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Video: These guys are rookies? Rundblad and Nugent-Hopkins can pass

David Rundblad

Ottawa Senators’ David Rundblad takes a shot as he warms up prior to taking on the Boston Bruins in pre-season NHL hockey action at in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Sean Kilpatrick)

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They might be rookies, but David Rundblad or Ottawa and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of Edmonton show that they’ve got a certain set of skills that make them particularly lethal in a passing situation.

Check out the sauce skills on Rundblad as he hits Colin Greening with a lead pass from about 140 feet away to beat the Toronto defense while Nugent-Hopkins fires a video game-like pass through the zone to hit Shawn Horcoff for an easy dunk on the power play against St. Louis.