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History tells us the really good skill players skip the American Hockey League and go to the show from junior, college or Europe. Recent Oiler examples would be Ales Hemsky, Sam Gagner and Andrew Cogliano.One of the strongest indicators we can get about prospects and their future comes as they turn 20 (most of the time it's 20, exceptions were Gagner and Hemsky).If the organization keeps them up for the entire season we're talking about something that could be very good (these are usually first round picks so the arrows would have been pointing in a good direction for some time).The second indicator we can get on these 20-year olds comes from the period during their training camp when they get sent down to the minor leagues.Here are some recent examples from the Oilers:Marc Pouliot: September 29, 2005JF Jacques: September 29, 2005Zack Stortini: September 29, 2005Devan Dubnyk: October 2, 2006 (3rd last player cut)Rob Schremp: September 30, 2006Liam Reddox: September 23, 2006S...
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