EDMONTON, AB - When it rains, it pours.
In the case of the Oilers, letting a few too many losing streaks drag on without an answer was a crutch this season after having five separate streaks go above the four-game mark.
They were holes players couldn't dig themselves out of fast enough, and in the NHL that can prove costly to your playoff outlook.
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"It takes maturity to do that, and I think the players learned a lot about that this year," Oilers Head Coach Ken Hitchcock said.
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