MacDonald released, Bennett at centre... I must be dreaming
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Originally Posted by bigrangy
Really felt like MacDonald played his way off the team in that last game with Edmonton.
He wasn’t actually looking too horrible before then, though his past body of his work suggested he likely wouldn’t have been able to sustain it.
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This is the danger with weighing PTO camp tryout performances against AHL lineups too heavily. I'm sure vets know better than young players how to "be a good pro," work hard, and earn coach points over a few weeks, but it means very little for their impact over the long term. Case in point, Grossmann in 2016