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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Dube is an NHLer right now. He does everything right, and has a solid 200 foot game.
Too much depth on the team though, and you have to think they want to acclimatize him to the pros in Stockton at least for a little while - even if it's only a short stint like Jankowski got.
But once he's up, the roster will have 12 top 9 forwards:
Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm/Neal
Tkachuk - Backlund - Neal/Lindholm
Bennett - Jankowski - Frolik/Czarnik
Dube - Ryan - Czarnik/Frolik
with
Rychel, Lazar, Hathaway and Peluso to fill roles, and
Mangiapane, Foo and Klimchuk knocking on the door
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I liked Dube's game the last two and liked what I saw last year in training camp, moreso than WJC.
However, I think we need to temper expectations a bit until he plays against real NHLers. It is highly likely (unless the Nurse signing is delays and the Oilers force things that aren't there), that not a single player in the last two games makes an NHL team out of camp this year.