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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Noticed that too. My guess is he was confusing the 25 game cutoff for retaining rookie status with the 9 game cut off for an ELC sliding contract.
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I was wondering about this too - I wonder if it has anything to do with maintaining his Calder eligibility?
Sam is a competitive guy, and there's no way he can win it this year. Maybe he looks at McEichel coming into the league and wants to the hockey world to measure him against those guys directly.
Especially with one of them likely to end up in Edmonton. I don't think Bennett would like an Oiler winning Rookie of the Year over him.