Found August 26, 2009 on Lowetide:
In Ken Dryden's whimsical, engaging and hilarious book "The Game" he talks about the life of a pro hockey player and gives it a phrase: hurry up and wait. Hurry up after the game, because there's a new town ahead. Wait, because after packing up and flying out, there's the hotel, a night's sleep and then waking up to realize there's no game until tomorrow.Jeff Drouin Deslauriers has been in pro hockey for years now and for most of it he's been an orphan. The Oilers had no minor league team, and then when he finally made the grade they had too many goalies. For JDD, "hurry up and wait" became "wait and wait and wait" but it looks like the spotlight will finally shine on him this season.The Oilers don't have a safety net in 2009-10.Boxcars: 10gp, 3.33 SP: .901WLT: 4-3-0SP behind starter: .014Cap hit (capgeek): $.625MWhat do these numbers tell us? Not a lot, there aren't enough at-bats to draw a conclusion. He wasn't awfu...
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