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Player Discussion Elias Lindholm
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you get the sense that he's about to pop. Both on the scoresheet and as a leader. It's building...
A real leader would renegotiate that contract.
RiverbottomChuck
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He's moving better lately. Let's hope it keeps trending up. I'm really pulling for the guy.
Your right, he's played better lately and I still believe he's playing with an injury. I watch a lot of hockey and have seen him shoot the puck with a very heavy accurate shot and this year he doesn't have the same zip. I really like this player and hope he heals up in the off season and comes to camp ready. Not concerned with his contract as UFAs cost or go elsewhere, that's how you have to build a team in the cap era.
Here’s what Elias Lindholm had to say about his ‘frustrating’ first season with the Bruins - The Boston Globe
Lindholm got off to a slow start when he was injured on the opening day of training camp. He wasn’t able to build early chemistry with David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha.
www.bostonglobe.com
LOS ANGELES — Elias Lindholm feels the frustration of Bruins fans and he shares it.
Boston’s prized free agent signing of the summer of 2024, Lindholm had high hopes of reestablishing himself as an elite 200-foot center with a return to the Eastern Conference.
His track record of being solid in all three zones drew comparisons to franchise legend Patrice Bergeron. Lindholm embraced the similarities, citing Bergeron as one of the players he liked to emulate.
Like Bergeron, Lindholm was defensively responsible in his end and through the neutral zone. He was creative on the rush and plucky around the net. Lindholm was a demon in the faceoff circle, played on the power play, and on the penalty kill.
They were all reasons the Bruins signed Lindholm to a seven-year, $54.25 million deal that comes with an annual salary cap hit of $7.75 million.
It hasn’t gone as planned for Lindholm or the Bruins. While maintaining many of his traits — he is still solid in the dot, defensively responsible, and a top penalty killer, Lindholm has yet to get hot offensively. He has just 13 goals and 37 points for a club that is mired in a six-game losing streak and appears destined for its first playoff DNQ in nine years.
“Especially in this sport you put a lot of pressure on yourself, and obviously when things are not going your way you hope at least that the team is doing well, and that’s not the case this year,” Lindholm told the Globe. “So, it’s obviously a frustrating year in that regard and you feel like if I would’ve played a little bit better at that time, we could have more points and probably be in the playoffs. But you can’t look back too much now, it’s just move forward and do whatever we can here.”
Lindholm got off to a slow start when he was injured on the opening day of training camp. He wasn’t able to build early chemistry with Pastrnak and Zacha, necessitating multiple line changes over the first month.
Montgomery was fired after an 8-9-3 start, and that was just the beginning of the Bruins’ changes. With the postseason looking less and less likely, general manager Don Sweeney made the decision to jettison longtime core players Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo, and Trent Frederic.
Those decisions weighed on Lindholm. He couldn’t help but feel partly responsible for the franchise-altering moves.
“It’s frustrating, and obviously the same thing there. I look back and I look at myself first, and if I would’ve played better, we could have been in a better spot and a lot of guys could have still been here and so on,” he said. “So, in that case it’s frustrating. Business is business and obviously we have a young team now. We’ve got to do whatever we can here the last couple of games to finish off strong and see where it takes us.”
Lindholm has leaned on family strength to cope with the struggles.
“I have that life where your mind doesn’t always have the time, really, to think about hockey when you’re home,” said Lindholm. “There’s some nights you’re looking at the results and stuff, but yeah, especially our household is pretty busy, so it obviously helps to keep your mind off things, for sure.”
Lindholm and his wife, Annica, welcomed their second son, Luka, shortly after their arrival in town. Big brother Levi is starting to grasp what dad does for a living and has taken a liking to the sport. The family is often at home games.
“He loves it,” said Lindholm, whose father, Mikael, played professionally in the NHL and Europe. “They went to the swim lessons, and he wanted to be at hockey, that’s what he said. And my wife had to put him in the Bruins sweater, and then he wanted a hockey stick, too. So, it’s a lot of fun.
“He gets it, and obviously I try to play with him as much as possible and spend time and obviously I don’t want to miss too much, but with this job it’s hard to be there all the time, for sure. But no, he likes it. Hopefully in a couple of years I will be more involved and can help him start skating a little bit.”
This man moved here, then had a second child shortly after moving here. Trying to be that highly paid #1 he was brought in to be but also learning to live as a parent to two children for the first time. Can't say I wouldn't be somewhat distracted in that situation myself, I don't make millions of dollars but went through the same struggles myself after my second child was born. That's relatable, for me anyway. Nice little bit of insight there, thanks Wally.Here’s what Elias Lindholm had to say about his ‘frustrating’ first season with the Bruins - The Boston Globe
Lindholm got off to a slow start when he was injured on the opening day of training camp. He wasn’t able to build early chemistry with David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha.
LOS ANGELES — Elias Lindholm feels the frustration of Bruins fans and he shares it.
Boston’s prized free agent signing of the summer of 2024, Lindholm had high hopes of reestablishing himself as an elite 200-foot center with a return to the Eastern Conference.
His track record of being solid in all three zones drew comparisons to franchise legend Patrice Bergeron. Lindholm embraced the similarities, citing Bergeron as one of the players he liked to emulate.
Like Bergeron, Lindholm was defensively responsible in his end and through the neutral zone. He was creative on the rush and plucky around the net. Lindholm was a demon in the faceoff circle, played on the power play, and on the penalty kill.
They were all reasons the Bruins signed Lindholm to a seven-year, $54.25 million deal that comes with an annual salary cap hit of $7.75 million.
It hasn’t gone as planned for Lindholm or the Bruins. While maintaining many of his traits — he is still solid in the dot, defensively responsible, and a top penalty killer, Lindholm has yet to get hot offensively. He has just 13 goals and 37 points for a club that is mired in a six-game losing streak and appears destined for its first playoff DNQ in nine years.
“Especially in this sport you put a lot of pressure on yourself, and obviously when things are not going your way you hope at least that the team is doing well, and that’s not the case this year,” Lindholm told the Globe. “So, it’s obviously a frustrating year in that regard and you feel like if I would’ve played a little bit better at that time, we could have more points and probably be in the playoffs. But you can’t look back too much now, it’s just move forward and do whatever we can here.”
Lindholm got off to a slow start when he was injured on the opening day of training camp. He wasn’t able to build early chemistry with Pastrnak and Zacha, necessitating multiple line changes over the first month.
Montgomery was fired after an 8-9-3 start, and that was just the beginning of the Bruins’ changes. With the postseason looking less and less likely, general manager Don Sweeney made the decision to jettison longtime core players Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo, and Trent Frederic.
Those decisions weighed on Lindholm. He couldn’t help but feel partly responsible for the franchise-altering moves.
“It’s frustrating, and obviously the same thing there. I look back and I look at myself first, and if I would’ve played better, we could have been in a better spot and a lot of guys could have still been here and so on,” he said. “So, in that case it’s frustrating. Business is business and obviously we have a young team now. We’ve got to do whatever we can here the last couple of games to finish off strong and see where it takes us.”
Lindholm has leaned on family strength to cope with the struggles.
“I have that life where your mind doesn’t always have the time, really, to think about hockey when you’re home,” said Lindholm. “There’s some nights you’re looking at the results and stuff, but yeah, especially our household is pretty busy, so it obviously helps to keep your mind off things, for sure.”
Lindholm and his wife, Annica, welcomed their second son, Luka, shortly after their arrival in town. Big brother Levi is starting to grasp what dad does for a living and has taken a liking to the sport. The family is often at home games.
“He loves it,” said Lindholm, whose father, Mikael, played professionally in the NHL and Europe. “They went to the swim lessons, and he wanted to be at hockey, that’s what he said. And my wife had to put him in the Bruins sweater, and then he wanted a hockey stick, too. So, it’s a lot of fun.
“He gets it, and obviously I try to play with him as much as possible and spend time and obviously I don’t want to miss too much, but with this job it’s hard to be there all the time, for sure. But no, he likes it. Hopefully in a couple of years I will be more involved and can help him start skating a little bit.”
18 games this season he had a positive +/- according to his game log on ESPN. (Unless I counted wrong)
www.espn.com
Elias Lindholm 2024-25 Stats per Game - NHL - ESPN
The 2024-25 NHL season stats per game for Elias Lindholm of the Boston Bruins on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.
Over the volcano
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Looks like 7 pts in his last ten games - not bad. Who are his line mates again?18 games this season he had a positive +/- according to his game log on ESPN. (Unless I counted wrong)
Elias Lindholm 2024-25 Stats per Game - NHL - ESPN
The 2024-25 NHL season stats per game for Elias Lindholm of the Boston Bruins on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.
Bruin4
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For sure and that goal last night what a beauty, incredible hustle and drive on that play.
It’s actually 6 points 2 of them compliance of Pasta and a minus 8 in those games to boot.
ODAAT
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likely wind up with 40-45 pts in a year where he and everyone not named Pasta were crap from day 1, think he`ll be better next year , he has to be
PlayMakers
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If I could buy him out, I would. But that hit would be on the books for 12 years.
I start him on the 3rd line next year, at wing. If he's not a more impactful player in that role, I bite the bullet and buy him out next summer.
Over the volcano
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That's got to put him near the top of the team since the trade deadline, no? Obviously Pastrnak is #1 by a mile.For sure and that goal last night what a beauty, incredible hustle and drive on that play.
It’s actually 6 points 2 of them compliance of Pasta and a minus 8 in those games to boot.
Gotta be one of the worst, most expensive 45 point seasons of all time
I don’t care what the situation is next year, he has to make major improvements on his game.
Sheppy
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Yes, he has to be better offensively for sure. What if he isn't though? If he is your 50 point guy at that salary, what's the play? I think a buyout is just too much with his term and years remaining. I'd rather overpay him as a third liner (if the cap continues to rise, he won't be ridiculously overpaid) than have dead money on the cap for the next decade+. Maybe in before year 3 you can move him to a team needing to hit the cap floor or something.
Sheppy
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Sheppy
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I feel like he's actually been decent at that side of his game this season. I mean relatively speaking as the team is defensively trash. I don't think if he played D like Bergeron or Kopitar he'd be able to change much about this year, though. Maybe that is where we are- a Selke-ish defender, good on faceoffs, 50 point guy. It would not be ideal for salary and term, but it would be liveable.
Sheppy
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My issue mostly hasn't been his two-way game. His two way game has been fine for the most part. I just worry about him not being the type of player who makes those around him better players. Mind you, he's not necessarily playing with high end talent, lol.
If he's your #2 or 3C next year, he shouldn't have the likes of Lauko or Kopeke as his wingers.
Agree, I like Lauko, I like Koepke, I am fine with either or both on the roster next year, but they are part of the list of players who need to be in the 10-13 role on the roster. Sure they can spot play up a bit, but they are just not good enough to be on the top 3 lines on a regular basis
Is it too late to change the initial post of this thread?
Asking for...umm...a friend
Asking for...umm...a friend
Over the volcano
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New team, missed camp, clustercuss of a start to the year team wide, playing through injured wrist, new coach #2, injuries undercut the roster, sell off at the deadline, ending the year between borderline NHL talents like Kopetke and Khusnutdinov.
This seasons a wash, get comfortable in boston, heal up, train right over the summer and start again next year.
This seasons a wash, get comfortable in boston, heal up, train right over the summer and start again next year.
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