After a couple of big wins against the Los Angeles Kings and Golden Knights the Edmonton Oilers are finally making a move up the standings. That said, there is still a big hill to climb if they want to pass the Vegas Golden Knights in the standings.
As it stands right now the Edmonton Oilers are second in the division and the Golden Knights are first and the Kings sit in third. The Oilers are 2 points behind the Knights and one point up on the Kings. The bad news for the Edmonton Oilers is the other two teams have a game in hand each.
I would rather see the Edmonton Oilers come in first in the division and avoid playing either of the two teams in the fight. Let them beat each other up then face the team that just went through a hard battle if the Oilers make it through the first round.
It is just unless both the Kings and the Golden Knights start to struggle I think that the Edmonton Oilers will end up being either second or third in the division. I think the best way for the Edmonton Oilers to end up in second place is to beat the Kings on Tuesday. This would extend the lead.
I think that it is still most likely that the Edmonton Oilers will be facing the Los Angeles Kings in the first round for the second year in a row. This is the reason why I have reached out to one of the site experts from Rink Royalty to answer some questions from a Los Angeles Kings point of view. I don’t know about you, but I do not watch many Los Angeles Kings games outside of when they play Edmonton.
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