 RDOilerfan
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| Steve wrote on Mon, 11 December 2023 15:15 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Mon, 11 December 2023 12:23 |
| smyth260 wrote on Sun, 10 December 2023 20:51 |
I would say absolutely not. Playing Skinner for 90% of games is not a long term solution.
If I was the Oilers I call up Rodrigue and send down Pickard, and keep on the search for a starting or 1B goalie.
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Pickard is 31. At this point, he is what he is. So if he sits for long stretches in the NHL not playing, it doesn't stun his development.
Rodrique is 23 and not very far along in his pro career. He needs to be in an environment where he can play and continue to work on his game. He has a chance to be an NHL goalie. A dream scenario would be in a couple of years, your starter and back up are young, home grown, goalies in Skinner and Rodigue. I would keep Rodrigue in the minors and let him continue to develop.
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Agreed. I would like to see him getting more time in the AHL. The current problem is that he's been riding the bench in favour of trying to get Campbell back into form. I think that's short term though. If he can outplay Campbell, he'll get more time. At the end of the year, either the Oilers will buy out Campbell or trade him for assets that are less expensive than the buyout penalty. It's going to hurt either way. Then Rodrigue can be the AHL starter next year.
For this year, I still want the Oilers to bring in someone who can start playoff games if Skinner is having trouble with a particular opponent, like Vegas.
Currently it looks like Skinner-Pickard may be able to get them to the deadline, but I'm not comfortable with that duo for the playoffs.
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I agree that I think it's short term of Campbell getting more starts. I could see this playing out until after Christmas. Then seeing where's he's at. If he hasn't recovered yet, then I could see them going to more of a normal AHL split and giving Rodrigue more games.
Unfortunately, they have 5 mill for 3 more season unwisely invested in Campbell. As a result, they have to give him time and games in the AHL to hopefully find his game in an effort to try and recover something from him.
I think long term, even if he re-finds his game, he won't be an Oiler next season. The ship has sailed. To have any chance of trading him and not get completely crushed on the trade, they have to hope he can salvage his game to some degree. Lots of teams need goaltending, there simply isn't enough so in a perfect world he can rediscover his game to a reasonable level and the cost to unload him won't be as much. If not, they will have to buy him out which would suck. Either way, I can't see them having him back next year. He'd have to play out of his mind in the AHL then do it in the NHL for the rest of the season to have him back next year. I don't see that happening.
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