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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
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.
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I agree that it wouldn't be throwing him to the wolves to play him tonight.
However, I also think it is completely reasonable to have the guy who has been with the team all year play, and have the new guy - I don't know - maybe get a practice or two in before he starts?