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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Nah. Podkolzin was in the AHL last year... Hoglander, Studnicka, Aman, Hirose, McWard and McDonogh all have NHL games (as does Matt Irwin obviously) but none of them were actually full time NHL players last season.
Of this lineup, Suter, Joshua, Hoglander, Podkolzin and Hirose have a chance to make their team opening night and the only one who's a lock is Suter.
This is basically turnabout for the Penticton tournament when the Canucks sent a whole bunch of AHL talent (including a bunch of people in the lineup tonight) to play the Flames' kids.
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You're right, I thought Podkolzin was with the Canucks all of last year, but that was 2 years ago.