EDMONTON — A year ago, the Edmonton Oilers were still mired in a Stanley Cup lost.

As we’ve heard this fall, from everyone from Zach Hyman to Connor McDavid, recovering from a series in which you clawed back to Game 7, then lost by a single goal, is somehow different than getting back to a second Cup Final and losing to a better team.

It may sound weird, but it’s true.

And the evidence was on display Saturday, as the Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks for 50 of the 60 minutes played, winning 3-1 in a game where they allowed just 15 Canucks shots on goalie Calvin Pickard.

“It could have been six or seven to one,” Pickard said. “Their goalie was great.”

This was a calibre of game, particularly on the defensive side, that we did not see from Edmonton until Game 15 a year ago. After owning

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