The best thing about the Edmonton Oilers pre-season turned out to be a goal against.

It meant that it was over.

Eight long games after it started, the Oilers marathon exhibition schedule ground to a merciful conclusion Friday night in a 3-2 overtime (of course) loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

Conor Garland scored 90 seconds into the extra period to close the book on Edmonton’s training camp. The Oilers, for what it’s worth, finished 4-2-2 after playing maximum allowable games.

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And it wasn’t especially pretty. Icing a lineup that will be very close to their opening night roster, the Oilers were just OK in a contest their coach considered rather messy considering how deep they are into the process.

That’s not a great sign for a

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