Opinion: Opportunity to play matters as much ability for athletes

As usual there’s non-stop chatter and hullabaloo this off-season about Oilers players. Rightly so. Speculating is fun, isn’t it? “So and so is a fourth-line grinder. So and so is a bottom-six winger. So and so is a career minor-leaguer.”
It reminds me of Lincoln, Neb. In Nebraska, football reigns supreme, with supremely knowledgeable and passionate fans. Some might say obsessive fans. Nebraskans eat, sleep, and drink Husker football, having won five NCAA championships dec