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Originally Posted by bubbsy
All joking aside, I am somewhat envious of the oilers preseason player performances. One of the big questions for them was at RW, and all of Rattie, Puljujarvi, and Yamamoto have come out flying in the preseason. Does it translate to the season? Who knows, but I'd much rather have those guys coming into the season riding high on momentum built from the preseason rather than just playing thru.
I would have been ecstatic to see neal, lindholm, Bennett, Jankowski, ryan have some big preseason games under their belt.
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Here is the difference that cannot be overemphasized:
· Bennett = NHL player
· Jankowski = NHL player
· Neal = NHL player
· Ryan = NHL player
· Yamamoto = not an NHL player
· Puljujarvi = NHL player?
· Rattie = not an NHL player
The status with which players enter camp is not trivial.