Confirmed with Link: Canucks Sign G Kevin Lankinen to 1y/0.875m Contract

[VanJack]

Obviously there's no way of knowing if Lankinen can maintain the pace he's currently on through an extended schedule. After all, in his four year career, he's been strictly a backup. In fact 37 games is the most he's ever played in an NHL season, and that was in his first year in Chicago.

But one skill he possesses in spades is puck-handling. It's uncanny how he can go behind his own net and stop those rim-arounds.

It's impossible to overstate how critical it is to your d-men to have a quality puck-handling goalie back there. It's almost like having an extra d-man out on every shift. For years now the Canucks blueline has been seriously vulnerable to a hard forecheck.

But Lankinen is not just stopping the puck right now.....his puck-handling is making a huge difference.

 

[biturbo19]

The whole think with the Lankinen signing was that...a lot of worse goaltenders signed on earlier than he did. He waited and bet on himself. It seems to be panning out. He's looked great playing behind a good team with good coaching and structure, and good goalie coaching to hone the details.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

It's impossible to overstate how critical it is to your d-men to have a quality puck-handling goalie back there. It's almost like having an extra d-man out on every shift. For years now the Canucks blueline has been seriously vulnerable to a hard forecheck.

But Lankinen is not just stopping the puck right now.....his puck-handling is making a huge difference.

man, when’s the last time we had a goalie who could handle the puck worth a damn? felix potvin?

 

[F A N]

It's impossible to overstate how critical it is to your d-men to have a quality puck-handling goalie back there. It's almost like having an extra d-man out on every shift. For years now the Canucks blueline has been seriously vulnerable to a hard forecheck.

Mike Milbury is that you? Seriously though, a good puck handling goalie is good to have but I think the importance definitely can be overstated.

man, when’s the last time we had a goalie who could handle the puck worth a damn? felix potvin?

Johan Hedberg?