Are the Oilers a top 5 contender next season with Jack Campbell?

[VivaLasVegas]

Does Jack Campbell complete this team and push them to the top 5 for contending next season?

I'm starting to lean towards "No".

 

[Three On Zero]

They were never a top 5 team

 

[T REX]

The answer was always NO.

Dude is broken

 

[CycloneSweep]

They were never a top 5 team

The Pacific was a silly bad division

 

[Three On Zero]

The Pacific was a silly bad division

McDavid making Calgary look like an AHL team helped a bit

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

When you have by far the worst GM in the NHL it's pretty difficult to be a top 5 team. McDrai are absolute miracle workers for getting this absolute donkey of a GM into top 4.

 

[MikeK]

I'm starting to lean towards "No".

Same.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Mikko Koskinen right now:

 

[Three On Zero]

When you have by far the worst GM in the NHL it's pretty difficult to be a top 5 team. McDrai are absolute miracle workers for getting this absolute donkey of a GM into top 4.

Chiarelli and Benning did a number on the Canucks and Oilers

 

[POVERTY]

So was Campbell bailing out the Leafs or are they actually not bad defensively?

 

[archangel2]

top 5 team for winning the draft lotto maybe?

 

[ChurchOfMatthews]

Patiently waiting for the Oilers to pull the trigger on a couple of trades that gets them Jakob Chychrun and Patrick Kane. Just a matter of time boys... Just a matter of time.

Which one plays net?

 

[Rude Dog]

Hard to watch Jack struggle this badly. Hope he figures it out as much as I despise the oilers.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Watching the Oilers is like watching a train wreck... you don't want to look but you can't help it.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

i'm gonna go out on a limb and say "yes"

 

[Video Nasty]

Remember, McDavid is supposed to overcome his netminder letting in 7 goals on 32 shots

 

[dubey]

Remember, McDavid is supposed to overcome his netminder letting in 7 goals on 32 shots

Are u even a generational talent if u can't score 8 goals in a game

 

[heysmilinstrange]

McDavid's gonna have to goaltend if he wants the Oilers to go anywhere.

 

[Sky04]

17 years, 4 1st overalls, 6 top-5 picks and you get this

 

[Chips]

Oilers may not make the playoffs with that defense and goaltending.

They’ll add Makar for Pulju (next Nichushkin) and a 3rd before the trade deadline should help

Edit: added a 3rd round pick. The old trade wasn’t balanced.

 

[EpochLink]

This aged poorly

 

[Chips]

Patiently waiting for the Oilers to pull the trigger on a couple of trades that gets them Jakob Chychrun and Patrick Kane. Just a matter of time boys... Just a matter of time.

Presumably Chychrun is moved to forward? Because they need forward depth, they apparently don’t score enough goals

 

[winnipegger]

I'm not sure if McDavid is going to win a cup with Edmonton. You just hate to think what Chiarelli could have done to build a young core around McDavid. They've been thin on defense for 15 years.

 

[Ruthervin]

Does Jack Campbell complete this team and push them to the top 5 for contending next season?

If by "Jack Campbell" you mean "Andrei Vasilevsky" or "Igor Shesterkin", then yes.

I'm not sure if McDavid is going to win a cup with Edmonton. You just hate to think what Chiarelli could have done to build a young core around McDavid. They've been thin on defense for 15 years.

They won't.

McDavid will leave for Toronto once his contract finishes. Matthews will leave Toronto, Leafs will chew on diapers for a year, and then sign McDavid.

 

[thaman8765678]

The Oilers were really spoiled with Smith stealing them games down the stretch last year (along with coaching bump).

This is who they are with a bad goalie in the net. No team defense and McDrai is the team.