Found September 08, 2009 on
Lowetide:
Jim Matheson tells us today there will be 58 players at main training camp this season for the Edmonton Oilers. No non-roster NHL veterans (Betts that's a mistake?) and a bunch of kids with no chance to make the big club. However, there are some interesting battles coming up and if you're a pro player bubbling under (like Colin McDonald, in photo) this is a chance to get noticed so that your name is on the list when injuries happen.Yesterday I listed the players who were involved in 2 or more pre-season games since 2005 and in those seasons it was a strong indicator about what the organization is thinking about for the long winter.So, just for fun (and since the TC list isn't up yet) let's see how close we get to guessing those 58 names Matty was talking about this morning.G Nikolai Khabibulin: Roster spot a lockG Jeff Deslauriers: Strong favorite for backup spotG Devan Dubnyk: Should push JDD hard this fallG Andrew Perugini: Had a strong pro season a year agoG Bryan...
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