For a generation, the Wayne Gretzky-era Oilers were Goliath to the Vancouver Canucks David. Eventually, the pendulum swung the other way and, during the height of the Sedinery days, the Canucks would decimate the Oilers on a regularly basis. All signs pointed to a reversal of that trend as Connor McDavid promised to put the Oilers on his shoulders and carry them to the Stanley Cup.
And yet. Here we are at the midway point of the season and there is no Stanley Cup in either team’s immediate future. There is no Goliath here, just a couple of sadsack Davids trying to figure out where the heck they are going.