, who has never made anyone’s universal list — even though he has been Edmonton’s No. 1 for some time now. He leads the NHL in time on ice per game , is ninth among defencemen in points , quarterbacks the NHL’s leading powerplay and anchors the league’s second-best penalty-killing unit.“Is that fair?” we asked Klefbom after a practice in Las Vegas.
Let’s say he’s really a top-notch No. 3, second powerplay unit guy, who should be playing 21, 22 minutes per night. That means that the Oilers have him playing above his level; that they’re over-using Klefbom. “He’s not flashy,” Larsson says. “He plays first power play, PK, and he’s pretty good at it. Maybe a left-handed Pietrangelo?”
But Klefbom leads all Oilers defencemen at shorthanded minutes , and of course on the power play , where he is the only D-man on a unit that plays at least 90 seconds of every PP opportunity. Often the full two minutes.
Spec EdmontonOilers Interesting that two different active Norris winners didn’t make Spec short list.
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