New York. Life as a cat in Florida started well for Oliver Ekman Larsson.
He had three assists in tonight’s season opener against Nashville.
– If there is a log that is over the top, then the TV can be closed on the TV screen.
After last year’s season, veteran Swedish linebacker Oliver Ekman-Larsson was acquired by the Vancouver Canucks and then, as a newly minted “unrestricted free agent,” he signed with the Florida Panthers.
There was talk early on that he could sit in a less demanding role, but we’ll all see how that plays out.
The 32-year-old from Smoland made such a strong impression during Sunrise training camp, that coach Paul Morris said he was considering starting the new acquisition in the Blue and Yellow as a “midfielder” on the blue line — and in one during the team’s two practice games against Nashville Last night, the outside world noticed why he had such thoughts.
‘OEL’ was excellent and made three goal-scoring assists, including a really delicious sandwich that freed top scorer Eetu Luostarinen.
– That pass was completely unreal. He can already see the little openings, Finn says.
Gustav Forsling, for his part, responded with two assists in a game Florida won 5-0.
In the second match between the same two teams (which often happens in the pre-season, when all clubs have multi-header teams), it was another Swedish newcomer to the Florida Sun who came out on top.
Kevin Stenlund scored one goal and played even one goal and thus had a big role in the 5-2 win.
Gustav Nyquist got his first point in the form of an assist for Nashville.
New Jersey also played two overnight games against Montreal and Philadelphia respectively, in the latter of which Jesper Bratt had the same luck as Ekman-Larsson.
Harvest: Assisted on three goals in the 6-0 win.
Alexander Holtz, who is expected to take a spot in the Devils’ starting lineup this year, has shut down.
John Klingberg now knows what it feels like to score for Toronto. He had an assist in a losing game (4-3) against Ottawa.