Oliver Ekman-Larsson
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Sep 18, 2026
Dan RiccioHOST
So the Leafs defense core looks like this.
Dan RiccioHOST
OEL with Darren Radish, Jake McCabe with Tanev, Riley with Andre.
Dan RiccioHOST
Yesterday, Jim Hiller, this was another thing that stood out at camp yesterday because of the new look Leafs defense with Darren Radish.
Dan RiccioHOST
He looks at Jake McCabe and Chris Tanev as a shutdown pair.
Dan RiccioHOST
And then I guess it's going to be between OEL and Riley as to who slots next to Radish.
Dan RiccioHOST
And right now it is Oliver Ekman-Larsen.
Dan RiccioHOST
If you're going to go based off of last year's performance, I'd say Oliver Ekman-Larsen deserves the first look at that spot.
Matt MarcheseHOST
On the back end, we saw Chris Tanev and Jake McCabe together.
Matt MarcheseHOST
We also saw Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Darren Raddysh.
Matt MarcheseHOST
So that kinda rounds out your top four, and then you start to wonder, um, who ends up playing with Morgan Rielly.
Matt MarcheseHOST
Is it Troy Stecher? Uh, is Emil Andre in the mix? Does Nick Blankenburg make enough of an impact that he gets out into that spot? We will find out.
Jonas SiegelHOST
Not right, at least to start.
Jonas SiegelHOST
Uh, Oliver Ekman-Larsson-
James MirtleHOST
Do you think that those-- Do you think that's partly, though, because Riley's out that maybe they're doing that?
Jonas SiegelHOST
I don't know.
James MirtleHOST
I, I don't think he did last year with Tampa very much.
James MirtleHOST
I mean, like, you, who else is gonna, gonna PK on the back end? Like, if there, if there's a weakness to the D in addition to them being an older group, it's that they're not really a very defensive-oriented cast of players.
James MirtleHOST
I mean, it's Ekman-Larsson, God love him at his age, how he played last year, but defensively it's, it's not his strength at this point in his career.
James MirtleHOST
And Riley, we know what he is, and, and Andre, and, you know, they're gonna, they're gonna have to lean heavily.
Mike DiStefanoHOST
So with Morgan Rielly on the shelf, uh, like how does that change the, the defensive pairings for you, Dave? Curious to, to hear, you know, how you would put it all together now to, to start camp.
Dave MorassuttiHOST
Yeah, I mean, a guy like Oliver Ekman-Larsson, who's probably slated to be on the third pairing, probably gets bumped up to the second pairing now.
Dave MorassuttiHOST
Uh, do they give Emil Andre a chance to see what he can do, uh, in the top four? Like, this is again, this is an early test to see how your depth really is.
Dave MorassuttiHOST
Uh, we know that, uh, Nick Bjugstad is here on a PTO.
Bryan HayesHOST
Tanev has got to play 'cause you, we, we've proven it.
Bryan HayesHOST
You can't play Rielly and Ekman-Larsson and McCabe big minutes like they did last year.
Bryan HayesHOST
It's, uh, they, they can't play like that, in my opinion.
Jamie McLennanHOST
Right.
Connor HalleyHOST
I believe so, yeah.
Jason GregorHOST
Yeah, that's with Oliver-Ekman Larsson.
Jason GregorHOST
Yeah.
Connor HalleyHOST
Yeah.
Ian BoisvertHOST
I think the defense, they add Darren Raddysh, that's gonna be really, really helpful for them.
Ian BoisvertHOST
We'll see what versions of, of Chris Tanev, and Morgan Rielly, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson we get, but I, I think there's enough here, and then they add Sergei Bobrovsky, which I think is an interesting gamble.
Ian BoisvertHOST
I think the Leafs, for the first time in their, you know, in their history with Matthews, I think they re- recognize what they are, which is a team that needs to win relatively soon.
Laura SabaHOST
Yeah.
AlexHOST
They gave him a lot of money for one good season, and he's getting clo- he's close to 30, and that is already a pretty old back end.
AlexHOST
Oliver Ekman-Larsson's up there in age.
AlexHOST
Chris Tanev, we've talked about how much that contract is aged like poop, and he's what, 37? Something like that.
AlexHOST
Morgan Rielly's-
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AlexHOST
Jake McCabe, 32, four years left.
AlexHOST
Christopher Tanev, 36, four years left.
AlexHOST
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, 35, two years left.
AlexHOST
Torey Str- uh, Troy Stetcher, 32, two years left.
Eric MacramallaHOST
That was in twenty-twenty-two.
Eric MacramallaHOST
Twenty-twenty-one, slew-footing Ekman-Larsson.
Eric MacramallaHOST
Also a two-game suspension for, uh, spearing, uh, Jake Dotchin.
Eric MacramallaHOST
Five-game suspension for elbowing Marcus Johansson.
Peter BarrichiniHOST
If you could juggle the Maple Leafs defense right now, like let's say you still have, I mean, you're still going to have Riley on there.
Peter BarrichiniHOST
You throw his name off to the side and you have a mixed bag of names, Radish, McCabe, Tanev, OEL, what have you.
Peter BarrichiniHOST
Who is a perfect fit or at least a good fit right now to play with Riley so you can mask those defensive deficiencies? But also, how would you go approach with the whole change up of a different new look defense pairing? That's a
Andrew ForbesHOST
great question.
Andrew ForbesHOST
To be honest, I think you want your strongest tandem on the top.
Andrew ForbesHOST
If Tanev's back, then I think Tanev-OEL might be your one-two.
Andrew ForbesHOST
I love that.
Andrew ForbesHOST
I personally wouldn't mind seeing McCabe and Riley together on the second pairing.
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