@DoubleF
No, sometimes training camp isn't enough or is even fair. A vet can get hurt and not be exposed to the competition of camp but maintenance team just because he's a veteran. Another instance is where a player on a professional tryout contract comes in and gets more playing time in a rookie and that hurts the potential for that lucky to make the team. Sometimes training camp is not the best place to see a rookie crack the lineup. Sometimes veterans don't have to perform to the highest level to make the team. So no I don't think that the rookies get a real fair shake in training camp. And it really socks when you see a veteran playing so poorly keep his job simply because he has a one-way contract. That's Mason Raymond to a T.
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