Scenes From Morning Skate: Oilers look to extend Jets misery, but can’t take them lightly
The Edmonton Oilers play the Winnipeg Jets Thursday night, and look, the Oilers haven’t exactly been rolling — they still haven’t strung together three consecutive wins — but at least they’re not in freefall like their opponents. The Jets are riding a 10-game losing streak and looking to avoid making it 11 straight.Perspective, folks. It matters.Winnipeg’s collapse has been wild to watch. This isn’t some rebuilding team that was expected to struggle. The Jets were legitimate contenders not that long ago, and now they can’t buy a win. Ten straight losses is the kind of stretch that gets coaches fired and general managers scrambling. It’s organizational crisis territory.For the Oilers, who’ve dealt with their own inconsistency, this game is an........