I know the love Conny had for him, so it did not surprise me at all when we signed him.”
He’s a guy who just brings everyone into the fight.
Lomberg returns to Calgary with what he describes as a more mature game — “Same energy, same physicality, same intensity, all that good stuff. Just kind of more direct with it, and smarter.”
He didn’t necessarily look like one of the grinders with a gorgeous pass to Brayden Pachal for goal in the early stages of Monday’s exhibition against the Seattle Kraken. (Lomberg, with three points in as many pre-season outings and his spot on the roster assured, didn’t travel to Winnipeg for Wednesday’s tuneup against the Jets.)
“So we’re going to have three under three,” he said.
That sounds exhausting, but if there’s a dad who can handle it, it might be Lomberg.
“He’s a champion, so I’m sure there’s a lot of teams that wanted him, Weegar added of Lomberg, who has 28 goals, 50 points and 359 penalty minutes in 257 career contests.
uber-positive.” That showed at roughly 9:10 a.m. on a Sunday morning during camp, when Lomberg cashed a goal in practice and crashed into the boards in celebration, a massive smile on his face.