After suffering crushing, lopsided defeats to open the last two regular seasons (8-1 against Vancouver and 6-0 against Winnipeg), and then advancing to the Stanley Cup Final both years, maybe having their heads held in the toilet again is for the best for the Edmonton Oilers .

And, make no mistake, the Oilers opened their season on the wrong end of the flush Wednesday, blowing a 3-0 lead at home to the Calgary Flames in a defeat just as deflating as any of their previous two opening-night beatdowns.

In what was already the best week ever for Edmonton — Connor McDavid signing a contract extension for bargain-basement money — the Oilers were up 3-0 and just 30 minutes away from writing the perfect storybook ending to their new beginning.

Then the lid came up and they swirled two poi

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