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The Day After 77.0: The Oilers have gone soft right before our very eyes

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11.04.2025
The Edmonton Oilers should be embarrassed with themselves.

If Monday night’s performance against the Anaheim Ducks was any indication of what’s to come for this team when the playoffs hit, then the golf courses and trips to Cabo will be coming early.

The issues weren’t so much about their on-ice play — even though there were more putrid moments than not as Anaheim won 3-2, with blatant errors leaving Olivier Rodrigue out to try — it was the fact that the Oilers have lost any bite they once had.

You can say it’s a roster construction issue, or the fact that a guy like Evander Kane has been out of the lineup for the entire season, but I don’t buy it. All season long Corey Perry has stood up for his teammates, but the 39-year-old was left entirely out to dry against Anaheim after Radko Gudas’ unpenalized chicken wing headshot in the second period.

"He pops him, that's a penalty, that was absolutely missed by the officials." – Louie DeBrusk

Radko Gudas strikes Corey Perry in the head, causing Perry to head down the tunnel.

📹: Sportsnet pic.twitter.com/Jthx4ZEmfi

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