Emil Lilleberg (who?) lowers the boom on Brett Leason
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Stony Curtis
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I remember thinking the same thing last year when Filip Hronek basically skated directly into the shoulder of Ryan Reaves like Reaves wasn't even there. Hronek must have though Reaves hyperspaced into his path at the last possible moment.
TheDawnOfANewTage
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Shades of Sutton on Leopold, but cleaner. Damn, absolute beauty. Worth noting Ducks got a post out of it, seeming scoring chance, but I wouldn’t put that on Lillberg, there’s like 3 botched covers there.
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TheNumber4
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How did this guy go from Arizona to Lightning? Can’t seem to find a trade or waiver history that would have transferred him.
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I would think airplane. That’s a long road trip.
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Was not signed by June 1st, 2023 (drafted in 2021) and was 22, so did not have to go through the draft one more time.
TheNumber4
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So the Yotes just gave up on him? Interesting. Good pick up by Bolts though, looks like a player.
TheNumber4
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It's always a risk to draft a player who was undrafted in his first year of eligibility. He does not go back to the draft if he decides not to sign (and possibly wait 2 extra years before being signed).
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People say this like Lindros never happened, or Lafontaine, or numerous other guys gettin caught with their head down. It happened/happens in every era.
This is like a cleaner version of Sutton on Leopold.
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It has happened is does happen, indeed. Given that this type of hit and ones far more predatory in nature were far more common in earlier hockey, it's not quite the same anymore though. Lindros was an anomaly in that he had poor awareness in an era where players actively ran around looking for a monster hit to end someone's game or series. The Matt Cooke type of head hunter or even just the Kronwall style opportunist isn't nearly as common any longer. What was always a danger before, isn't as much any more. Earlier, guys were absolutely forced to learn self-protection. In the clip, Leason skated about half the ice with his head down before getting caught. I speculate that he'd have been hit far earlier in previous eras. It just seems to me that we are in danger of being more unprepared simply because the number of hits like Lilleberg's is going down and it's thus easy to underestimate teaching self-protection as part of coaching. I don't know if it is, but it just strikes me as a possible consequence to the changes in the game.
Jormungandr
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The Yotes didn’t sign him after doctors found something irregular with his heart after a physical. They didn’t feel comfortable with the risk. Tampa was okay with it.
