oldrugbyguy
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Good start. It will be fun to watch how high he can climb. Not sure where his ceiling may be on this roster. Could 1st line duty be possible?
Matthew Lombardi update/information thread
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leafplasma
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nutman said:
Come on now, he scored last night yes and looked good. My stance hasn't changed on what I expect out of Lombardi this season though. Tim Brent scored in his first two games as a Leaf as well, where is he?
bustaheims
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leafplasma said:
Carolina. ;D
pnjunction
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It was great to see him step in and have a good game given MacArthur and Connolly's absence.
I think/hope our forwards will look much more cohesive when those two are back. Kessel and Grabovski had decent games but it looked very much like something was missing from their lines.
I think/hope our forwards will look much more cohesive when those two are back. Kessel and Grabovski had decent games but it looked very much like something was missing from their lines.
leafplasma
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Yes and if he puts up 35 to 40 points this season I will be elated. He has never been a first liner even before his injury so lets not get to high on that goal last night. I am pulling for this guy just like everybody else but lets not go nuts here. If he can be thrust into the role of becoming the guy that takes Kessel to the next level, wonderful but that would be what fairy tales are made of really guys, lets not put too much pressure on Lombardi.Deebo said:
GhostofPotvin29
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I don't think anyone is considering him a 1st liner at any time.
leafplasma
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Deebo said:
The Tim Brent reference was nothing to do with comparing the two players, it was simply a statement made to not get two worked up over a goal in the first game of the season. Nutman seems to think that Lombardi will far surpass my expectations simply because he scored last night, my view hasn't changed in regards to what we can squeeze out of this guy.
you gotta admit though...there was talk on this forum about people not expecting him in the lineup until christmas and not only was he in the lineup on opening night, but he scores the game winner. so hes beat out some expectations anyways...guess we'll have to wait and see what he gets over the full year.
sneakyray said:
He definitely fooled me though I think there's something more to it as usually people who do nothing for a year take more time than he did to return but good on him... the Leafs can really use him.
He literally said he started feeling better right after the trade, Poile must be slightly amused by that.
maplesyrup
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Tigger said:
Certainly not this guy.
leafplasma
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Would have to think Franson will likely play if not Sat, next Mon. Who sits though, likely Gardiner.
Newbury said:
There's no question that I didn't expect Lombardi would be playing as soon as he has. I didn't expect to see him before Xmas if ever.
But I said it a number of times in the Franson thread: it seemed like he was being over-hyped. He was a 6/7 dman for Nashville who did not PK. I even saw reports that he was not a good PKer in the AHL and junior (didn't see those games myself). After all the stuff I read on him and the videos I watched, there was absolutely no justification I couldsee to pencil him in on this team's top 4 to start the season (that some in Leafs management loosely floated out there). No way. Maybe he has the potential for that someday - maybe. Nashville never came close to using him as a true top 4 in terms of his time on ice.
Even his scoring on the PP seemed predicated on something the Leafs haven't done much of the last few years: going to the net. His shot seemed a little over-hyped: his forte is a snap shot or wrister that he gets on goal a lot - not a Phaneuf/McCabe howitzer that he uses often - yet it seemed to get hyped like a howitzer or this super great shot (because a bunch of goals on his stat sheet bounced in off someone's ass in front of the goal). Nashville is pretty deep with dmen and they could spare him. Poile isn't entirely stupid - giving away a top 4 dman for next to nothing to unload a contract while eating another lesser contract.
I remember hearing about his shot and thinking of it differently than it really is but isn't it a good sign that he gets his shots on net? Many commented on Phaneufs big shot missing the net a lot, seems like a fair trade to me to give the puck some eyes.
Also, I've mentioned it before but I think it's a bit misleading to say he's a good PP dman when only 6 of his 29 points came with the man advantage last year (2g), 6 of 21 the year before (1g)....not bad for 12-13 min toi es .
Nashville is a defence first team so if he was a total dud defensively I don't think he would have played so many games for them at such a young age. If I was him I'd be a bit pissed about the situation he's in but then he's not responsible for the makeup of the team ( ie with 4 nhl caliber right side dmen ) nor the loyalties/contracts to and of guys like Komi.
Burke needs to get that sorted asap, not sure how he'll do it but I also don't think it will be much of an issue for him.
Also, I've mentioned it before but I think it's a bit misleading to say he's a good PP dman when only 6 of his 29 points came with the man advantage last year (2g), 6 of 21 the year before (1g)....not bad for 12-13 min toi es .
Nashville is a defence first team so if he was a total dud defensively I don't think he would have played so many games for them at such a young age. If I was him I'd be a bit pissed about the situation he's in but then he's not responsible for the makeup of the team ( ie with 4 nhl caliber right side dmen ) nor the loyalties/contracts to and of guys like Komi.
Burke needs to get that sorted asap, not sure how he'll do it but I also don't think it will be much of an issue for him.
maplesyrup
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http://www.lfpress.com/sports/hockey/2011/10/11/18807291.html
Nashville Predators GM David Poile admits it didn?t feel very good having to make the trade that sent Matt Lombardi to the Toronto Maple Leafs. ?I had no idea if or when Matthew was able to come back,? said Poile one day after Lombardi?s opening-night heroics. It (the trade) was a home run for the Maple Leafs.?
Nashville Predators GM David Poile admits it didn?t feel very good having to make the trade that sent Matt Lombardi to the Toronto Maple Leafs. ?I had no idea if or when Matthew was able to come back,? said Poile one day after Lombardi?s opening-night heroics. It (the trade) was a home run for the Maple Leafs.?
WAYNEINIONA
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Burke has to smile every time he thinks about that trade.
Floyd said:http://www.lfpress.com/sports/hockey/2011/10/11/18807291.html
Nashville Predators GM David Poile admits it didn?t feel very good having to make the trade that sent Matt Lombardi to the Toronto Maple Leafs. ?I had no idea if or when Matthew was able to come back,? said Poile one day after Lombardi?s opening-night heroics. It (the trade) was a home run for the Maple Leafs.?
Nice response from Poile though I'm not quite sure what to make of the repercussions of a statement like that, however, that's exactly the kind of media statement I've been waiting for, thanks for posting.