NCREDiBLE wrote on Mon, 04 December 2023 14:35

This is NOT the news we needed. I wonder why they wont play Pickard more? He looked alright in his brief stint. However I do believe Skinner needs a vet mentor.

Look at his career stats and you'll see the answer there. He hasn't been a .900+ goalie at the NHL level in ages and ages. Honestly, the bigger question for me is why they're wasting so many starts on Campbell in the AHL. Olivier Rodrigue has barely seen the goal since Campbell arrived in Bakersfield, despite mediocre numbers comparatively. He's 3-4 with a 0.893 save percentage since his demotion. I believe Rodrigue's only got two starts in all that time and he's been bombed for shots in both - above .900 in both losses. Here's the quick rundown of their last 8 games:

Nov 9 - 4-1 loss 20SOG .800
Nov 11 - 4-0 loss 26SOG .846
Nov 14 - 6-3 loss 27SOG .808 (ENG)
Nov 15 - 4-1 loss 41SOG .902 (Rodrigue in goal)
Nov 21 - 2-0 win 30SOG 1.000
Nov 25 - 4-2 loss 37SOG .917 (ENG)
Nov 29 - 4-3 win 42SOG .929
Dec 1 - 4-3 shootout loss 37SOG .919 (Rodrigue in goal)
Dec 2 - 6-4 win 35SOG .886

I'll never understand how the Oilers can feel they are developing their goalies of the future when they always want to have old vets play most of the games instead of the prospects. From here, it looks like the Oilers really believe that Campbell is going to be rehabilitated by playing 6-8 weeks in the AHL, and that he's going to become a viable NHL goalie again. Looking at that list of results though I don't see it.

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