Nils Lundkvist

Mm-hmm.

And that would be the extra defenseman, because right now they have Lundqvist, Bischel, Tyler Myers, and obviously Heiskanen and Hartley.

But they want to get Trey Taylor in there for his NHL debut, but that is a questionable third pairing at best with Tyler Myers, who is well past his expiration date, and a younger guy that... is an undrafted player playing well with the Texas Stars, but very inexperienced.

So if you either get a Dallas team that you can exploit that ball and pair, or you force the top guys to play a little bit more, maybe they tire later in the game.

I just think it's so stupid.

I think that when Dylan laid out Lundqvist there, he kind of knows what's up.

If you're going to make a big check like that, you've got to be able to answer questions.

for the fight.

Could be worse.

You could be like Lundqvist three years ago in the playoffs only playing like five minutes in a playoff game.

But anyways, shout out to those two guys.

And I don't know if you saw the – the little one-timer play that they had during warm-ups during the rookie lap.

And, again, they've been doing this without Esa Lindell.

Like the fact that, you know, Bischel has stepped up in that regard is really nice.

Lundqvist has very quietly been very, very good over the last three games.

That's a player that has kind of hidden in the shadows a little bit behind players like Roby Henson, Miro, and stuff like that.

He has another assist today.

Yes, the Jets took advantage of Neil's Lundqvist turnover, but...

There's Pionk setting up Kyle Connor for a 1T, so he's been involved offensively.

Today's a great example, Sean.

on for all three goals, four, 27 shifts, 29-20 of ice time, five shots on net, seven shot attempts, zero giveaways, one takeaway, one blocked shot.

And he was not on the ice for the goal that Kyle Conner scored.

That was Lundqvist and the other pairing.

But when, and Bischel, When Haskinen was on against Shifley, Connor, and Perfetti, they weren't generating at nearly the same level because right now Haskinen is kind of at that Nick Lidstrom level of defending.

For the Stars, they will have Steele, Johnston, and Rantanen up front, Robertson, Hintz, and Sagan, then Herzogovian, Huru, and Ben, and on the fourth, Kibiranta, Foxen, and Blackwell.

On the back end, we're going to be seeing Harley and Haskinen, then Bichel and Lundqvist, and Capobianco and Myers.

Now, the Capobianco-Myers pairing is very funny for a lot of reasons, primarily because these are former Jets guys.

We've had them in our system or on the big club, and it'll be kind of fun to see them lace up for the Stars.

He got inside positioning and was able to deflect it past Onder with a very nice tip.

Yeah, it was one of those nights where we all go into the game thinking, okay, Bischel, Myers, how are they going to fare? Maybe even Lundqvist to some degree.

Different line pairings tonight.

Or different defensive pairings.

He was the second-best Stars defenseman.

He was the fifth-highest game score.

Lundqvist was only better, who looked really good tonight as well.

I thought Kapianko played smart.

What is it, Jack Hughes and Mercer, and there's a list of them.

Nils Lundkvist and, uh-

Yeah

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[laughs] Um, and it, and it's hard to, it's hard to dissect that and sorta separate the, the two.

But, you know, for the most part, like, you know, Hari looked really good tonight with Lundqvist.

You know, Bishop, Myers, I thought they actually, they moved the puck f- very well tonight.

Um, you know, Myers, for the-- Uh, he, he has, he has his moments where the, you know, like, there was a play that I was, I was joking about, like, lifts the stick of somebody.

I think very highly of Lindell as a defensive defenseman.

I don't think very highly as Nils Lundquist as a defensive defenseman.

So...

I don't know how this line is going to play.

I think very highly of Lindell as a defensive defenseman.

I don't think very highly as Nils Lundquist as a defensive defenseman.

So...

I don't know how this line is going to play.