Kevin Prendergast
Kevin Prendergast
Kevin Prendergast is a current scout with the NHL Buffalo Sabres. Kevin was the Assistant General Manager for the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers. Prendergast was also the former Vice President of Hockey Operations and former head scout for the Edmonton Oilers. He replaced Barry Fraser in the year 2000. He was replaced as head scout by Stu MacGregor in 2007 and made Assistant GM until he was fired from that job in 2010...
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I won the first ever flat race here as a jockey back in the early '70s on a horse called Jem Mason trained by Danny Morgan.
brings centre guy power run
Is he going to make the team? It's up to him. We still don't have that No. 1 centre and we still don't have the guy we think can run the power play for us. He brings that to the table.
door easy game open stick wide
Nobody's making it easy and that's the way we want it. Every game from here on in, they're going to have to be better and it's going to be another measuring stick ... The door isn't open that wide and it's getting tighter every game.
good player team
It's a good team and Nate is going to be a good player for them.
bigger blend good kids send sure taken tried
We've tried to make sure some of the bigger kids we've taken are good skaters, ... You could send a lot of these kids over to the Eskimos and they'd blend right in, but they can move.
battles conference division physical teams unless win
You're not going to be able to win in this conference or this division unless you win the physical battles because of the teams we have to play against,
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You need the skilled guys and the players who can put the puck away, and we feel like we have some of those kids. At the same time, you have to win in the trenches and you do that with the big kids we're talking about.
fair opportunity
He's going to get a fair opportunity to play in some pre-season games, so we'll see,
aspect improve involved physical
He has to improve the physical aspect and get more involved in the tighter areas,
ability create given spot
He has the ability to play in this league. But it's up to him to create the spot for himself. He'll be given the opportunity.
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Can he play in the NHL? Like I said, he has the ability. We'll figure out over the next 18 days whether he can or can't.