This in from top NHL analyst Ray Ferraro of ESPN and Sportsnet, his take that the Edmonton Oilers have obvious problems to fix if they’re going to be a Stanley Cup contender but no easy way to fix them.

Ferraro said on the Ray & Dregs podcast that the Oilers had a great win against Columbus but it doesn’t take them out of the muck of having won just seven out of 17 games. “If they think they’re a Stanley Cup contender, it can’t be a finished product what they are right now. It’s just not at that level. How are they going to get by Colorado four out of seven games or Vegas four out of seven?

“I’m not talking about whether they can be a good team. I think they can. But to be at that (Stanley Cup) level — which is what they envision themselves at — I don’t know how you look at that at the

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