from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

The much anticipated season opener turned out to be, as Brett Kulak so eloquently described, “Sh**y.”

An Edmonton Oilers team that vowed to be better defensively was indeed excremental in its own zone.

Jack Campbell had turned it around, until he was left watching from the far end of the bench in his season-opening start, wearing the ball cap of shame.

The best power play in hockey history went one-for-four, while the penalty kill was eviscerated on a three-goal night by the Canucks power play.

And the mighty Oilers began their season with an 8-1 paddling at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks.

You picked who to win the Stanley Cup this season…?

“I saw us lose a ton of battles. Things that normally are hallmarks of our game did not show up. It was a preseason level of intensity, a preseason level of execution,” said head coach Jay Woodcroft. “There are a lot of things wrong with what we just saw out there. You saw it. Our players saw it. The coaches saw it. Our managers saw it. Not good enough.

“We laid an egg.”

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