C'mon man, yes they are. What has simon done in 10 games. Literally NOTHING! he was scratched already. He's a league minimum salary player for a reason....lucic is a massive liability. Not only literally on the ice but the fact that he makes more money than lindholm and almost as much as Monahan is a massive problem in bringing in somone who is actually worth the money...leivo has gotten a bit better, but again he's an average bottom 6 depth player, if that....I agree Monahan isn't an elite center but he is top 20 in my mind and can at least produce consistently

Lucic has the same amount of goals as Monahan, who is suppose to be your star 1c the other is, well lucic. Monahan hasn’t won a single puck battle in 3 years and he seems to be getting lazier. Tkachuk hasn’t played like himself either. Besides a few players the whole team looks like they have lost their fcks.

I do mean 5, either way. Take just Ottawa out of the Oilers and Canucks schedules, it's 4 and 6 points respectively. The Canucks would still have more games played than the Flames and be behind the Flames at 8 points the Oilers would have the same GP with 8 points behind the Flames as well. That alone has Calgary in a playoff spot. Be the best team out of Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver and go from there. Get into the dance and anything is possible especially with Markstrom in net.