Fun and exciting aren’t usually the first things a goalie feels when Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are all alone in front of the net with time and space, looking to rip one top shelf.

But Samuel Jonsson’s showdowns with the two Edmonton Oilers superstars and their teammates were the highlight of his summer.

So far.

“That was cool, really cool to get out there with those guys, the best players in the world,” the towering Swedish netminder said of the off-season captain’s skates. “It’s special, it was super fun. I enjoyed every moment of it.”

The first thing the fifth-round draft pick (2022) did when he got off the ice was call home to tell his parents all about it.

“They were super exited, too.”

Asked if he got to tell them how he shut McDavid down, Jonsson laughed out loud.

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