Oilers: Three expectations of the pacific division going into next season

The Pacific Division should be back next season with the Edmonton Oilers back vying for the top spot.

Edmonton had a nice year off from their old Pacific Division foes. They were vying for the Stanley Cup while playing in the new North Division. However assuming next season is back to a more normal look, the Edmonton Oilers should be back in the Pacific.

The roster of teams Edmonton should be facing on most nights next season include the Anaheim Ducks, the Los Angeles Kings, the San Jose Sharks, the Calgary Flames, the Vancouver Canucks, the Vegas Golden Knights, and the Seattle Kraken. Now, out of all of these teams, only one other team outside of Edmonton managed to make the postseason, so at least there is one positive there.

The North Division was supposedly one of the lighter divisions across the league, but even still Edmonton did have to play all of their games, there were no easy nights this season, and that will be the case in 2021-22.

Let’s jump into some expectations for the pacific division assuming we are back to normal format-wise in 2021-22.