“The crazy thing is, we know exactly what it looks like. We just got to, to a man, we’ve got to do it.” — Jake Walman, on the Edmonton Oilers trying to find their game.

If, like us, you’re the type of person who looks on the bright side, then you’d say that a team playing as average as the Edmonton Oilers finding itself within two points of the Pacific Division lead after Game No. 20 will likely be OK.

They should be fine when everyone gets back healthy and starts playing well, but for now…

“We’re just scrapping and clawing our way through the first quarter here, and we’re getting points on the board,” acknowledged captain Connor McDavid after Saturday’s 4-3 overtime win at Carolina. “That’s all that matters.”

Slowly, elements of the Oilers’ game that they have relied on for their succ

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