Good morning, everyone, and a happy Monday to you all. As per tradition, I’ve got a brand new mailbag set to go after taking your questions and sending them to the crew for their takes. This week, we’re discussing why the Oilers keep fumbling leads, buying in vs. systems, the PK’s slide, and more. If you’ve got a question you’d like to ask, email it to me at baggedmilk@oilersnation.com or on Twitter at @jsbmbaggedmilk, and I’ll get to you as soon as I can.

I can’t believe their system says don’t get traffic in front and take the puck to the net. But the coach could make players more accountable and say it is now a requirement to go to the net more. So I’d say it is a combination of the players and coaches needed to do more to generate more offense.

They’re playing country club hockey right now, and I can’t imagine the coaching staff is suggesting staying on the perimeter and looking for the perfect pass instead of making a play toward the net. Either way, the players look like they don’t care. That’s a massive problem.

They’ve made some egregious errors to give away leads. Lack of focus has been a theme.

They’re playing not to lose instead of playing to win. They look scared, timid, and that lack of assertiveness is blowing up in everyone’s faces.

I think Regula can help, but, like Janmark they are depth guys. They will help in small doses, but they aren’t difference makers.

Right now, there are a bunch of players who aren’t helping at all. Hyman will help, and Janmark will bring some speed to the bottom six, but I honestly don’t know who is most deserving of staying or going right now.

Any poll that is anonymous I don’t put much stock in. EDM has been to two Cup Finals and a Conference Final in the past four seasons. Suggesting their front office has done nothing that would rank them top 10 at least once seems rather idiotic to me.

I mean, that’s tough when the Oilers were the second best team in each of the last two seasons, but it’s probably because some of the same issues we’ve had in those two losses are still plaguing them right now.

The penalty kill is 81.8%, which is tied for 12^th. It is 81.5% in their last 10 games and 81.3% in their last five. It is 84.6% in their last three games. Brian it hasn’t slipped at all. It is been fairly consistent. There are many issues on the team, but PK, isn’t a main one right now.

5v5 is the biggest issue for me, and it’s not close. Special teams are fine imo.

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