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, Taylor Hall, - Magnus Paajarvi TORONTO -- and Jordan Eberle VIDEO: Hall at Rookie Showcase VIDEO: Paajarvi Rookie Showcase nhlWid=Math.random()*10000000000000000; document.write('');-I'm tremendously excited,- said Hall, the first pick in the 2010 Entry Draft. -I've been to the city a couple times, and the feeling in the city is they're really excited for this team. There's myself and a coup free football streaming le other young guys that could make the team this year and make an impact. I think things are looking up for this city.- Hall, Paajarvi, and Eberle were in Toronto this week along with 20 other prospects as part of the 2010 NHLPA Rookie Showcase. All three were bubbling with excitement over the prospect of wearing an Oilers jersey, but they were sure to temper that youthful enthusiasm by reminding free football streaming themselves there's a lot of work to be done in Edmonton.If the Oilers were drilling for playoff appearances, the 2009-10 season would've been when they came up as dry as ever.Four seasons of postseason-free hockey were capped when the Oilers finished with the worst record in the NHL. The Oilers, a franchise steeped in tradition and rich with history, won just 27 games and were mathematically elim free football streaming inated from postseason contention before the trade deadline. They scored the second-fewest goals in the Western Conference -- and allowed the most goals in the entire League.If it's always darkest before the dawn, then the sun should eventually rise in Edmonton thanks to three players who haven't played a single NHL game. All three likely will be on the roster when the Oilers open the season at ho free football streaming me against the Calgary Flames on Oct. 7 -- but that's just going to be the first step in a long process designed to once again transform the Oilers into an NHL power.-We're looking at this as Year 1, and we've had to change a lot of things on the ice and off the ice in one season,- GM Steve Tambellini said. -I know when we are a good team these three young men will be a big part of it. Will they m free football streaming ake mistakes? Absolutely. But we also have good, solid veterans coming back, so it's not just going to be these kids on their own. It's just that if they're going to play, we recognize where we're at in regard to our cycle of development, and we're just beginning.-Tambellini said nothing has been promised to Hall, Paajarvi and Eberle heading into camp, but the opportunity is there for them to beco free football streaming me major contributors this season. -What we've tried to do is make sure that we don't just give these young players a chance for ice time, but we want to see if we can give them priority ice time,- he said.Not only will Hall, Paajarvi and Eberle be able to lean on each other for support as they try to win roster spots, they will be surrounded with young talent that's already in place. Sam Gagner a free football streaming nd Gilbert Brule-I'm tremendously excited. I've been to the city a couple times, and the feeling in the city is they're really excited for this team. There's myself and a couple other young guys that could make the team this year and make an impact. I think things are looking up for this city.- -- Taylor Hall-I don't really feel it just because I don't live there, but I'm sure once hockey season c free football streaming omes around and you go to the city, it's going to be there and it's going to be alive and well,- Hall said. -I know I've done well handling pressure. You just have to go out and play your game.-The resumes of Hall, Paajarvi and Eberle indicate pressure won't be a problem for any of them.Hall was the top pick this past June after posting 40 goals and 66 assists in 57 games for the OHL's Windsor Spi free football streaming tfires, whom he guided to a second straight Memorial Cup. The 18-year-old left wing from Kingston, Ont., had been hyped as the draft's No. 1 pick even before the New York Islanders took John Tavares with the first pick in 2009, so the pressure he will face this season won't be anything new to him.The Oilers took Paajarvi with the 10th pick in 2009 after he posted 7 goals and 10 assists in 50 games free football streaming while playing as a 17-year-old in the Swedish Elite League. He followed that with 12 goals and 17 assists in 49 games last season as a teen in a men's league.Eberle was the 22nd pick in the 2008 Draft and widely has been considered the top prospect in the Oilers' system. He dominated the WHL last season, with 50 goals and 56 assists in 57 games with the Regina Pats. The Regina, Sask., native also free football streaming has shown flashes of brilliance in brief AHL stints. Eberle had 3 goals and 6 assists in nine games with the Springfield Falcons as a 19-year-old in 2009, and then posted 6 goals and 8 assists in 11 games with Springfield last season. Of course, all those wonderful numbers they've compiled in junior and European leagues along with a couple Canadian loonies will get them a small cup of coffee at T free football streaming im Horton's. For now, it's all about making the Edmonton Oilers. Everything else will come after that.-For me, it's always been baby steps, one step at a time,- Eberle said. -It's going to be a learning process at the start of the year. Hopefully everything goes well and we can build on it.-Follow Dave Lozo on Twitter: free football streaming
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