EDMONTON — We thought we were past this. But then you realize that the Edmonton Oilers have lost seven consecutive playoff games — going back to the 2020 bubble — and it becomes clear. They’re not out if this at all. They’re right in the middle of it, that phobia that strikes a team that has figured out how to win between October and April, but has not a clue what to do come May. We — media, fans, observers, even the players and coaches — are like the kids in the backseat on that summer trip to the Okanagan, as the Oilers make their never-ending journey from rebuilders to playoff contenders. We twiddle our thumbs, and blurt out intermittently, “Are we THERE yet?” “I think you want your team to play with emotion. You want controlled emotions,” begins Jay Woodcroft, the latest in a long line of dads behind the wheel of this 1978, wood-panelled station wagon. “We gave up a chance 11 seconds into the game off just a kind of a broken play, broken coverage. And then we found oursel...