What Caused The Losing Streak For The Edmonton Oilers?

By Adam Girard | Dec 29, 2018

EDMONTON, AB - DECEMBER 27: Edmonton Oilers Center Connor McDavid (97) takes a rare penalty in the second period during the Edmonton Oilers game versus the Vancouver Canucks on December 27, 2018 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, AB. (Photo by Curtis Comeau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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EDMONTON, AB – DECEMBER 27: Edmonton Oilers Center Connor McDavid (97) takes a rare penalty in the second period during the Edmonton Oilers game versus the Vancouver Canucks on December 27, 2018 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, AB. (Photo by Curtis Comeau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Many are looking for answers after the Edmonton Oilers took yet another loss in a divisional matchup to the Vancouver Canucks that saw the team get bounced from a wildcard spot.

Edmonton Oilers: This wasn’t the way it was supposed to be. They were supposed to ride Ken Hitchcock’s 9-2-2 record to the glory land. But now here we are, four straight losses into a now 9-6-2 record of the Hitchcock era.

The truth is, we should have expected this. This club was turning up on the positive side of far too many one-goal games for that success to remain sustainable. And a few small tweaks that nobody has any control over along with shaky team play and the failure of depth players to step up has resulted in the four-game losing streak we now find ourselves in.

I’m going to be referencing Ken Hitchcock quite a bit in this article. Because if anyone were to have the answers to this losing streak, well you would hope it would be him.

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