If Ethan Bear’s rise to playing 20 minutes a night with the Edmonton Oilers shows anything, it’s this: getting to the NHL is often not very linear. Bear didn’t play a game for the Oilers last season and he has saved them this year with the broken fibula Adam Larsson suffered in Game 1. So, who knows when we’ll see their top prospect Evan Bouchard in a game in Edmonton. That said, if you pay your dues, and do what you can in the AHL … the NHL team will notice. He has five goals and eight assists in 13 games and 79 points in his 81 Bakersfield games over the last two seasons.

Source: National Post November 12, 2019 22:55 UTC