Oilers Rookies and MacT: EV/60 points-per-game

One of the things most people never figured out about Craig MacTavish is how he handled rookies. Lost in the chorus of "he won't play Schremp but Petersen's on the PP!" was the fact that Craig MacTavish gave at-bats to a wide variety of rookies over the years. Many of them were not highly ranked draft picks and several have gone on to successful NHL careers. Today we'll look at the rookie forwards, with their points-per-game total in rookie seasons.2000-01 (Oilers scored 243 goals)Mike Comrie 2.52 Shawn Horcoff 2.24 Dom Pittis 1.24 Two of the three forwards have gone on to have NHL careers and Horcoff has been a fine player for the Oilers. 2001-02 saw the Oilers score 205 goals, but rookies Chimera, Swanson and Rita didn't play enough to be measured in this look-see. 2002-03 (Oilers scored 231 goals)Ales Hemsky 2.26 Fernando Pisani 2.13 Jason Chimera 1.90All three have gone on to have NHL careers. 2003-04 (Oilers scored 221 goals)Jarret Stoll 1.39 Mike Bish...