Offseason questions for Ken Holland

Most Oiler fans will probably know the story of Jack Campbell this season. He was signed to a hefty $5,000,000 per season to be the starter but struggled out of the gate and was rather inconsistent all season, although at the end he seemed to find his game and in limited sample size in the playoffs did very well coming on in relief of Skinner.

The question Ken Holland will have to answer is what to do with the player. The book on him was he was very inconsistent when he was in Toronto too, so this is not a new problem for the player. The change of scenery, at least in season one, had limited success. He has another four seasons remaining on his contract, and although publicly Holland has said he will be going into next season with this same tandem of Skinner-Campbell he would be doing the team a disservice if he didn’t kick tires on goalies that would be obviously upgrades on the position that would actually be available – and he’s got a once in a lifetime opportunity on some of these guys. The two biggest names would be Jusse Saros in Nashville or Jordan Binnington in St. Louis, but if word on the street is correct and Winnipeg may start a rebuild soon then maybe the Oilers make a play for Connor Hellybuyck. You could even investigate signing Joonas Korpisalo as a free agent and then trading Campbell in a different transaction.

Of course, there’s a case to be made for keeping Campbell, too. But regardless of whether Campbell stays or goes, Holland should at least consider upgrading the position seeing as how he has a huge opportunity with some of the clubs just starting rebuilds.