The Rangers defender became the hottest topic of the week on Wednesday Jacob Trouban Tackle Carolina to Martin Necas. Trouba, known for his tough and even questionable tackles, came at Necas with great speed, finally extending his elbow, but did not hit the target. Instead, Trouba flew towards the side of the rink himself.
Even though there were no injuries, at least Taklaus, which fulfilled the characteristics of a rush, created a huge summer fury.
Some even wondered if Trouba should have been penalized even though Taklaus didn’t hit.
– This discussion was attended by everyone, even those who don’t follow hockey that much. A terrible commotion. Trouba went for a decent tackle because Necas cut in the middle. This is also the reason why hockey in North America is interesting. This is a really brutal sport and the Stanley Cup is the hardest trophy to win, ‘s hockey expert Ismo Lehkonen line.
Lehkonen does not take a position on the punishability of the act, but reminds us of the nature of the sport.
– It must be understood that in the playoffs there is a constant attempt to remove “pieces from the chessboard”. They are constantly looking for tackles that would cause a slightly bigger injury. Is that fair? No, but that’s the thing. I can’t blindly tell young athletes that they can ski in the NHL with their eyes closed without danger.
A special event was also seen on Thursday in Florida, when the star players Matthew Tkachuk and David Pastrnak went to ask their coaches for permission to fight.
– I myself have experienced this as a coach, that an important player comes to ask such a question. The coach might say let it burn, but the fear is always that the star player will go and smash his arm into the visor. Finger, knuckle, wrist are the ones that are hard here. It can go badly by messing around with it.
– And that happened to me once. The player wanted to fight against the ban and broke the visor with his hand. I asked after the game how it went, just like I thought it would, Lehkonen laughs.
Who surprised?
There will be two withdrawals from Lehkones in the surprise department. The first is the New York Rangers, who beat Carolina twice at home.
In many papers, Rangers, who won the regular season, started the match series as a challenger, but after two matches the situation is 2–0 for the big apple team.
– Rangers have done their homework really well. They have destroyed Carolina’s famous underpowered game to pieces and also got hold of Carolina’s superiority. They have also been really strong at the starting points, which was expected. Carolina has not yet found a cure for defending Rangers’ midfield, Lehkonen analyzed.
Lehkonen brings another surprise fresh from Thursday morning. In the first match, Vancouver, who was considered a massive underdog against Edmonton, rose from a 1–4 loss to a 5–4 victory in front of their home crowd.
– We’ll see how things can go when you enter the series as an underdog in the home hall. They got the home crowd behind them nicely and it looked like there was a merciless atmosphere towards the end of the match. If there was anywhere I wanted to be watching the game today, it would be Vancouver.
Vancouver won the match with a familiar formula, defending, even though they scored five goals in the end. In the match, Edmonton was able to build a measly four scoring positions in the first sector. This has been the Canucks style for a long time. While the team was still defending almost without ice, Edmonton’s infamous dominance game only managed to wreak havoc once.
Who cheated?
Carolina is undoubtedly the disappointment of the week. Even earlier in the spring, it really looked like this would be the year of Carolina, which has been chasing success for a long time, but the team is once again melting down well before the climax of the season. Beating Rangers four times in five games is far from an easy task.
– I would build a clear chain of brakes for Carolina’s home matches, which I would use to take the momentum away from the Rangers’ top players. Seth Jarvis could come back Sebastian Ahon and By Jake Guentzel to the chain and Andrei Svetshnikov go from first to brake chain By Jordan Staal and Jordan Martin too with. The third line would be by Jack Drury a chain where on the sides would be Teuvo Teräväinen and previously mentioned Martin NecasLehkonen builds.
In the midst of challenging times, Lehkonen highlights an interesting point about the team.
– I’ve said before that that team doesn’t look like such a happy family, which you could easily imagine. I don’t know if it’s a pump that blows into one coal, what could it be, Lehkonen throws.
Goal of the week
For the goal of the week, Lehkonen lifts Vancouver’s 3-4 reduction from Thursday from two angles. On the one hand, the control is great, on the other hand, the puck man with a long line reminds of the defender’s first task.
– It has an Oilers defenseman By Darnell Nurse the best seats in the hall. It would have taken only two steps to tie it JT Miller off. But no, he’s watching from the sidelines to direct the goal. Nice individual performance from Miller, but the defender has to play that away.
What next?
The Dallas Stars are in a tough spot after their home loss to Colorado. The team certainly doesn’t want to go to Denver with a 0-2 deficit. Dallas’ biggest problem is related to the ragged lineup – and this does not mean the health situation, but the condition of the day. The head coach With Pete DeBoer has one hot striker at his disposal, Wyatt Johnstonwhich he has to bounce from chain to chain to wake up others.
– There, the coaching team has to think carefully about who to play by Nathan MacKinnon against the first chain. Do you put Roope Hintz, by Jason Robertson and Johnston, who then have to defend a lot.
– It’s not their strength. Robertson is -7 in the playoffs. So that they could also attack, maybe Tyler Seguin, Matt Duchene and Jamie Benn are a department that should play against MacKinnon.
Another concern for Dallas has to do with running backs. Coaching clearly does not trust to Nils Lundkvist, who only plays 4-5 minutes in a match. This increases the playing time of others and in practice Dallas plays with five defenders. Against a team like Colorado is quite a challenge.
– Then it won’t work at all. There is Esa Lindell and Chris Tanev in every shift, wrestling from a hundred kilos Mikko from Ranta and Valery Nitshushkina against. Those defenders are completely upset when the series is over, Lehkonen laughs.
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