They're a team built by people with no clue about how to build a winning team.
They've got decent top 6 wingers, but terrible center depth and a abysmal bottom 6. They're a soft group of forwards that don't have any fight to them
Their blue line might not even be AHL quality.
They have barely average goaltenders who are abandoned night after night.
They have a coach that seems to be fairly clueless
Their star players have gotten velvet handies since day one and are incredibly lazy without the puck
On top of that due to terrible scouting and drafting, their prospect pool has shiveled down to the size of a 1000 year walnut.
On top of that because of their management they're not going to be able to get good free agents, as well any GM worth its salt is going to be in a position of power in trade talks.
Anyone who thinks that merely firing Lowe is going to vault this mess of an organization into competitive hockey is fooling themselves.
This Edmonton team is probably going to have to burn the rot out with a flame thrower and rebuild from the ashes. They might be 5 to 7 years away from being anything.
But are they intentionally tanking? I think thats the wrong question.
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