you so." If he doesn't, you say "I told you I was probably wrong."

 

[Eye of Ra]

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