yakupov, shultz, rnh were all rushed.
has there ever been a prospect who suffered from playing another year in junior, EVER?
the fact that the oilers had accepted a slow rebuild in the past few years, not sure why they couldn't be patient and let guys play in the appropriate league while sucking at the NHL level, which they ended up doing regardless.
I really hope baertchi, granlund, ferland, reinhart get long, long looks to make the team in camp. (ie. if a roster spot battle is a tie, it goes to the kid)
I would prefer if gaudreau/bennet are treated slightly differently, where they actually would have to shock management into making it difficult to justify them not going down (ie. tie goes to a vet or the above mentioned rookies).
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