EDMONTON — It was former Edmonton Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish who used to say, “Never critique a win.”

Of course, his Oilers missed the playoffs in five of the eight seasons MacTavish was at the helm, so those precious victories back in the Shawn Horcoff era were never to be sneezed at.

Today, to their credit, nobody in the Oilers dressing room is fooling themselves after a game the zebras wrapped up in a nice package and delivered dutifully to the Oilers. The only thing missing was the Amazon van.

Edmonton wasn’t very good on Thursday, outplayed by a fast, hungry and more organized Montreal Canadiens team. The Oilers inexplicably won 6-5, but as the panel argued over who should be the first star — referee Garrett Rank or arbitre Chris Schlenker — there was not a single Oiler who

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