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 Jay
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Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
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| Kr55 wrote on Wed, 26 November 2025 11:58 |
| Jay wrote on Wed, 26 November 2025 11:54 |
| mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 26 November 2025 10:29 |
| NZ Oiler Fan wrote on Wed, 26 November 2025 08:01 |
Speculation this morning that the Oilers and Blues are working on a goalie swap. Skinner for Binnington.
Binner's having a terrible year, and the Blues would need to retain salary in order to make it happen.
I'm not sure how I'd feel about that trade. He's had a pretty good record the past few years, but has been absolutely awful this year.
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Yeah, mixed feelings for sure. He doesn't seem like a very good person vs. Stu who does. So on the human element, we probably lose that trade.
That said, he has a track record of coming through in big moments – the Stanley Cup run and the 4 Nations Cup come to mind immediately. He honestly probably should have won the Conn Smythe and maybe the Hart his rookie year – if he doesn't come in mid-season and play lights out, the Blues don't make the playoffs, much less win the Stanley Cup. The turnaround that team had with Binnington in the crease was historic.
Like Skinner though, he has ups and downs. He's had a lot of downs this year.
I think there's a lot of questions around Binnington, and if he is the answer. But probably you still make that deal, because it has become quite clear that Skinner is not the answer.
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I'd be thrilled if they could make this happen but I expect the Oilers would have to add a lot to make it work as salary would probably have to be retained. If they can figure out a way to get Skinnner out and Binnington in then make it happen.
Curious why is Skinner a good person and Binnington isnt in your opinion?
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With the corner we've backed ourselves into, I think the only option now would be a guy like Binnington.
The Blues are playing like crap, kinda like us. Only, Binnington has shown many times that he can up his game when it matters most. We have the opposite type of guy in our net.
It's risky, no doubt, but the highest risk thing we can do right now is just pray Skinner and Pickard are the solution. There is no excuse to be writing off a season like that and just hoping that Pickard can save the day again in the playoffs. We gambled hard 2 playoffs in a row now, and got extremely lucky to go as far as we did. It's really looking unlikely Pickard is going to save us a 3rd time.
Time to actually get serious about the goalie position, and Binnington might be the best hope out there mid-season and with our team looking like trash and the entire world knowing we're desperate for a goalie. Gotta find another team that is in the dumps like us, with a struggling goalie that at least has shown they can perform in playoff situations. Or maybe a hidden gem on an actual garbage team destined for a lottery pick, but I can't imagine our goalie scouts could ever find such a player.
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Don't forget in '23 Jack Campbell bailed out Skinner in R1 only for them to go back to Skinner and lose in R2.
It's crazy how Skinner is the only goalie that get's the benefit of the doubt time after time after time from this team. Even this year all the talk has been about moving on from their dirt cheap back up who bailed them out in the playoffs. The scribes really like that moustache though.
I think he's (finally) done in Edmonton. I expect him to bounce around next year as a backup and be out of the league by 2028.
"Initiative comes to thems that wait"
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