NHL West Rankings: Edmonton Leads, Vegas Worth a Look

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00:00But Vegas has been good.

00:05Vegas is winning.

00:06Vegas is in first place.

00:08I think Vegas and the Kings are dangerous.

00:10Obviously, the Oilers are there in the mix,

00:13but I already saw them pike in the Stanley Cup finals.

00:17I'm not buying them.

00:18I just am not.

00:19So I think Vegas and L.A. are more enticing to me.

00:23Well, Vegas is a chip on their shoulder from last year,

00:25because even though they made the playoffs,

00:26they went out in seventh and first against Dallas,

00:28a really good team.

00:29They weren't happy about that.

00:30Now you look at Jack Eichel.

00:31Look, I got to vote for an MVP.

00:33He's probably number two in my ballot right now.

00:35He's played so great.

00:36He's been great.

00:37Aiden Hills bounced back as a goaltender.

00:38This team is deep.

00:39They're veteran.

00:40The question is, can Mark Stone stay healthy?

00:42I'm sure he'll be injured a couple more times before we hit game 82.

00:46They are a dangerous team, the Kings.

00:48I got to see them in the playoffs.

00:49I don't think there's enough offense there.

00:50I think they're a winger short.

00:52If they go get another scoring winger by the trade deadline, then yes.

00:55Look, here's the thing.

00:56Edmonton's going to go on a roll,

00:58because if Conor and Leon, they're going to win eight out of ten.

01:00They're going to get in the top three position again.

01:02The question is, it's the oldest team in the league, Scotty.

01:05People don't realize that.

01:06You have Conor and Leon in their prime, the oldest team in the league,

01:09and they're not a very fast team.

01:10They got rid of McLeod.

01:11They got rid of Fogle, who's in L.A. now.

01:13It's not a speedy team.

01:14The guys they brought in, Jeff Skinner hasn't done anything.

01:16He's a bottom six player.

01:17And Victor Arvidsson, the one thing about Victor, he's a great player.

01:20He gets hurt all the time, and he's been out for a month.

01:22So there are question marks about Edmonton,

01:24including their second pair right side.

01:26So they have a little bit of work to do.

01:28But before I can say, okay, they can get back to the cup final

01:31and be a contending team.

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