EDMONTON - Edmonton Oilers general manager Craig MacTavish says everything in the organization is under evaluation as the last-place team continues to underperform despite an influx of high draft picks and young talent in recent years.

MacTavish told a news conference today the coaching staff, led by second-year head coach Dallas Eakins, and the players are "under scrutiny."

Eakins' future has been called into question several times already this season as the Oilers have managed just six wins and are currently mired in an 11-game losing streak.

MacTavish, who has also been on the hotseat in Edmonton, says the players need to take more responsibility.

He blamed "execution on the ice" for the team's struggles.

The GM also preached patience, saying that bigger, more competitive players are in the club's farm system but are not yet ready to play in the NHL.

MacTavish says the organization has underestimated the amount of time it would take for some of their younger talent to develop into top-flight NHL players, but there has been progress made "in terms of physical growth, performance growth and maybe most importantly, accountability growth."

"As painful as this process is, we feel it's a necessary step to get us to the next level," MacTavish said. "We're behind in our timeline, we understand the frustration of our fans, we understand the frustration of everybody surrounding the team."

But the plan has not changed, he said.

"I have to make decisions as a manager, relative to where are, not where we want to be or where we should be," he said, adding that he doesn't think the core players need to be "rooted out."

The Oilers have three No. 1 draft picks on their roster in Nail Yakupov, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall.

Edmonton (6-15-5) hasn't won since beating the New York Rangers on Nov. 9. The Oilers, who haven't made the playoffs since 2006 when they lost in the Stanley Cup final, have earned only four points since.