EDMONTON - Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish sacked head coach Dallas Eakins on Monday, saying while Eakins is taking the fall for mounting losses, he isnt solely to blame for whats shaping up to be another dismal NHL season in playoff-starved Edmonton. Nacho Fernandez Jersey . Theres blood all over my hands in this too as well because I put the lineup together and the roster, MacTavish told a news conference at the Oilers downtown offices. But its just the compounding of the losses that led me to this decision. MacTavish will take over as head coach on a transitional basis before handing the reins to Todd Nelson, who is being promoted to interim head coach from Edmontons American Hockey League affiliate in Oklahoma City. MacTavish said he didnt have a timeline on when he would return to the front office. Eakins will speak to the media at Rexall Place, Tuesday at Noon et/10am mt. Nelson inherits a team that has lost 15 of its past 16 games is last in the Western Conference with 19 points through 31 games. The Oilers are on track to miss the playoffs for the ninth consecutive year and Nelson will be the fifth head coach in seven years. Disillusioned fans in recent weeks have begun voting with their feet. Gaps and rows of empty seats are commonplace at Rexall Place, and tickets can be had for fire sale prices. Criticism has been pointed directly at management, including hockey operations boss Kevin Lowe and owner Daryl Katz. Considered one of the hottest coaching candidates when with the AHLs Toronto Marlies, Eakins was the star hire made by MacTavish when he took over as general manager less than two years ago. MacTavish was so keen to lock up Eakins he fired the head coach at the time, Ralph Kruger, on Skype. Eakins, with a four-year deal, was seen as an X and Os wunderkind, on the cutting edge of the new generation of coaches with novel ideas like the swarm defence. It didnt translate to the ice. The Oilers finished with the third-fewest points in the NHL in 2013-14 with a record of 29-44-9 in the one full season under Eakins. They were 7-19-5 so far this year, but the nature of the losses was what rankled fans on social media and phone-in shows. The Oilers, despite offensive magicians like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jordan Eberle, and Taylor Hall, are averaging just 2.1 goals per game. The team has been mocked as soft, with forwards not wanting to fight for the puck, preferring to shoot from the perimeter with little follow up. The defence has been exposed as erratic and undisciplined. MacTavish has been criticized for delivering to Eakins just two NHL calibre centres — Nugent-Hopkins and Boyd Gordon — and suspect goaltending in Ben Scrivens and Viktor Fasth. The firing came just over a week after MacTavish gave Eakins a public vote of confidence, telling reporters then that Eakins still had the respect of the dressing room and that it was up to the players to turn the season around. But the losing continued. I think the fact we werent able to get any traction at all after that, it led me to believe the time was right for a coaching change, said MacTavish. MacTavish more than a week ago, also said there was no point to breaking up the core talent of the team, saying there were so few tradeable assets, any trade would be a simultaneous step forward and backward On Monday, when he was asked again if he would touch the core, he didnt rule it out. I dont want to answer that question until I get a hands-on understanding of exactly whats happening in there (the dressing room), said MacTavish. I want to have ample opportunity to have eyeball-to-eyeball conversations with the core group. With an average age of under 27, the Oilers roster includes three No. 1 overall picks: Hall in 2010, Nugent-Hopkins in 2011 and Nail Yakupov in 2012. All aspects of the organization, including himself, remain under scrutiny, said MacTavish. Jordi Alba Jersey . - This win was more the New Jersey Devils style. Kepa Arrizabalaga Jersey . Alen, 28, hit .315 with five home runs, 59 RBI and a career-high nine stolen bases for the Goldeyes last season. He is the longest serving catcher in Goldeyes history, having already spent five seasons with the organization. http://www.spainsoccerpro.com/Thiago-Alcantara-Spain-Jersey/ .m. ET, CBSOPENING LINE — Falcons by 3 1/2RECORD VS.GLASGOW -- Hilary Caldwell was a fraction of a second from climbing one step higher on the podium at the Commonwealth Games. The Victoria swimmer had the lead halfway through Sundays final of the womens 200-metre backstroke, only to be passed by two Australian competitors -- including one right at the wall -- in having to settle for bronze. Caldwell finished 1.27 seconds back of Belinda Hocking for first place, but was just 0.04 seconds off Emily Seebohms silver-medal time of two minutes 08.51 seconds. "I knew it was going to be pretty quick. Those Aussie girls are always fast," said Caldwell, who finished in 2:08.55. "Its never great to be out-touched (at the wall) for any medal. I was just off the silver and a little bit off the gold today. Caldwell was fastest in qualifying, and swam even faster in the final, but wasnt able to hold off either Hocking or Seebohm over the final 100 metres in a race that saw Genevieve Cantin of Lac Beauport, Que., finish seventh and Sinead Russell of Burlington, Ont., wind up eighth. "Belinda is always a back-halfer. Shes negative split them before," said Caldwell. "Thats definitely her strong suit, the back end of the race. I struggled a bit with being sick a bit on and off this year so maybe my fitness isnt quite where it needs to be." Still, the 23-year-old collected Canadas fifth medal at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre through four days of competition. Meanwhile, Remi Pelletier-Roy of Longueuil, Que., added another bronze for Canada in the mens 20-kilometre scratch race -- the countrys first of the Games in cycling -- after the 24-year-old finished third behind New Zealands Shane Archbold and Australias Glenn OShea at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. "The track program came here with big goals and I think getting a medal was the very least we were hoping for," said Pelletier-Roy. "Getting to the last race, it was our last chance to do it so Im pretty happy to put that on the board for us as a program and for myself." After four days of competition in Scotland, Canada sits tied for sixth in the overall medal standings with 18 -- seven gold, three silver and eight bronze. Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., wasnt able to add to the tally or match her gold-medal winning performance from the womens 100-metre butterfly in the 50-metre fly, finishing sixth with a time of 26.27 seconds. "To be honest Im a little bit disappointed," said the 21-year-old. "I was expecting faster, but I have the 200-metre butterfly (on Monday) so Im going to focus on that." Englands Francesca Halshall was first in 25.20 seconds, followed by Arianna Vanderpool Wallace (25.53) of the Bahamas and Australias Brittany Elmslie (25.91). Montreals Sandrine Mainville was eighth. "The other girls were just faster than me today," added Savard. "Its noot a really good time for me. Sergio Ramos Spain Jersey. A small thing can make a big difference." Staying in the pool, Calgarys Yuri Kisil grabbed a surprising fourth-place finish in the mens 100-metre freestyle behind a trio of Aussies. Kisil qualified for the final with the seventh fastest time, but touched in a personal best 49.27 seconds. Aurelie Rivard of Haut-Richelieu, Que., finished fourth in the womens para-swimming 100-metre breaststroke, followed by Katarina Roxon of St. Johns, N.L., in fifth. Ottawas Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson was fifth in the womens 200-metre individual medley, with 17-year-old Sydney Pickrem, who swims out of St-Jerome, Que., finishing eighth. In the only other final involving Canadians, Calgarys Russell Wood finished seventh in the mens 50-metre backstroke. Meanwhile, Torontos Brittany MacLean advanced to the womens 800-metre freestyle final, while Mainville moved onto to the womens 100-metre freestyle final where she will be joined by fellow Montrealers Victoria Poon and Alyson Ackman. Tera van Beilen of Oakville, Ont., and Kierra Smith of Kelowna, B.C., will swim in final of the womens 100-metre breaststroke, while Torontos Martha McCabe failed to advance. Edmontons Richard Funk qualified for the mens 50-metre breaststroke final, but Vancouvers Coleman Allen, as well as Evan White and Gamal Assaad, both of Oakville, failed to advance in the mens 100-metre butterfly. Elsewhere at the Games, Lanni Marchant, from London, Ont., finished fourth in the womens marathon, completing the two-loop course that wound around Glasgow in two hours 31 minutes 14 seconds. Mohammed Ahmed raced to fifth in the mens 5,000 metres on the first day of track and field. The 23-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., ran 13 minutes 18.88 seconds -- a personal best and the third fastest time ever by a Canadian. "Fifth, you know, I was really close but I gave everything I had, I just made tactical errors," said Ahmed. "I am a bit disappointed, I really wanted to go out there and be right there with those guys. "But I am a bit closer than I was last year and I have another race coming up on Friday (the 10,000 metres) and another Canadian there with me (Cam Levins) which will make it a little bit easier. So I am just going to go out there and have fun." Notes: Sultana Frizell of Perth, Ont., threw a Commonwealth Games record in qualifying for Monday nights womens hammer throw final. The 29-year-old defending champion threw 68.92 metres, almost a full metre better than the rest of the field. ... Canadas mens and womens field hockey teams picked up wins over Trinidad and Tobago as each improved to 1-2. ... Canada lifted the rugby sevens Bowl after beating Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and the Cook Islands at Ibrox Stadium. The Bowl is awarded to the winner of the consolation bracket, putting the Canadians at ninth overall. 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