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CrusaderPi wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 12:58

Adam wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 11:47

CrusaderPi wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 11:07

Kr55 wrote on Tue, 06 May 2025 11:01

Would be wonderful to get the split in Vegas. May as well get our 1 game tonight!

Trying to block out of my mind the rumors of Skinner starting game 1.

It's gotta be the organization playing a lazy pre-series mind game, right? They wouldn't ditch Pickard while he's on a 4 game heater with 4 rest days... right?


I don't know - do you believe that Pickard can lead a team to the Stanley Cup? Or that he's a back-up goalie who made enough saves to get us past an inferior opponent?

If you believe the latter, at some point you will need to roll the dice on Skinner returning to form (although 'returning to form' is maybe a questionable way to put it when he's as often hot and cold as he is).


No, I don't believe Pickard is a Stanley Cup winning tender, but I also would have bet on Adin Hill or Braden Holtby or Corey Crawford. I think it's pretty likely the Oilers lose sometime over the next 12 games and at that point the question can and should be asked (I give Pickard two losses before I switch back). Until then? Ride the guy who made just enough saves to beat an inferior opponent for the 4th consecutive year.


Not saying you're wrong (although my level of tolerance might only be a single loss), but I think there's a logic the team could use to going back to Skinner too.

Personally, I'd rather keep him out until Picard loses, because if you put him back in and he stinks out Game 1, then he's shot to use the rest of the way.



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