Esa Lindell is one of the standard defenders of Dallas Stars.
Esa Lindell has played an average of 24 minutes per match in this spring’s playoffs. Aop
The Dallas Stars won the Western Conference in the first match of the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 in the first match.
The final score in the match sealed the Finnish defender Esa Lindellwho shot the reel from his own field end to an empty goal just over three minutes before the closing dump. The hit was the first of Lindell’s playoffs.
Now Stars head coach Pete Deboer threw a joke about his Finnish pack Nhl.com in an interview.
– It was a funny thing that as soon as the puck was on Esa’s stage, I knew it would soon end up with the net. I’m not sure if he would always hit three meters, but from less than 50 meters, the puck is sure to be in the finish every time. It’s pretty incredible, Deboer said after Friday morning.
– Esa trusts herself in such situations. He has done that many times while I was here as a coach.
Lindell, who is 31 years old on Friday, gains great appreciation from the coaching stage to the club leadership.
– Esa is extremely convincing in every situation where she is placed. He is a really intelligent player who is always in the right place at the right time. He is also undervalued as a physical player. He rarely loses struggles, Deboer praised Lindell in late April.