The desert is unruly in this part of the Valley.
Arms of cacti jut out in every direction. Dirt roads peel off from the main street. Shrubs of different sizes squat together in the sand to melt into a blob of green.
Eventually, though, the landscape changes.
It’s perfectly manicured with rocks organized into neat sections, trees arching gracefully as if they’re posing for a postcard and pavement clear of gravel. And at the top of a winding driveway on a hill in Scottsdale is Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s house, a 6,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, six-bathroom oasis – with a hockey-themed pinball machine.