"Kevin Prendergast" is a current scout with the NHL Buffalo Sabres. Kevin was the Assistant General Manager for the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers. Prendergast was also the former Vice President of Hockey Operations and former head Scout (sport)/scout for the Edmonton Oilers. He replaced Barry Fraser in the year 2000. He was replaced as head scout by Stu MacGregor in 2007 and made Assistant GM until he was fired from that job in 2010.

Prendergast joined the Oilers organization since 1990. He served as the Oilers’ representative on the American Hockey League’s board of governors and served as the Director of Player Personnel for both the Springfield Falcons (American Hockey League/AHL) and Stockton Thunder (East Coast Hockey League/ECHL).

Prendergast joined the Oilers following seven seasons working with the NHL Central Scouting Bureau as the Assistant Director of Scouting. From 1983-84 to 1989-90 he was responsible for all scouting assignments and scheduling while also scouting the three major junior hockey leagues. In 1985-86 he also worked with the Canadian National Team in preparation for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary.

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You need the skilled guys and the players who can put the puck away, and we feel like we have some of those kids. At the same time, you have to win in the trenches and you do that with the big kids we're talking about.

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Is he going to make the team? It's up to him. We still don't have that No. 1 centre and we still don't have the guy we think can run the power play for us. He brings that to the table.

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I won the first ever flat race here as a jockey back in the early '70s on a horse called Jem Mason trained by Danny Morgan.

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He has to improve the physical aspect and get more involved in the tighter areas.

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Can he play in the NHL? Like I said, he has the ability. We'll figure out over the next 18 days whether he can or can't.

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It's a good team and Nate is going to be a good player for them.

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He's going to get a fair opportunity to play in some pre-season games, so we'll see.

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He has the ability to play in this league. But it's up to him to create the spot for himself. He'll be given the opportunity.

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We've tried to make sure some of the bigger kids we've taken are good skaters, ... You could send a lot of these kids over to the Eskimos and they'd blend right in, but they can move.

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