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Originally Posted by Wild GM
So an entirely slanted definition built only to support your view? Got it
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I would say that likening any team playing rookies who have earned an opportunity to the pitfalls of the Edmonton Oilers is far more slanted.
It's an arbitrary list. But it does show that, yes, perennially successful teams can play and graduate NHLers. In fact they need to in a cap world to stay competitive. Rasmus Andersson is 21 years old, has a year pro under his belt in NA (alogn with two years pro in Sweden) and by most accounts was superior to Bartkowski in preseason. It's not throwing him to the wolves like the Oilers to play him tonight.