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Originally Posted by Major Major
I know it's semantics, but no one is given a shot. A young player rips his roster spot from the clutches of an established player or he certainly hasn't outgrown the second best professional league in the world.
If Gaudreau does what Monahan did last year, he will be on the team. The evidence is right there.
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One thing is even Sutter wanted one or two rookies to make the team every season. It didn't always happen obviously and some mistakes were made favouring the vets and the biggest one was signing Anders Eriksson putting Giordano in the position of being forced to go to the KHL. Yeah I don't want to see a rookie given a spot but I don't want to see a vet get preferential treatment either and the odds are stacked for the vet just by virtue of their contract status.