OilFans.com :: Fan Forum: Oilers => Skinner Extended

Guest

This day on May 8
None

Happy Birthday To: tomb, youfokker, jonesy, OilerOlli, iceprincess04, Oilersrule99, joshuaryan, BlagicaPA

OILERS INFO OILFANS
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 9:57 AM MT

F.A.Q.

Members

Home

Oilers » Skinner Extended

Re: Skinner Extended [message #819877 is a reply to message #819876 ]	Tue, 21 March 2023 23:28

CrusaderPi
Messages: 7657
Registered: December 2003
Location: AB Highway 100

6 Cups

Adam wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 22:22

NetBOG wrote on Tue, 21 March 2023 17:15

You all are idiots.

This would land harder if I wasn't right all the time when it comes to the Oilers.

I won't be surprised if the Oilers DON'T play Campbell much more than that, but the fact is, they should.

Skinner is a rookie who's already looking at playing the most games he's ever seen as a pro. Managing his workload down the stretch keeps him fresh and gives him the best chance of staying sharp and healthy in to the post-season.

There is a reason why good teams play their back-ups regularly now. Look at the breakdown for the best teams in the league:

Boston - Ullmark 42 Starts, Swayman 27
Carolina - Andersen 26, Raanta 22, Kochetkov 21
New Jersey - Vanecek 42, Blackwood 16, Schmid 13
Toronto - Samsonov 35, Murray 23
Las Vegas - Thompson 35, Hill 25, Quick 5, Brossoit 3
New York Rangers - Shersterkin 51, Halak 20
Los Angeles - Copley 31, Quick 31, Peterson 10, Korpisalo 4
Dallas - Oettinger 52, Wedgewood 16
Minnesota - Fleury 40, Gustavsson 31
Tampa Bay - Vasilevskiy 54, Elliott 18
Colorado - Georgiev 51, Francouz 15, Johansson 1
Edmonton - Skinner 40, Campbell 31

That's the top 12 teams, and of those most have shared the load. The three who have dominated the crease are Shersterkin, Oettinger and Vasilevskiy, and I don't think Skinner's in the same conversation as any of those guys. If Skinner ends the year starting more games than Ullmark does, then that's too much in my eyes, and the fact is, we don't need him to. Campbell's record this year is 18-9-4, better points percentage, actually, than Skinner. He's definitely got warts to his game and I don't think he's played very well, but we still win twice as often when he's in goal. If he holds that the rest of the way and gets 4 wins and 2 losses, that's all we really need out of him.

If we play Skinner every night and then he gets hurt - well, then we're sunk. Showing no confidence in a goalie who struggles with his confidence anyhow means that if he's asked to carry the load, we're in real trouble. Why not give him some games, and hope that he can play his way in to a better state?

We might as well argue McDavid should play 43 minutes a night. He's the best player and him being on the ice gives the Oilers a better chance to score. Who cares if every other team thinks they need to rest their players in game and manage workload over a full season?

One step forward three steps back.

Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.

Report message to a moderator

Skinner Extended	By: inverno76 on Mon, 19 December 2022 09:38
Re: Skinner Extended	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 19 December 2022 09:39
Re: Skinner Extended	By: inverno76 on Mon, 19 December 2022 10:16
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Adam on Mon, 19 December 2022 10:38
Re: Skinner Extended	By: inverno76 on Mon, 19 December 2022 11:22
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Adam on Mon, 19 December 2022 11:45
Re: Skinner Extended	By: smyth260 on Mon, 19 December 2022 09:52
Re: Skinner Extended	By: clutchlikeeberle on Mon, 19 December 2022 10:50
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Adam on Mon, 19 December 2022 11:01
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Kr55 on Mon, 19 December 2022 11:20
Re: Skinner Extended	By: smyth260 on Mon, 19 December 2022 18:16
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 20 December 2022 08:27
Re: Skinner Extended	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 20 December 2022 09:31
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 20 December 2022 09:46
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Adam on Tue, 20 December 2022 10:27
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 20 December 2022 10:33
Re: Skinner Extended	By: smyth260 on Tue, 20 December 2022 11:53
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 20 December 2022 12:56
Re: Skinner Extended	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 20 December 2022 13:30
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 20 December 2022 13:47
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Adam on Tue, 20 December 2022 13:59
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 20 December 2022 14:08
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Dragon_Matt on Tue, 20 December 2022 14:14
Re: Skinner Extended	By: smyth260 on Tue, 20 December 2022 14:15
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 20 December 2022 14:21
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Kr55 on Sat, 11 February 2023 21:45
Re: Skinner Extended	By: bigEfromGP on Tue, 21 March 2023 11:58
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Red Rage on Tue, 21 March 2023 12:17
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Adam on Tue, 21 March 2023 12:39
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 21 March 2023 13:03
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Adam on Tue, 21 March 2023 13:10
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 21 March 2023 13:12
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Kr55 on Tue, 21 March 2023 13:23
Re: Skinner Extended	By: NetBOG on Tue, 21 March 2023 17:15
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Red Rage on Tue, 21 March 2023 21:06
Re: Skinner Extended	By: Adam on Tue, 21 March 2023 22:22
Re: Skinner Extended	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 21 March 2023 23:28

Previous Topic: Pregame: Arizona @ Edmonton (Game #72)
Next Topic: Review: San Jose @ Edmonton (Game #71)
Oilers NHL Minors Speculation For Sale

Copyright © OilFans.com 1996-2022.
All content is property of OilFans.com and cannot be used without expressed, written consent from this site.
Questions, comments and suggestions can be directed to oilfans@OilFans.com
Privacy Statement

Hosted by LogicalHosting.ca