Kr55 wrote on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:57

Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 20 May 2026 21:37 Vegas beats Avs without Makar.. Avs seemed to take a while to get rolling.. too much rust.. plus Hart is better than what Avs have. Ugh, bad news. Think Carter Hart has not depended on Dustin Schwartz for some time now. He has his own sports psychologist John Stevenson and he works with the Shane Clifford goaltending group. I was hoping Schwartz powers would sink Vegas, but seems like only the Oilers love true Dustin Schwartz goalies.

Thats interesting.. as a franchise owner you think you'd be able to have a say in what goaltending coaches your player's should use.. I'm not sure who else is out there for independant goalie coaching but Vdar on Philly said he went to a new guy over last summer (not sure if he's independant or the team coach) to help with his lateral movement across the net.. vast improvement and had a stellar season.. so it is possible for the right coaching can make a big difference.

Oilers (its been mentioned here before) should have its own GOALIE DEPARTMENT .. c/w PERFORMANCE LABORATORY .. the money spent would NOT be included in the team cap..
If you have a goalie on a long term expensive contract that has a lot of technical faults.. best solution is to do whatever you can to remove the faults .. a lot less expensive in draft pick and prospect assets to develope your own star goalie.. than trying to pry loose someone elses.. or signing one in free agency..

While your're at it, I'd also have a SKATING Department c/w Performance/Analytics Laboratory ..

Speed kills.. every player on the roster should have their skating evaluated and analyzed for efficiency .. edge application, stride pattern, strength .. there are a lot of physics involved in a simple skating stride.. which can be quantified.. and hopefully modified and corrected..

If you can't draft high enough to get the players with the top percentile speed.. draft for best player available and then "make" him fast.. and .. make your existing roster palyers faster as well. .. everyone goes through it.. even McDavid :) .. actually what you'd do is model McD's skating and then use it as a template to compare to the rest of the players.. each palyer gets personal skating drills to correct their own specific faults..

It's a thought anyway..

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