Confirmed Signing with Link: [EDM] G Jack Campbell signs with the Oilers (5 years, $5M AAV)

[Arthur Morgan]

On a positive note, Campbell has five years to figure it out, right?

He will figure it out and prob be streaky but I have no doubt he will show some elite months for Edmonton. only issue is he just gets in his own head.
him calling his start pathetic pretty much just tells us his state of mind.
He needs to have a solid game to start breathing easy again. I like Campbell and I hope he figures it out.
gotta admit seeing him do very poor makes me smile a little but only because I seem to always get into it with Oilers fans and their attitude towards the leafs makes me want to see them do bad

 

[MCR74]

He will figure it out and prob be streaky but I have no doubt he will show some elite months for Edmonton. only issue is he just gets in his own head.
him calling his start pathetic pretty much just tells us his state of mind.
He needs to have a solid game to start breathing easy again. I like Campbell and I hope he figures it out.
gotta admit seeing him do very poor makes me smile a little but only because I seem to always get into it with Oilers fans and their attitude towards the leafs makes me want to see them do bad

l like Campbell too, but after a summer of endless Oiler bragging, l don't necessarily feel bad.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

l like Campbell too, but after a summer of endless Oiler bragging, l don't necessarily feel bad.

Yeah I hear ya man, after all of that and being told we don;t know what we're talking about he's going to be awesome and we made a MAJOR mistake letting him go. it is kinda nice to see.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

a big problem with Campbell as well is he's just not a 5m goalie, pressure will forever be on him to preform. he's a 2-2.5m guy atleast he can just focus there on his job over always being good enough to justify the signing.
he has so much potential to be good but he's his own worst enemy it seems atleast.

 

[ole ole]

l like Campbell too, but after a summer of endless Oiler bragging, l don't necessarily feel bad.

Ya we all heard the same thing for Leaf fans when he had a hot streak. He was going to be one of the best goalies in the league. By the end of the season they found out what most of us already knew.

 

[smitty10]

Ya we all heard the same thing for Leaf fans when he had a hot streak. He was going to be one of the best goalies in the league. By the end of the season they found out what most of us already knew.

Are you a Leafs fan? Or is your username just in reference to hatred of the Leafs? Just wondering and can't see your profile.

 

[MCR74]

Ya we all heard the same thing for Leaf fans when he had a hot streak. He was going to be one of the best goalies in the league. By the end of the season they found out what most of us already knew.

And we heard the same from Oilers fans when he signed. Funny how that works...

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Are you a Leafs fan? Or is your username just in reference to hatred of the Leafs? Just wondering and can't see your profile.

im like 95% sure he's a Habs fan

 

[HockeyVirus]

Campbell rocking a .786 tonight again so far. Looks like he has fully lost the starter role already. This is expensive for a backup.

 

[nammerus]

100% of Oilers fan before the season started:

Campbell >>>>> Smith

Hockey savants.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Campbell rocking a .786 tonight again so far. Looks like he has fully lost the starter role already. This is expensive for a backup.

Fluery rocking a .778

 

[General Disarray]

I wonder if they'll buy him out.

 

[Hobnobs]

It would be hilarious though if Campbell hits his monster streak in the playoffs and gets a cup... Oh the salty hate on here

 

[Jumptheshark]

100% of Oilers fan before the season started:

Campbell >>>>> Smith

Hockey savants.

and you over look the fact we added "Due to health"--Smith could not stay healthy

If Smith could stay and healthy and been a few years younger? You fail to add you are comparing a 40 year old to a 30 year old

 

[nammerus]

and you over look the fact we added "Due to health"--Smith could not stay healthy

If Smith could stay and healthy and been a few years younger? You fail to add you are comparing a 40 year old to a 30 year old

Keep telling yourself it was a good signing. Maybe it’ll come true one day.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Keep telling yourself it was a good signing. Maybe it’ll come true one day.

It wasn’t but Smith wasn’t playing either.

 

[nammerus]

It wasn’t but Smith wasn’t playing either.

Who said anything about Smith playing? Every Oiler fan was so sure that he was an upgrade on Smith from last year.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Who said anything about Smith playing? Every Oiler fan was so sure that he was an upgrade on Smith from last year.

I didn’t. Smith was great when healthy.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Keep telling yourself it was a good signing. Maybe it’ll come true one day.

Nice try

If Smith was a few years younger and no injury prone--99% of the board would have taken him over any of the goalies available this off season

but he is not--he is 40 and breaking down. So the decision to sign Campbell was not that hard

Unless you are saying you would run with a starting 40 year old goalie with injury problems?

 

[Hobnobs]

Who said anything about Smith playing? Every Oiler fan was so sure that he was an upgrade on Smith from last year.

He still might be. By this time last year Smith had played 3 games. In the last one he posted something like a .730 sv%...

 

[nammerus]

Nice try

If Smith was a few years younger and no injury prone--99% of the board would have taken him over any of the goalies available this off season

but he is not--he is 40 and breaking down. So the decision to sign Campbell was not that hard

Unless you are saying you would run with a starting 40 year old goalie with injury problems?

Probably better to give 5x5 to a goalie with some of the worst metrics in the league for a starter (both this year and most of last season) then. You got me on that one.

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

Man I knew he wasn't a fit with a Bouchard/Barrie defense with his poor high danger shot metrics and I still didn't imagine he'd be THIS bad. Can someone tell me what kind of "skin rash" Hossa had before his LTIRetirement? Asking for a friend.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Probably better to give 5x5 to a goalie with some of the worst metrics in the league for a starter (both this year and most of last season) then. You got me on that one.

Dumbest decision was not to pursue Kuemper for this plug.

 

[Jumptheshark]

If Smith was younger and not as injury prone--most oiler fans would have picked him-but because of his age and getting injured all the time--it is hard to make a case for anyone taking Smith over Campbell

If a poster can make a case for Smith over Campbell please make the case

 

[centipede2233]

It would be hilarious though if Campbell hits his monster streak in the playoffs and gets a cup... Oh the salty hate on here

I don’t think that happens ever. Not with that defence.