Gregor, do you honestly think RNH will make it or is that what you are hearing?

thanks gregor. good piece and an interesting view of the up and coming tourny.

which was the player who could play for either canada or us? was it tyler bigss?

Wow, just made it through the d on team red and couldn't believe the talent.

Jason, You think there's any chance RNH makes the Oilers and they let him play in the tournament anyway?

This is a pretty intense camp, hopefully Hopkins can get through unscathed.

...hmmm...straaange...I don't see my name on the list of invitees. This must be some sort of mistake.

GOILERS!!!

Do you know how to read? It's the third paragraph.

You don't have to be a poopy pants about it.

How come curtis hamilton isn't on this list returning from last year?

i do thanks, but apparently i was thinking about biggs.

is your name gregor?

Maybe he's not under 20 anymore?

Ceci got an invite and Reinhart didn't? I haven't seen either of them play a great deal, but I thought Reinhart was pretty much universally considered a better prospect.

Towel boy's do not require invitations. Just show up and start toweling off RNH after his first game shower. #ballsy

My understanding is the cutoff date is 12/31, Hamilton's 20th b/day is in early December making him ineligible.*

*.......I think.*

*Thinks

Oilers management has repeated stated that if RNH makes the Oilers it will be because he is ready for regular minutes against NHL talent.

Sending him back for the World Juniors means they will be paying him money to play against a bunch of kids, most of which will not be NHL regulars.

It never makes sense to send someone back for the World Junior - though I would love to be proved wrong.

Edit: I wonder if the World Juniors is the tipping point on the decision to send RNH down. It doesn't make sense to send him if he's in the NHL, but it's a fantastic experience on a world stage if he is in junior anyways.

Seguin would've made sense last year. Heck it would've even made sense to send him back to juniors after the tournament.

That's a valid point. Say he performs well for 20 games then falls off the map - WJC would be a great way to get his confidence back up

I hear Bunz will be pushing hard on the #2 spot.

I think they would. They don't expect to be in the playoffs and the worlds would be a good thing for the kid. Gives the team a month to evaluate some other talent for a month, maybe lander.

Can't see the Oilers sending one of their most productive point producers away for a month at Christmas. The risk of injury alone would put the kibosh on that possibilty. Should be great to see where he's at next week, but he won't be a part of that Xmas tournament.

Injuries can happen anytime and anywhere, last season was a good example of that, so risking injuries doesn't matter. And I expect RNH to struggle a little bit at the beginning of the season same as Hall last year so the WJ might be at the perfect time to give him a bit of a jump.

With RNH it will be a fun year to watch no matter what happens. If he is in Red Deer can he take them farther than last year? Watching World Jr. tourney will be very sweet. If he is in Edmonton just watching the growth will be fun as well. I really do not see a loosing situation unless he is injured.

Ha! Props to you sir!

Thanks - I thought it was getting too sophisticated around here.

Did anyone notice Holland on that list? HAH

Team White is pretty deep as well. Hopefully after training camps there is some top end talent left.

I just might do that.

* goes back to dumpster *

They aren't going to win unless they put some Canuck prospects on the team.

I hope Rattie will make it.

Are the practices open to the public

to all you dutter lovers out there look out for brandon gormley suckers

"Oleksiak's mother is American and his father is Canadian."

I thought it was the other way around...no?

Either way he's 28% American.