Rookies

Despite appearances, the Edmonton Oilers are relying far less on rookies this NHL season. The huge number of rookies from a year ago are still developing but at least the pace of new hires has slowed to a more normal rate. 11-12 Rookies (TOI)Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 658Corey Potter 549Anton Lander 395Lennart Petrell 282Colten Teubert 182Alex Plante 32Teemu Hartikainen 27Ryan O'Marra 20A quick note: the NHL doesn't count Potter and Petrell as rookies, but I do because they are first year NHLers and their arrival at a later age doesn't make playing in the league any easier. The 11-12 Oilers have used rookies for 2,145 minutes this season, so we should expect about 4,000 total minutes devoted to rookies over the entire year. Fair?2010-11 (TOI)Devan Dubnyk 2061Magnus Paajarvi 1231Jordan Eberle 1220Taylor Hall 1184Linus Omark 783Jeff Petry 713Ryan O'Marra 231Teemu Hartikainen 209Chris VandeVelde 207Alex Plante 457,884 minutes or thereabouts devoted to rookies. Man that's a...