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The Edmonton Oilers have a long list of forward prospects playing hockey at the AHL level. With the regular season rapidly approaching its conclusion, every single one of them has been outscored by an unsigned, undrafted 21-year-old who missed 10 weeks with a knee injury and has battled through that and other health problems this season.

If we confine our look to forwards under the age of 25, Winquist leads in points despite having appeared in only 33 games, and also enjoys a massive lead in terms of points-per-game:

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Bakersfield Condors head coach Gerry Fleming was asked about Winquist late last week by 630 CHED’s Bob Stauffer and praised the forward for playing through injury.

“He was hurt there, he missed 10 weeks with an injury to his knee, he came back, he got hurt again,” Fleming said. “Winny’s been playing hurt, which we admire. He got banged up a couple of games ago, has fought through it; lower body injury. Winny’s been one of our more consistent guys offensively this year, he’s almost a point-per-game guy.”