The race for control of the Pacific Division is no longer a distant storyline on the horizon. It is here, it is loud, and it is unforgiving. For a team like the Edmonton Oilers — a team built to win now, not later — there is no margin left for uncertainty. Every point matters. Every decision matters. And perhaps no decision looms larger than what happens in the crease.
The Connor McDavid era is not about moral victories or promising stretches of play. It is about banners, parades, and finally lifting a Stanley Cup that has felt both within reach and painfully distant.