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It was by a considerable distance, the best 10-game segment produced by the Edmonton Oilers in the dozen years we’ve been doing these periodic reviews at the Cult of Hockey. The Oilers won 9 of 10 games and got a point in the other. They outscored their combined opposition by a ratio of 2 goals to 1. Their powerplay clicked over 40% of the time, and their penalty kill unit actually outscored the opposition. Individually, the club’s top scorers individually and collectively produced a number of new marks for the 21st Century, achieving a level of dominance last brandished by inner-circle Hall of Famers Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, and Ron Francis in the mid-1990s. Read More
