Confirmed with Link: Ducks re-sign Isac Lundestrom (1 year, $1.5M)

[MMC]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807519286212116859

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[All Mighty]

Alright Lundestrom, this might be your last chance. Great skater, but not much else in his game. At this point, he should do whatever he can to become the best penalty killer he can be. And that includes improving at faceoffs, because he is terrible at them.

 

[Gliff]

One thing to note, he took a cut from his current contract. So the Ducks wouldn’t have given him a QO.

 

[Duck Off]

Honestly I’m surprised but I like it. Time for him to step up.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Alright Lundestrom, this might be your last chance. Great skater, but not much else in his game. At this point, he should do whatever he can to become the best penalty killer he can be. And that includes improving at faceoffs, because he is terrible at them.

I am more interested in him actually getting an offensive role. I’m annoyed he is ‘stuck’ in a checking/grinding role.

He is probably one of the few that actually drive it to the net. It’s not his fault his teammates are black holes offensively and don’t know how to get in good positions

 

[anezthes]

Good.

 

[All Mighty]

I am more interested in him actually getting an offensive role. I’m annoyed he is ‘stuck’ in a checking/grinding role.

He is probably one of the few that actually drive it to the net. It’s not his fault his teammates are black holes offensively and don’t know how to get in good positions

Carlsson, Gauthier, Killorn, Zegras, McTavish, Terry, Strome, Vatrano, plus a top 6 UFA. That's 9 forwards for the top 3 lines. Lundestrom's only spot is on the 4th line.

 

[Kalv]

Nice

 

[McDonald19]

Glad it’s below his qualifying offer.

 

[Firequacker]

Carlsson, Gauthier, Killorn, Zegras, McTavish, Terry, Strome, Vatrano, plus a top 6 UFA. That's 9 forwards for the top 3 lines. Lundestrom's only spot is on the 4th line.

Honestly, ?/Lundestrom/Leason feels like there's potential for decent depth scoring, if they're told to go out and be a normal fourth line rather than making Lundy all shutdown guy all the time.

Edit: posts that preceded unfortunate events, though I stand by the thought.

 

[Deuce22]

Mixed feelings on Lundestrom. Like him on the PK, but want more hitting and aggression on the 4th line. Want an offensive threat in the top 9.

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

Lundy should've been playing the PP instead of Silf. Would've been nice to see if he had an offensive upside instead of giving the time to a vet who was in his last year.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Just as said would happen. 1 year prove it deal. I want him to succeed.

 

[JAHV]

I'm not a Lundestrom fan, but this is fine while Gaucher marinates for another year. 4th line money for a 4th line player.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Good deal for a decent bottom 6 player. Now give him someone to work with.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

They need a stopgap 4C and he's perfect for it.

 

[Hockey Duckie]

Good deal for a decent bottom 6 player. Now give him someone to work with.

Lundy-Mac-Silf was a productive line and covered up for Mac's lack of defensive awareness.

 

[mightyquack]

Don't see Lundestrom more than a 4th liner, he just doesn't have the offensive ability to be a top 9 forward IMO. But this is fine as a stop gap 4th liner in the meantime. I hope we add some size next to him on the 4th line (Leason would be a bit of a no brainer for me personally).

 

[lwvs84]

Lundy-Mac-Silf was a productive line and covered up for Mac's lack of defensive awareness.

Lundestrom Zegras Terry 3rd line? I want ti see him get some time on an offensive line and see if he has some potential as a winger. He's worked with Mac/Silf and Rakell/Comtois. At least give him a couple of weeks go see if he can make it work.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Lindy doesn’t have the scoring acumen to be in any type of scoring line.

 

[JAHV]

Lindy doesn’t have the scoring acumen to be in any type of scoring line.

This. He can score on breakaways on the PK, and he had that one year where every puck found a hole, but he's not an offensively gifted player. His best bet is to figure out how to win a faceoff, get a little tougher to play against, and use his speed to be a forechecking pain on the 4th line. He's going to be frustrating to watch if he's flubbing perfect passes from good offensive players.