from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun,

Now it's a five alarm fire.

Five games. Five losses.

Worst start in franchise history.

It was one of those “other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?” type of nights.

A lot of things which were wrong with the team in their first four games were right this night....

“It's always about the points,” said coach Dallas Eakins of the standings.

“But we're certainly not going to be kicking ourselves in the face after a game like that.

“It was an even battle. I thought we had a lot more gamesmanship tonight.”

Eakins didn't look like the captain of a sinking ship.

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