How did Edmonton Oilers special teams become the class of the league under Dave Tippett?
Part One “Priority One is find a coach. So said Ken Holland arrived on the scene as Edmonton Oilers GM last May, identifying a long-standing sore point with the NHL club. In the previous ten seasons no fewer than eight men — Pat Quinn, Tom Renney, Ralph Krueger, Dallas Eakins, Craig MacTavish, Todd Nelson, Todd McLellan, Ken Hitchcock — had taken the reins behind the Oilers’ bench.