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Originally Posted by Funkhouser
Is Shinkaruk an NHL player? Because he had a good stint in the top 6 during the garbage time of the season...That is all Foo has proved so far in addition to very streaky AHL play. I will be surprised if he sticks in the NHL
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I think it's important to put Foo in perspective, but I wouldn't write the player off either.
You can never use four games at the end of a season for a team playing out the string with injuries as a gauge of what's to come. The Oilers made that mistake for the better part of a two decades, and I guess they're sort of doing it again with Ratty.
He looked good, quick, and smart in those games.
He won't make the team this year, the club is too deep, so his big thing is going to Stockton and doing what Jankowski did last year. Prove he's out growing the league.
Do that and then he'll get a look and see what he can do. His second half plus his cup of coffee was certainly a good sign, but you can't pencil him in.