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Winnipeg is painful to watch, but it's just the pre-season
EDMONTON — Look, it’s still preseason hockey — a necessary evil this time of year that serves a purpose for coaches but can often be painful to watch for fans counting down the days until they start playing for keeps.
But we’ll give the Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers this much: The two Western Conference squads came out with some fire in their bellies and some giddy-up in their steps Saturday in what began as a testy battle and turned into a rout.