Hampus Lindholm is good (more accurate thread title)

[montador*]

who?

 

[Sojourn]

who?

Well, that's just unfortunate.

 

[HanSolo]

who?

Exactly. If the leafs had drafted him no one would ask this and everyone would be sick of hearing his name.

Hampus definitely deserves more recognition but... Not to this extreme

 

[solidmotion]

best first name in the league ainec

 

[Arthuros]

Stahp, you're jinxing it.

That being said, the fact that he's basically been through a revolving door of partners and remained consistent is probably a sign that he's coming along in leaps and bounds.

 

[JS91]

That's a bit extreme. I do realize that he is really good and stuff, but I really don't think that he is the absolute best positional d-man in the whole league just yet.

 

[Esq]

It is threads like these that inevitably lead to the "ZOMG Hampus is so overrated by HF" chorus later on.

Relax, people. Just enjoy watching this young kid play. He's really good. That's about all that needs to be said.

 

[Sojourn]

That's a bit extreme. I do realize that he is really good and stuff, but I really don't think that he is the absolute best positional d-man in the whole league just yet.

Neither do Anaheim fans.

 

[Jetabre]

Hampus deserves more love.

 

[penguins2946*]

Best D in his draft class? I think Murray, Maatta and Trouba at the least would object to that.

 

[HanSolo]

Best D in his draft class? I think Murray, Maatta and Trouba at the least would object to that.

Its certainly not clear cut. All four of them are very close. I mean someone can hold that opinion but if they say AINEC, that's a hurdle across the line.

 

[penguins2946*]

Its certainly not clear cut. All four of them are very close. I mean someone can hold that opinion but if they say AINEC, that's a hurdle across the line.

Yeah I agree, it's really close between those 3 (I'd say Trouba is the #1 right now though). All 4 are fantastic D already, and Reinhart, Rielly, Ceci and others have the potential to be fantastic.

 

[Malkin112*]

He's good indeed but he's no Vatman

 

[Samuel Culper III]

I love quantifiable statements.

 

[Umingmak]

Yes, he's good, but best in the league? Come on now.

 

[HanSolo]

He's good indeed but he's no Vatman

I'd take Lindholm a million times out of a million.

 

[42]

I'd take Lindholm a million times out of a million.

Me too but I don't think the poster was serious.

 

[SmokeyDuck]

Can we please stop saying that some guy that plays for your team is the best at something because he's a good NHL player?

Lindholm doesn't play for Boston.

 

[nwaZ*]

Karlsson says hi.

 

[JayKing]

who?

you're really missing out.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Minnesota wanted him, but had to settle on Dumba. With that said, Brodin is so underrated on these forums because of Suter.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Yeah I agree, it's really close between those 3 (I'd say Trouba is the #1 right now though). All 4 are fantastic D already, and Reinhart, Rielly, Ceci and others have the potential to be fantastic.

It was billed to be arguably the best draft class for D since the '08 year that brought us Doughty/Pietrangelo/Karlsson/Myers/Carlson/Bogosian etc. So far 2012 is living up the hype nicely, even if it will be tough to top '08.

 

[Gliff]

No he isn't. And I'd like to point out this thread was not started by a Ducks fan and 99.99% of Ducks fans would disagree with the OP.

He is a stud though.

Minnesota wanted him, but had to settle on Dumba. With that said, Brodin is so underrated on these forums because of Suter.

Yup. Apparently Anaheim was looking to trade down but Minny wanted Lindholm so they couldn't.

 

[SimpleJack]

Can we please stop saying that some guy that plays for your team is the best at something because he's a good NHL player?

THISx1000

Getting very annoying. And 99% of the time its the Islanders, Ducks, or any of the Canadian teams. Stop overrating your players, please....

 

[Arthuros]

THISx1000

Getting very annoying. And 99% of the time its the Islanders, Ducks, or any of the Canadian teams. Stop overrating your players, please....

It also gets very annoying when it would literally take a glance at the OP's avatar to find that he isn't even a Ducks fan.

Actually, most of the Ducks fans here disagree with the premise.