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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Mike wrote on Thu, 25 April 2024 12:24 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 25 April 2024 14:43 |
Never ceases to amaze me with Oilers fans. One game where Skinner wasn't terrible, it just wasn't his best game and now question marks about if he's good enough.
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Oh simmer down there, sport.
Just saying Pickard (who is also part of the team) played as well or better than Skinner this year, and Skinner does not have a history of being a stud playoff performer. Still a small sample size, but he was .883% and 3.68GAA last year, and .857 and 4.42 this year. He got pulled 4 times in 12 games last year (that has to be close to some sort of record).
Anyway - I am 100% certain that Skinner starts game 3. But I believe they need to give him a short leash. Obviously I'm hoping he stands on his head and doesn't let in another goal this year. But if he gets pulled or looks ugly in a loss, they need to try their backup.
Seems someone from the CP is wondering the same things...
https://www.timescolonist.com/indigenous-news/skinner-has-co nfidence-of-his-coach-but-playoff-goaltending-a-concern-for- oilers-8652592#google_vignette
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I am super hesitant to go to 32-year old career back-up who had career high numbers this year way out of step with his normal results. That looks like an outlier that could regress to the mean at any time.
That said, Skinner HAS to be better. The team completely hitched their wagon to him last summer when they didn't do anything else with the goaltending, and while I think that's a complete management fail, I don't know that I see a real option because if you put in Picard and he fails, well, you may have just broken the confidence of the only one who has a hope in hell of putting together a long enough hot streak to win a Cup.
Somehow, the Oilers need Skinner to play like he did in our winning streak in December and January. We've seen more of 2023-Playoff-Skinner so far, and that just can't continue. I believe we need to give him more rope, but if he were to continue to flounder, I guess at some point we WOULD have to toss the ball to that 32-year old back-up and pray for a playoff miracle the league hasn't seen since the likes of Michael Leighton and Antii Niemi.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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