The Edmonton Oilers may have hit rock bottom on Saturday night.

All eyes were on their Hockey Night in Canada matchup with the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche. The season had been a struggle up to this point, and this was an easy game to get up for. Surely, this Oilers team would put in a competitive effort to make this an exciting one for the national audience, right?

Not even close. Instead, the Oilers put up their worst performance of the season, allowing the Avalanche to stomp all over them, to the tune of a 9-1 drubbing that tied the worst margin of defeat on home ice in franchise history.

It was a long, painful, and embarrassing trek to the final buzzer as the Oilers’ faithful were relieved that they could begin to forget about the game. That sour mood followed into

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