Stomped again. Could things get any worse for the Edmonton Oilers?

Anyone who was expecting an Edmonton Oilers upset hasn’t been watching

It was a 2-7-1 team against an 8-2-1 team, what did you think was going to happen?

You haven’t been watching if you were expecting an Edmonton Oilers upset. And it was difficult for those who witnessed Monday night’s latest face plant in Vancouver to understand what they were seeing.

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The Oilers turned a 19-2 first-period shooting advantage into a 6-2 loss in a game that no one would have believed if Edmonton hadn’t been the team losing.

By game’s end, Leon Draisaitl was sitting out a 10-minute misconduct, head coach Jay Woodcroft was ejected for yapping, Connor McDavid was was nursing a six-game scoring drought and the Oilers had sunk to yet another low.

Pull the upset? If people didn’t understand it before, they do now. It’s time to stop looking at the Oilers based on pre-season expectations and what the top end of their roster looks like on paper. They are what their record says they are: the second worst team in the NHL.

 

There was some ferocity in Edmonton’s game for a while. They were pushed hard and competed with the second best team in the Pacific Division for a good 30 minutes, but they simply aren’t in Vancouver’s league. 

 

In three of their 11 games this season, the Canucks have outscored Edmonton 18–6, while the Oilers have conceded four goals or more in seven of their games.

The Oilers now trail Vegas by 18 points, Vancouver by 14 points, and Los Angeles by 11 points.

Positively, the Oilers’ opponent on Thursday is the 0-10-1 San Jose Sharks, who are a team in their own weight class.