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Pickard has totally outplayed Skinner. Which isn’t a good thing. Looks like Skinner is losing confidence and that’s scary as a goaltender. Bye-bye Dustin Schwartz.
There's no way Edmonton wins a cup with Skinner or Pickard.
If we got Gibson I cant tell you how hyped I'd be about our cup chances. Skinner can be great but he has wild swings in quality. Its a long history of inconsistency now. Its who he is
Great for the money that they are paying, but the oilers have cup dreams and to tell mcdavid and bunch that pinching pennies in goal is all they get then thats a slap in the face
Yes Skinner cost us some games, but don't react so quickly. Give Pickard more games for now.
Fyi you say that maybe if we improved the defense that Stu would improve. Stu's piss poor stats have come while the Oilers have given him elite level defense, which is proven with advanced stats. So that thought is unfounded. Gibson has a .913 in Anaheim. Hed have a .925 here. Im tired of the lame argument about how Skinner has decent stats since some arbitrary date in November. Hes a .900 goalie on a top defensive team
The team is getting a very honest return from Skinner.
Not so much from the bomber.
He’s a liability that’s already cost them.
I wouldn’t want him on the ice on game seven.
Hi Patrick! Goaltending is an inconsistent problem. Cheers thanks for the update.
The break can't come at a better time. The Oilers are running on fumes. More concerned about McDavid…he seems disengaged. Maybe he can find that spark during the Four Nations Cup. Got some of that Crosby mojo rubbing off on him. As for Skinner (goalie), we can no longer ignore his inconsistent play especially against top tier teams. Gibson is an intriguing option and Bowman should look at it seriously. We still need at second pair D-man as well. Maybe trade for GIbson and Gudas? Depending on the cost, this could fill some gaps. Oil have to go all in!
We are not a training ground to develop players.
Yet another game last night where Skinner spots 3 goals in the 1st period. At least it wasn't 3 straight to put them down 3-0, but still not acceptable.
I know, Blackwood let in 2 himself, but the difference is, Blackwood doesn't do that on a nightly basis, like Skinner practically does.
Edmonton needs a goaltending adjustment. I don't know how extreme it has to be, but if Bowman thinks Skinner isn't going to piss away games in the playoffs again this season and cost them the cup? Well, maybe shouldn't be GM anymore either.
So tired of sitting here seeing comically glaring issues with this team, and seeing nothing done about them.
I also understand it's not easy to just go out get a true #1 goaltender, or at the very least, a 1A or 1B. That doesn't change the fact that this team needs one. Pretending it's just too hard or costly to do, well again, maybe the team needs new management.
Seriously if we end up getting rid of yet another goalie only for them to flourish with another team I'm going to be livid, we shouldn't be having the idea to trade Stewie, get rid of Dustin Schwartz before getting rid of Stewie, give him a chance with a different goalie coach and if he still isn't improving than trade him, seriously give him a chance with a different goalie coach and I'm sure he'll be fine
All the great goalies that we could have had already, and we missed them all. Now all we can get is Gibson? Pathetic. And more pathetic is not firing the goalie coach. Just listen to the Devin Dubnyk interviews and what happened with his new goalie coach in Minn. The best 2 players in the world and they don't get a decent goalie? There is something seriously wrong with Oilers management. Do we want the cup or is Skinner a nice guy?
Stuart Skinner is not, never gas been and never will be a legit #1 goaltender. Skinner never helped get the Oilers get to game 7 last year, that team dragged him like an anchor to the playoffs and to the SCF. Anyone who thinks he is a good goalie knows nothing about what a good goalie looks like, nothing.
As in many comments, goalie coach untouchable and why. Picard has been a good backup. Unfortunately Stu is inconsistent and slow to start. Once he wakes up he plays great but 3 goals were bad in the last game. New child , flu or tired could all be issues but he is a professional goalie. Gibson sounds expensive . How about a new goalie coach until the trade deadline?
Been saying it a long time, they can't depend on him in the playoffs, last year was last year. It's time to cut Skinner loose and acquire a proven starting goaltender, it's gotta be tiring for the team, always having to play harder trying to catch up.
Goalie coach could also be a problem
Tough call. I think Skinner shows enough talent to trust him into the future, and Pickard too. Goalie coach seems the best plays to start.
All goalies who leave Edmonton turn out better, because they dont have Dustin Scwartz as goalie coach
How about a new goalie
Coach
I'm not sure about what to do with Skinner in net. I think his mental attitude is quite good and h'ell up his game. 2/3yr after rookie is always difficult. Should we stick with him for the possibility of him having a great season next year?. He may become one of the best. Always difficult to assess goalies.
Defense can difently be improved, I mean what is the +/- stats on Nurse it seems to me every time we're scored on he's on the ice. His defensive game is not were it should be
God I hope he doesn’t play lots. We need to give pickard more starts
No Bro….our goaltending is NOT reasonable lmao. Seriously.
Like I said last year, 1 months ago now… Pickard is a hell of a lot better then "just a backup", and it's now a year past WTF is happening that knob still doesn't grasp that. I'm not hear to dump on Skinner. But if Knob doesn't start treating Pickard like 1B, at least, then he will ride Skinner to burn out and defeat like he did last year, and that will be 2 wasted years. If he does that, then its very likely both Knob and Skinner will be looking for new digs, and rightfully so.
I've been saying it for over a year now. Your goalie has to be able to steal a game when nobody is scoring. Yes Skinner took them to within 1 game of winning the stanley cup but the Oil lost the first 3 games of that series……what if The goalie stole 1 or 2 of those games? If John Gibson wants to come to Edmonton, I say go for it!
Count me as one that is nervous when Skinner is in net. He’s just too inconsistent and I always feel that the next shot is going in. I don’t want to trade him, but I wouldn’t mind shoring up our goal tending. Trade Picks so that you don’t have a 3 goalie carousel.
People are pounding the wrong drum, Skinner is a B+ goalie nothing more ($$$) it’s the defensive accountability that’s going to make the difference. Go out and get a defensive player who can actually shut down a command some physical play that is the real challenge! The inability to stop giving up the blue line and not pounding on other top guys gives the other teams time and space to control the play. Listen that drop pass to Conner on the PP needs to change the entire universe knows what’s coming, spend money where there’s the biggest chance of success.
Patrick, Skinner is 55th in goals saved above expected behind an elite defense (top 5). On a team like Anaheim, he will be sent down to the farm relatively quickly
Patrick, Skinner is 55th in goals saved above expected behind an elite defense (top 5). On a team like Anaheim, he will be sent down to the farm relatively quickly. Also- Calvin Pickard in 76th in goals saved above expected. He isn’t close to elite