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EDMONTON, Alberta — Kraken general manager Ron Francis loves a good winning streak, such as the recent nine-gamer that catapulted his team’s season from nowhere back into playoff contention. Francis also knows such streaks and the franchise-record 11-game affair the Edmonton Oilers took into Thursday night against the Kraken, can become draining. More than 30 years after playing for a 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins team that holds the NHL record with 17 consecutive wins, Francis still wonders whether it caused more harm than good. “Maybe a year or two after you look back at it and I think chasing…