Emil Lilleberg
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Sep 30, 2026
JP AhrensHOST
On defense, Moser and Carlson, Hedman and Crozier, and then McDonough and Chernak.
JP AhrensHOST
And that's Vasilevsky and Hildeby with Scott Sabrin, Lilleberg, and then on injured reserve currently, Yanni Gard and Dominic James.
JP AhrensHOST
So I guess we're comparing opening night lineups here.
JP AhrensHOST
But from what you see, how do these two teams stack up against one another?
Greg StephenHOST
It's that they're all useful and they're all effective and they have all done a great job accelerating year over year.
Greg StephenHOST
I think Lilleberg, for example, you love Lilleberg and I've always been down on Lilleberg.
Greg StephenHOST
He actually took a substantial step in my
Nick MorganHOST
life.
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Greg StephenHOST
And that's like McDonough, right? I want to see McDonough play.
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But I
Greg StephenHOST
also want to see the Tampa Bay Lightning win a Stanley Cup, right? And if that means that you have to slot Crozier or Lilleberg in his spot for a stretch...
Greg StephenHOST
So be it.
Steve VersnickHOST
The forwards are Anthony Sorelli, Connor Geeky, Zemgis Gergensens, Gage Gonsalves, Jake Gensel, Brandon Hagel, Jansen Harkins, Pontus Holmberg, Nikita Kucherov, Ilya Mikheyev, Braden Point, Scott Sabrin, and Jeff Vielle.
Steve VersnickHOST
The defensemen are John Carlson, Eric Chernak, Max Kroeser, Charles-Edouard Destoux, Victor Hedman, Emil Lilleberg, Ryan McDonough, and J.J. Moser.
Steve VersnickHOST
The goalies are Dennis Hildeby and Andre Vasilevsky.
Steve VersnickHOST
Yanni Gord and Dominic James are on injured reserve.
Michael FilipkowskiHOST
Hedman is 35.
Michael FilipkowskiHOST
They have Lilleberg, but Ryan McDonough is 37.
Michael FilipkowskiHOST
Who knows how much of a role Ryan McDonough is going to play at this point in his career, but the point remains.
Michael FilipkowskiHOST
There are a lot of... players in this team that are getting older.
Dave MishkinHOST
So Lilleberg took a couple of minuses last night.
Dave MishkinHOST
I have full confidence Emil Lilleberg is gonna be fine when the regular season starts.
Dave MishkinHOST
He's shown enough that kind of we know what we're gonna get from him.
Dave MishkinHOST
So it's more about like the players that we're learning about or are trying to grow even more into more well-rounded players.
Greg StephenHOST
He lost track of it.
Greg StephenHOST
Didn't really set up any kind of good position of the puck for Lilleberg when he came behind the net, just looked a little sloppy out there.
Greg StephenHOST
Obviously some of these goals, not on him entirely, but you know, to have an 83.3 save percentage from your star goaltender against AHL is not exactly what you want to see heading into the regular season, because I would expect he does not play the next game for the lightning in this preseason.
Greg StephenHOST
I think the next time we see Vassie, it'll be opening night.
Greg StephenHOST
That being said, this is not a crazy area of concern for me, but it is one that, you know, you look at and you're like, Oh, that wasn't his best game.
Greg StephenHOST
And that's all we really need to say there.
Greg StephenHOST
The next most concerning thing for me is, It's probably Lilleberg, just in general.
Greg StephenHOST
And, you know, I've never really been super high on Lilleberg.
Greg StephenHOST
Here is the lineup for tonight against the Panthers.
Greg StephenHOST
It's Carlson, Lilleberg, Chernak, McDonough, Sorelli, Mikheyev, Geeky, Moser, Gensel, O'Reilly, Hagel, Pelletier, Harkins, Point, Hedman, Rautianen, Hildeby, Sabrin, Kuch, Vassie.
Greg StephenHOST
Did you see or hear what I heard? Brandon Hagel.
Greg StephenHOST
It makes me so concerned because you know that Hagel gets injured in this matchup frequently.
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Greg StephenHOST
Don't give me a hard time.
Greg StephenHOST
Let's look at...
Greg StephenHOST
Pelletier, Lilleberg, and Sabrin today, okay? And these are guys that are going to be extremely difficult to predict, okay? Last season, Pelletier, he played five games with the Bolts, no points.
Greg StephenHOST
Year prior, he played with the Flyers, 25 games, he had eight points.
Thomas SchooleyHOST
Yesterday.
Thomas SchooleyHOST
I mean, last season, you couldn't hear anything without saying, oh, I love Lilleberg.
Thomas SchooleyHOST
I love Lilleberg.
Thomas SchooleyHOST
I think several times on this podcast, we praise Lilleberg's play.
Thomas SchooleyHOST
You know, he grew into himself.
Thomas SchooleyHOST
And that was another thing where.
BoomerHOST
Yep.
TommyHOST
And so what I'm gonna go ahead and say is most hits was Emil Lilleberg.
BoomerHOST
Emil Lilleberg is a great guess.
BoomerHOST
You're right there.
TommyHOST
Dang it.
Greg StephenHOST
That's big minutes.
Greg StephenHOST
And then we saw Lilleberg as well for 22.
Greg StephenHOST
We even saw Groshev a little bit in this one.
Greg StephenHOST
And that's cool.
Greg StephenHOST
But again, not a lot of space, especially in the defensive side of things for the Lightning right now.
Greg StephenHOST
It's just really backed up there, right? So not a ton of space for a guy like Roshav to really get serious ice time.
Greg StephenHOST
We're even looking at Lilleberg and Dastu and Crozier and saying, oh man, which of these guys is really going to get a lot of time? Remains to be seen.
Greg StephenHOST
But anyway...
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