Linus Omark's Shootout Goal: More Reactions from Tampa, Edmonton

by Adam Gretz

Filed under: Lightning, Oilers, NHL Fans

The hockey world is still buzzing over Linus Omark's NHL debut on Friday night when he, as the Sportsnet announcers put it during the broadcast, went Dean Youngblood (video here for those not familiar with that reference) on Tampa Bay goaltender Dan Ellis in the shootout of Edmonton's 4-3 win.

The reactions, of course, are varied, and depend on which team you happened to be rooting for -- or playing for -- during the game. For those on the Tampa Bay side, it was apocalyptic doom for the sport of hockey and something that was completely unnecessary. For everybody else? It was freakin' awesome.

Here are a few more reactions the day after...

 

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