Brad Lambert

Yeah, I definitely see it.

I think, Victor, you know, I've made no secret of it that I'm maybe a bigger fan of Brad Lambert than you are.

And we're going to talk about that, certainly, because Lambert's going to feature in the next trade we discuss here.

I did want to just shout out to Henry Mews.

And I am an Anton Silayev owner.

I own him in the Scouching Fantasy Hockey League, and I'm happy to own him in the sense that he will be probably reasonably cost controlled and will give me a lot in the truculence category in that league, which is hits and blocks, but certainly not a high upside asset.

But let's dig in here a little bit more on your least favorite, favorite player in that trade, Brad Lambert, Victor, because the steel city stars decided to move Lambert on after this deal with, with Pittsburgh, including him in a deal to the BFFs, my team with Edward, including him with bills on all, the Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect who really showed off well in the playoffs for Wilkes-Barre and his QMJHL team last season.

And we traded Daniil Boot for the opportunity to roster Brad Longbear and Bills on on.

But so that obviously changes things a little bit, right, i- in terms of what that second line looks like.

But then it doesn't stop there, because Morgan Barron, a healthy Adam Lowry, and then the interesting toolkit that Brad Lambert brings, like we're intrigued to see that.

And then, Connor, you have the fourth line that is the only line that is full of guys who were healthy on day one of last year, right? In-

Yeah

... well, healthy-ish with Nino Niederreiter, Alex Iafallo, Vlad Namestnikov, and a trio of guys who played some iteration of hockey together last year, unlike most of the other lines, right? Kulper Freddy did not play with Mark Scheifele last year.

Viggo Bjork wasn't on the team last year.

Brad Lambert wasn't really playing with Adam Lowry last year.

Mm-hmm.

So, I mean, I think there's going to be a little bit of growing pains, especially when you've got some of the youth.

And before, as he departed us, Brad Lambert, I liked some of the things that he did.

I mean, he played a cautious game.

He was definitely not wanting to make any mistakes, but he used his speed when given the opportunity.

And that's what he has to do.

And so, you know, we'll see if these guys can take the opportunity that's ahead of them.

And that, to me, is the biggest question mark, right? Can a guy like Brad Lambert do that? Can a guy like Isaac Rosean do that? Can a guy like Viggo Bjork? But so far, like I said, I liked what I saw from Viggo Bjork of the sort of new crop of faces.

I mean, it's early.

So what we saw from them is kind of what we expected.

Kind of the big mystery piece on that line is Brad Lambert.

And Sean, I mean, I think there were times where we saw Brad's flashy speed on display, but I thought it was kind of a quiet night for Lambert.

We talked about this in the first intermission, zero shot attempts, zero shots on goal.

I thought most importantly for Brad, you know, where he was lacking.

I think, you know, Scott O'Neill talked about a lot of the one-on-one battles.

I think that if Brad Lambert wants to stay on that line and be effective on that line, Sean, he needs to win more one-on-one battles.

I thought he got pushed off the puck a little bit too easily today.

But it felt very...

Like we talked about Lambert at the beginning of last year.

It felt very preliminary for me with Roseins.

But I thought Gabe Velarde was very strong.

And if you're in the camp that you think that this team can still make the playoffs and make a big push, then yeah, the power play has got to get back to how it looked in the President's Trophy winning season.

What did you see? Obviously, two more lines to go over up front.

What did you think of Adam Lowry, Morgan Barron, and Brad Lambert on this night in their first game together?

So I know Lowry's name is on the box score, right? He comes away with it with a couple points, and we talked about Lowry coming into this one, that the Jets are going to need Lowry to be a little bit of a Superman maybe to start off the year if they really want to make this a big push.

They're going to give him another chance with Shifley and Connor this year, but let's see if he can finally get things rolling.

And finally, it looks like Brad Lambert, who is a guy that was a high draft pick for the Jets, he's finally ready to be a regular.

It's about damn time in the NHL, all these years with the Manitoba Moose.

It's almost like he's developing.

Braden Yeager's ready to play.

Brad Lambert's ready to play.

Salah Monson should be a top six NHL defenseman when he's healthy.

He needs a spot in that lineup.