Columbus Blue Jackets not making the same mistake with Mark Letestu as Edmonton Oilers did

One grave and repeated mistake made by the Edmonton Oilers coaching staff this year was over-using veteran players in situations where they were having little or no success.
This happened with winger Milan Lucic on the top line with Connor McDavid and on the top power play unit. It happened with Andrej Sekera as he struggled mightily after his return to the line-up, and it also happened with Mark Letestu, one of Edmonton’s heroes of the 2017 playoffs.
Letestu was unable to replicated his 2