When it comes to logging hard miles, no team has shed more blood, sweat and tears over the last two years than the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. Article content

At 211 regular season and playoff games each, they’ve invested more of themselves into the last 24 months than any other club. Article content Article content

The difference between Edmonton and Florida, of course, is that while the Panthers are buoyed and inspired by their championships, with dreams of a three-peat dancing in their heads, the Oilers head into the season with nothing to show for their investment but the physical and emotional scarring that comes from two failed runs to the Final.

At what point does it catch up with them?

When you’ve spent two short summers in a row trying to recover from the harde

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