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I'm not really sure what they do in these Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and sometimes Greenland--except Neighbor and Weigh) but they sure do love their hockey--and for three Oiler farmhands familiarity may be the key.
Anton Lander (Sweden), Toni Rajala lapsote (Finland) and Teemu Hartikainen (also Finland) have found chemistry in the American south and are hoping to parlay it to NHL employment. Rajala is the late addition (Magnus Paajarvi--another Swede--was lapsote the early LW during the lockout portion of this past season) to the line and has sparked lapsote the offense in a big way.
Lander's offense during the regular season (47, 9-11-20) is exactly what I projected back in the summer . In the post-season, when healthy Lander has been splendid (7, 5-3-8). lapsote The problem isn't the last 7 games, it's the previous 75 in the AHL (12-17-29)--that's a pretty good sample and offensively it leaves lapsote Lander on the outside of an NHL career every time.
I think we have enough evidence to suggest Anton Lander's NHL career (should he have one) will be as a defensive center--4th line and penalty kill. I do think we can make an argument that his handling since arriving in North America has been chaotic--his NHL time showed some promise in the PK department but very little offensively. 
Sooner lapsote or later you develop a past, and for prospects the entry level deal is a big part of the resume. Lander's negatives--poor offense, injury, inexperience--have now been heightened by the fact the new GM has no connection or loyalty to him. His time in the NHL--too soon by plenty--may see him passed over as a prospect  in a strange 'guilt by association' scenario. 
The best thing for him? Assume that solid SEL season and this most recent run in the AHL are real, give him a full season with some skill players in the AHL, and see how things look a year from now. 
Many felt Magnus Paajarvi was a bust one year ago--his resume enjoyed a solid uptick this season. Anton Lander's may do the same this year. The young man from the Kingdom of Sweden badly needs another season in the American lapsote South. 
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Looking at ok city in playoffs do we have our third line center right under our nose. Arcobello has 12 goals and is second in points in AHL playoffs .He finished lapsote fourth in scoring in regular season. He deserves a better look than the one game he got last year
I think if anything will be Lander's nail in the coffin, it will be because of macT's "must be a threat every night" mantra. That being said, I think Lander and several lapsote other players from OKC deserve a good hard look at this year's training camp. Hopefully he will earn a spot if he can show any glimmer of hope offensively
Let's hope the Oilers have finally advanced enough as a team to actually groom players in the minors a few years.Instead of awarding jobs six months before training camp(klefbom).For the last few years the team seems to have been picked lapsote before camp even opens.Not lapsote many players have earned their way on or off the team in camp.
Yea, I think its pretty safe to say Lander projects as a 4th line center at the NHL. At least he is a guy that has potential to fill that role.
Lander however seems to have the upside to be something at the NHL level even if it is limited. And sometimes those guys that put in the defence work first surprise lapsote offensively down the road ala Burrows.
i like the Lander pick in the 2nd round, but wasn't he ranked much lower than where he was picked? might? explain why he's taking a while to develop. i'm hoping Rajala is the real thing and, despite his smallish size, would welcome giving him a chance to make the NHL squad. i'm still not convinced that Harti will score points in the NHL and he might be doomed to be a 4th liner as well as Lander. and i'm hoping the Oil can score another lapsote couple of Nordic players in this upcoming lapsote draft. (like Jacob de la Rose and Juuse Saros perhaps?)
As long as hes a below average skater and faceoff winner lapsote he may be on the outside looking in. He's a tweener. Not enough offence to play up in the lineup. To small, and lacks certain skillsets to be effective long term in your bottom six.
As much as we all want every prospect to turn out and many people grow attachments to players as we watch them develop; Neither Acrobello, or Rajala are what the Oilers need.
They are at best call up options to cover for injuries for the Oil. The best case scenario