The Edmonton Oilers are back at it again.

At this time last year, Edmonton struggled through the first week of the schedule en route to a 2-9-1 start that would eventually cost Jay Woodcroft his job.

The rest, as they say, is history, as the Oilers turned their season around under Kris Knoblauch and were just one game shy of winning the Stanley Cup.

The entire hockey world entered the new season as Stanley Cup favorites and expected the Oilers to be shot out of a cannon to prevent another sluggish start.

But hockey is an unpredictable sport, and don't you know that Edmonton is 0-3 with a goal difference of -12 despite having a pretty weak schedule?

The Oilers fell 6-0 to Winnipeg and then lost to two projected bottom teams, Chicago and Calgary, over the weekend.

You don't necessarily have to win four games in an NHL season, but Edmonton would have to take care of business at home against the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.

The Oilers are a -210 favorite at BetMGM as of Tuesday afternoon.

Even acknowledging that the Oilers are in a different class than the Flyers in terms of roster talent, you'll be hard-pressed to pick a team you'd like to play against less than Philadelphia in this situation.

What John Tortorella's team lacks in pure ability, they make up for in skill and effort.

Betting on the NHL?

Philadelphia will make you work for every inch of ice and frustrate you when things don't pan out, and that's exactly what's happening to the Oilers right now.

The Flyers are masters at prevailing against superior opponents and I expect them to do just that on Tuesday night in Alberta, making them a dangerous underdog against a team that is in desperation mode.

THE GAME: Flyers +185 (BetMGM Sportsbook)

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