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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Staples has Joakim Nygard pencilled in as the Oilers second line left winger. I have never even heard of this player before, but upon inspection of his hockeydb page it says that he is 26-years-old, and has played six years in the second-tier SweHL. Nygard finished second in the League last year in goals just ahead of Oscar Moller. Derek Roy was second in League scoring; Nygard did not make the top-ten.
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Oilers are hoping to get 15 to 20 goals out of the guy.
David Staples
"Nygard sounds promising and is a good fit here. He immediately slots in on the Oilers second line, with a centre like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins or Leon Draisaitl. He has a chance to do something with the opportunity handed to Tobias Rieder, Ryan Spooner, Drake Caggiula, Jesse Puljujarvi, Kailer Yamamoto and others last season. It won’t be difficult to accomplish more than they did, but the Oilers will be hoping for much more, not 0 to ten goals but 15 to 20."