from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun,

It was the kind of putrid performance, the kind of ghastly game and the kind of empty effort that results in people being fired and players being traded the next morning.

Paging Peter Chiarelli: Kindly pick up a green courtesy telephone in the concourse for an important message.

The idea for the Edmonton Oilers was to climb back up off the ice from a 5-2 loss to the Calgary Flames the night before and get back in the Great Turtle Race of 2018.

Instead, the Oilers fell flat on their face.

The Oilers were so pathetic, so miserable, so deplorable to start the game they might as well have stayed in the dressing room to watch the finish of the NFL overtime playoff game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs.

How many goals has Cam Talbot and this team given up on the first shot in the first minute?
This time, it took 27 seconds.

Six minutes and 35 seconds in, and the shots on goal had reached 8-0 and the scoreboard read 2-0 for the Carolina Hurricanes.

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The Oilers lost 7-4 to the Carolina Hurricanes, watch the highlights below.