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Drake Caggiula hasn’t been around long enough so the PA announcers can say his name without butchering it — its Ka-Jewel-Uh — but as long as he’s wearing an Edmonton Oilers jersey (orange and blue or the retro WHA colours), the rookie forward doesn’t much care what they call him.

Except to say he’s a National Hockey Leaguer through his first 10 games.

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He’s been at centre, on left wing and, in Buffalo Tuesday, he was on Connor McDavid’s right side.

Schoolmate to teammate to linemate, after coach Todd McLellan decided to move Leon Draisaitl back to centre (third-line) and called out Caggiula’s name in the second period. He wanted more speed and Caggiula couldn’t say thanks fast enough with the shot at playing with McDavid, once upon a freshman when Caggiula was a senior at the same Ontario school.

Caggiula had an assist on a power-play goal, as he was buried in the crease after a shot and the puck popped free to Jordan Eberle, then helped McDavid set up Milan Lucic for a goal, both in the middle period. After starting his NHL career at centre in Dallas three weeks ago, he had some time at his more natural left wing, where he played at U of North Dakota, and then it was over to right wing.