EDMONTON — There are two things hockey players have always told us:

You can’t expect to just “flick a switch” when March rolls around and suddenly start playing the brand of game that can win in April and May. “This league’s too good,” we’ve heard at least 1,000 times.

And, home ice advantage means something. First place is everyone’s goal, every season.

Well, meet the Edmonton Oilers — a bunch of switch flickers who really don’t care much about where they finish. As long as it’s in the playoffs.

This is your captain speaking:

“Just putting the X beside our name is the main thing. Just getting in, that’s our main focus,” said Connor McDavid, after Edmonton’s season-high fifth straight win, a 3-1 cruise past Chicago. “Where we’re seeded, I’m not too concerned about it.

“We can start a series on the road, we can start a series at home. We’re pretty comfortable either way. We just have to get in.”

Edmonton........

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