Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 04 October 2023 15:09

Steve wrote on Wed, 04 October 2023 10:00 Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 03 October 2023 15:06 RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 03 October 2023 14:43 From the 2 games I was able to watch of Campbell, he looks like he is moving way less. He doesn't seem to be flopping around as much and he looks like he is covering way more of the net. I don't know if he got bigger gear but he looks way bigger in the net. His side to side movement was abysmally s l o w last year.. last night he picked off a cross-crease pass and shot quite well .. looked quick and sharp. 🤞🏻 I'll disagree on the slowness part. Campbell has always been super athletic, but last year his anticipation and angles were all wrong. If anything he was often over-playing and moving his feet too much. It's all in the head with him. If you meant slow in the head instead of slow in the feet, then we are on the same page I'll have to stick with my original comment.. I distinctly remember how slow his reaction time was to come across his net after a cross ice pass for a shot.. he's looked better now.. but .. still pre-season..

Campbell reminds me of Smith. Always looks like he's trying hard, even when his sav% is 0.800. When he's making the saves, looks amazing. When he's not, looks terrible to be working that hard to suck :) Players seem inspired by his effort and never quit approach so we always seem to have a shot with him in net still.

When Skinner is off his game though, his second effort on saves just vanishes, you can see a guy that has his confidence in the toilet. Reminds me of Kotsko. When he's on his game, technically pretty solid. When he's off, the team seems to sag along with him because everyone can see he's looking defeated.

Maybe the Oilers are just destined to have Smith's and Kostko's forever now.

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