Edmonton Oilers need to handle defenceman Bear's development carefully

It wasn’t exactly Mario Lemieux scoring a goal on the first shot of his first NHL shift.
It never is for 20-year-old defencemen.
Their first time a prospect D-man makes the highlights is usually at the other end of the ice, fishing the puck out of his own net after the first of many hard lessons he’ll learn on his way to earning a full-time job.
That’s how it was for Ethan Bear on Thursday night, when he made his NHL debut against one of the best and deepest teams in the league