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Amid widespread rumours he’ll be moved, Eberle criticized for not having enough “sand” in his game

This in from Drew Remenda,Sportsnetgame analyst for Edmonton Oilers broadcasts, talking with Reid Wilkins on Inside Sports and giving histake that the Oilers will look at moving “one, two or maybe three” of Jordan Eberle, Benoit Pouliot and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins this summer.

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“Decisions are being made on a hour-by-hour, day-by-day basis. Both Peter Chiarelli and Todd McLellan and both staffs, the management and coaching, know what they’re doing there. And I’ll be surprised to see all three of those guys back in an Oilers uniform. It’s just the way it is.”

You think they’re all going to be gone, Wilkins asked?

“I think there could be one, two, maybe three. But I don’t think it will be wholesale. I could make an argument for at least Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (to stay) in that group. … When I talk about determination, I don’t think Jordan had much in his game. You know in the Old West they talk ‘sand.’The boy has got sand. I didn’t think Jordan had much sand in his game. Now he’s a terrific hockey player and he’s a good team guy and people like him, and you might look at him and go, ‘OK, that’s his first experience in the National Hockey League playoffs,’ so you might give him a break. Because he can score in the regular season. You could look at this year and go, ‘It was a one-off.’ Who knows what they’re going to look at? But determinations are already being made.”