Edmonton won their third game in a row! They haven't been victorious outside of Edmonton since some time last month. And they haven't been winning much (at all(!)) against Western Conference teams all season. With only six games left in the season and no playoffs for a record 9th year in a row the win probably doesn't mean a lot in the big picture unless you're a Colorado fan (they have a bare theoretical pathway to the playoffs if they win all their remaining games and others lose theirs).
Or an Oilers fan. It means a lot to us, especially those of us here in the antipodes. Back in their native land, it has brought out the most extreme purple prose I've seen all season. Here's an example...
We can’t look away from games of this magnitude. Indeed, they command a
heightened alertness in our souls. We gaze deeply into them like some
sort of change in the cosmos. A kind of eclipse over our lives.
Ken Price posting at Copper and Blue
What can I say but GO OILERS GO!
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