One of the more intriguing Edmonton Oilers training camp stories will be how winger Roby Jarventie looks after the Finnish forward was in town but not cleared to take part in in any games because of consistent knee issues last fall.

Jarventie, acquired from Ottawa in the Xavier Bourgault trade last summer, only played two games last season in November in Bakersfield (two points) before being shut down and has just 24 games over his last two American Hockey League years. He had surgery on one knee while with the Senators’ farm team, then injured the healthy one before Oilers camp started. If he can stay in one piece, a very big, if, the 2020 second-round draft pick (33 overall) clearly has the tools, the size and the shot to be in the NHL picture here, somewhere down the line.

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