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Adam Larsson met his new teammates for the first time Monday at a Celebrity Pro-Am at Glendale, apologizing for his lack of expertise with a driver in his hand as he stood on the first tee.

“Sorry, I’m not much of a golfer,” said Larsson, acquired in the much-analyzed Taylor Hall trade a month ago.

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OK, so Larsson isn’t Swedish countryman Henrik Stenson, the British Open winner.

His Edmonton teammates and OilersNation won’t much care how the defenceman is on a golf track as long he he can be out against Anze Kopitar and Ryan Getzlaf shift after shift. Well, maybe coach Todd McLellan will be appreciative but the fan base still seems torn on Larsson, even if he plays the game like, say, Marc-Edouard Vlasic in San Jose. In other words, tough to play against but not a sexy player who puts up points like, say, Tyson Barrie in Colorado.

Not much the right-shooting Larsson can do about that, however. Making a quick trip here from Sweden to say hello to Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Matt Hendricks and the other Oilers at the Pro-Am for the OEG sponsored MacKenzie Tour event this week, Larsson just wanted to match faces to names. When you’re playing in New Jersey, you only see the Oilers twice a year, but he certainly knows how Hall is valued, not just here, but around the league as one of the NHL’s best left-wingers.