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Originally Posted by Azhouse
It also did wonders for the Oiler's kids.
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To clarify I was talking about the full season lockout. Spezza, Staal, Getzlaf, Perry etc all mentioned how the full season in the AHL did wonders for their development.
I look at the Oilers as a case study on how not to develop top young players and they rushed all of them into the NHL even though they likely were not all ready (RNH, and Yakupov for sure were not ready). The Oilers may have played their young guys in the AHL but they treated them like Superstars that didn't have to play defense there too.