Oilers – the TO rescue 911 crew
By Phil Gretzky
Jack Campbell
This one’s a bit different as Campbell just signed here this summer, thus he has yet to play a game in an Oilers uniform so we don’t know exactly how he’s going to perform yet. I’ve already broken down Campbell’s acquisition here, so I’m not going to say much more about him.
He comes with a lot of hype but also a lot of red flags. The Oilers are a pretty comparable team defensively to TO, having finished a single GA better than TO did last year.
With the firepower we boast up front as well as the great puck moving – both primary and complementary – in the D corps I have to think Campbell has the potential to build upon his season in TO, and without the toxicity of the media, fans, and bloggers who often give players unwarranted criticism, there’s a good chance he’ll do better here – just like Barrie, Ceci, and Hyman did before him.