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Found December 09, 2011 on Lowetide:
PLAYERS: Taylor Hall,  Linus Omark,  Lennart Petrell,  Anton Lander,  Ben Eager,  Darcy Hordichuk,  Tom Renney,  Zack Kassian
TEAMS: Edmonton Oilers,  Buffalo Sabres
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Based on the lines in practice yesterday, I beginning to think coach Renney misses Taylor Hall in a big way, or Sam  Gagner is being showcased. Or bothYesterday at practice, coach Renney--who is not the hardest line matcher who ever walked a turn at Shawshank--shuffled his lines again. RNH-Gagner-EberleHorcoff-Smyth-HemskyBelanger-Eager-JonesLander-Paajarvi-HordichukThis tells us a few things. Paajarvi's sideburns are now completely out of control, the coach wants to add more truculence at the expense of skill and Eager is getting a push in hopes that he can score and make some noise physically.The veteran line is back together and will no doubt face a lot of own zone starts and some of the Avs best. The RNH line is also likely to get a push in zone starts, although coach Renney doesn't appear to like line matching lately (after working like a demon to get it earlier in the season).And they appear to like Gagner at what I'd always felt was his weakest position--LW. Are t...
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