After just one win in the past 16 games, I have to admit I was getting a little concerned about this Oilers team. However all my fears were laid to rest earlier today when “Coach” MacTavish spoke to the media and made it clear he had found the answer
"We need our pace to improve and our commitment to getting to the hard areas."Genius! Pure genius Craig! It was so simple that no one had considered it before, with this new information in hand the Oilers were ready to face one of the NHL's toughest teams in the Arizona Coyotes tonight. The Coyotes at 26 points were ahead of two teams in the NHL standings, one of those teams being the Oilers. The Oilers came out tonight, and lost, 2-1, to those very same Coyotes. And yes Craig MacTavish and Kevin Lowe still have a job.
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