from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

Cup or bust?

Pfffft!

The Edmonton Oilers, absolutely outworked once again by a team with far more passion for the game last night in Philadelphia, will have to raise their level to get to “bust.”

The Oilers were whipped 4-1 by a largely no-name Flyers team that may not come within 10 points of a playoff spot this season, but is off to a 3-1 start because the Flyers know they have to earn everything they’ll get.

Flyers head coach John Tortorella is squeezing every possible drop out of the lime here in Philly, while his counterpart Jay Woodcroft has an early season lemon — and hasn’t got an ounce of juice as of yet.

“We simply just got outworked. They wanted it more than us, and can't win a game if you don't want it,” said Edmonton winger Warren Foegele, perhaps Edmonton’s best forward through four games. “We're just not clean. We're not quick. When we are quick, we're a dangerous team. And right now we're not.

“We need everyone on the rope. Tonight we weren’t.”

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