from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun,

Welcome to Edmonton, Todd Nelson.

Losing has become an art form here.

It’s creative. It’s inventive. It’s ingenious. It’s inspired.

And Sunday night’s latest was a game to be framed in terms of the way it is in the late great City of Champions.

How long will Nelson have to wait to get his first NHL win as a head coach?

Well, he only has 48 games left to coach in his interim job replacing Dallas Eakins for the rest of the season.

The way this is going, it might not be long enough.

The Oilers have now lost 18 of their last 19. And while they have two coming up after Christmas against the Calgary Flames, losers of their last eight in a row, nobody is holding their breath on Edmonton winning either game.

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