F Cayden Lindstrom - Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL (2024, 4th, CBJ)

[Oscar The Grouch]

First time seeing this kid and tbh that skating is ugly as hell

And that was the worst one on one defending I've ever seen...

The whole play looked like me barreling down the wing in my Tuesday night beer league game.

 

[Siignal]

That clip alone, in comparison to Tij Iginla right now, would have me taking Iginla over Lindstrom in a large majority of cases.

Edit: I just watched some more clips and he's faster and smoother in them, but his stride length is so short and it feels like it wouldn't translate when you move up to playing against men. I'm not a scout though so my opinion is noise.

 

[rt]

First time seeing this kid and tbh that skating is ugly as hell

No it’s not.

And that was the worst one on one defending I've ever seen...

The whole play looked like me barreling down the wing in my Tuesday night beer league game.

No it didn’t.

 

[CanadienShark]

No it’s not.


No it didn’t.

No

 

[majormajor]

That clip alone, in comparison to Tij Iginla right now, would have me taking Iginla over Lindstrom in a large majority of cases.

That's really odd then, because Tij Iginla is not faster than that.

And as you see in the other clips, Cayden Lindstrom's top speed is VERY FAST, the technical efficiency of his stride is less important than the fact that he'll be bigger and faster than the large majority of NHLers he goes up against.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Powerforwards with back issues can make for a risky pick. That's really the only reason I could see him dropping a couple spots. He's definitely got top 5 talent, love a big kid who plays with an edge. Getting rarer and rarer these days.

 

[pockets321]

That's really odd then, because Tij Iginla is not faster than that.

And as you see in the other clips, Cayden Lindstrom's top speed is VERY FAST, the technical efficiency of his stride is less important than the fact that he'll be bigger and faster than the large majority of NHLers he goes up against.

Not odd at all, Iginla is easily faster than Lindstrom.

 

[JungleBeat]

Basically Scheifele

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Scores on a deflection tonight:

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

First time I've seen him play since the Hlinka (and I've learned to disregard that tournament from my "evaluations"). Seems like a player with unique traits, not sure yet that he's in the No. 2-4 bucket he regularly gets put in.

 

[De Montreal]

Vilardi also missed quite a bit of time in his D0

 

[Peasy]

Vilardi also missed quite a bit of time in his D0

And till this day he still misses a majority of each season he participates in.

 

[Habricot]

Wrong board deleting a post.

 

[FlyguyOX]

Most evaluations I’ve read have said he’s an above average skater. But I can’t get over that clip where it looks like he’s walking on the ice

 

[jiboy]

It was his first game in like 4 months , he's known for fast and powerful skating. No need to overthink based on a 8 second clip.

 

[Kraken Jokes]

It was his first game in like 4 months , he's known for fast and powerful skating. No need to overthink based on a 8 second clip.

Every prospect is a bad skater according to someone on HF.

 

[Bubbles]

Late scratch for tonights game.

 

[majormajor]

Late scratch for tonights game.

Dang, probably the back again.

I didn't think he was moving as well.

But not necessarily a permanent issue either - anyone coming back from a back injury could use a rest after a couple games (especially given the overtime).

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The local MH newspaper only had this information:
Tigers drop Game 3 in overtime Tuesday - Medicine Hat News

Medicine Hat was without forward Cayden Lindstrom who took warmups but did not play. Desjardins had no update on his status for Game 4.

 

[frederixx]

90% he doesn't get picked in top 10 with his back issues

 

[bert]

Every prospect is a bad skater according to someone on HF.

Typically someone who doesnt own a pair of skates. Doesn't matter how they get there if they get there fast then thats all that matters.

 

[Michoulicious]

Vilardi 2.0?

 

[Peasy]

Teams will really have to dig into the injury issues. Patrick and Vilardi are some other high profile prospects off the top of my head that had injury issues their draft year and plagued them ever since.

 

[KristichBabych]

He is playing tonight…

 

[Fraser28]

It would be a tough call for me between Lindstrom and Iginla. I’d probably go with Iginla, but both have their strengths.