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Getting this in before the edict comes down from Lowe to modify the article in the morning.


http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sport...464/story.html

In the second period, the Edmonton Oilers were plugging their summer hockey school for kids on their public address system, but with their flatline play the last two games at Rexall Place, the players should be attending it, not perhaps teaching at it.

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It’s like a kid working at, say, Walmart, who continually straightens the store shelves when the manager is in the vicinity. It’s all a con. The Oilers conned us into thinking they were a playoff team with five straight wins, actually popping into eighth spot for maybe a day. Now they’ve lost five in a row, scored four goals in the last 300 minutes, and another lottery draft pick beckons.