Of course, there should be little doubt that the players Dave Tippett has been given to work with, just aren’t good enough. Most of Edmonton’s depth players were nothing exceptional in previous seasons, but their game diminishes when playing in Edmonton. There’s an easy solution to improving at 5v5 for Edmonton, a team that ranks 23rd in the league in 5v5 goal share. If you took away the top scorers on every team and compared their goal differential, Edmonton would be near dead last. They must put an end to consistently acquiring and giving poor 5v5 players countless opportunities for the sake of limited skillsets such as penalty-killing.

Source: The Nation January 04, 2022 17:08 UTC