OEL's sweet defensive play

[Spinkis]

I think it's time to show som love for the defensive side of the game.

gif cred to Flavourdynamics at that other place.

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[Tomas W]

Yeah great play by OEL, great skating effort and nice poke

 

[TT1]

sales pitch?

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Mmmm A guy with a Karlsson avatar show a gif showing another Swede, OEL, making a good defensive play. Is that so our subconscious will connect Karlsson with good defensive plays?

 

[VanIslander]

Oliver Ekman-Larsson is a 5-year NHL pro who is only 23 years old.

His best years are ahead of him.

A staggering thought.

A superstar in the making in the Arizona desert.

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

DPOTY?

 

[TT1]

DPOTY?

or more commonly known as..........................................................


best DP of the year

 

[Sky04]

That was pretty cool, how often do defenders do that and not take out the guys legs?

 

[mad4comp]

How is this thread worthy? Nothing sweet about this play.... it happens almost every week.

 

[tarheelhockey]

The gif took a moment to load on my phone, so I got a good long look at the initial frame. Looks like the other Yote defenseman got sniped

 

[Ser Jorah Mormont]

How is this thread worthy? Nothing sweet about this play.... it happens almost every week.

K
more than 4 letters

 

[jdatb]

How is this thread worthy? Nothing sweet about this play.... it happens almost every week.

No it doesn't. If he had tripped him up it would have been a penalty shot. Excellent play.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Someone needs to start making those overedited xx360xxnoscopexx videos of boring defensive plays like dumping the puck out of the zone

 

[domon]

Someone needs to start making those overedited xx360xxnoscopexx videos of boring defensive plays like dumping the puck out of the zone

please no

 

[Spinkis]

How is this thread worthy? Nothing sweet about this play.... it happens almost every week.

I think that it is, he does an sweet poke without tripping him. And for the record I don't really see the problem with one or two extra highlight clips. We don't get to see tons of defensive plays in threads like these, mostly goals and hits.

 

[Magnus the Duck]

Nice recovery! Could easily have tripped him but managed to hit puck.

 

[SladeWilson23]

DPOTY?

Pretty soon we're gonna have "best line change of the year", or "best dump in of the year".

But you gotta admit, that was a sweet play to hustle back like that, and poke check the puck without taking a penalty.

 

[wilty00]

Love plays like this (and beautiful assists) almost as much as I love your standard goal of the week. It's amazing how hard it is to get some fans to appreciate anything other than a toe drag or a nice goal.

 

[Will Hunting]

Letang has done a few of those in his career actually. It happens when his shot is blocked and then he´s recovering like crazy, which is quite often. This one was beautifully executed, though. 10/10.

 

[LaGu]

How is this thread worthy? Nothing sweet about this play.... it happens almost every week.

Coo coo for cocoa puffs.

 

[Bandit]

*Trevor Lewis

 

[Minnesota]

Props to Lewis for not intentionally tripping and getting a penalty shot. I feel like 75% of these types of plays end up being penalty shots because the breakaway player trips over the d-man's stick.