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Re: 2025 Oiler Off-Season Transactions [message #846955 is a reply to message #846953 ]	Thu, 26 June 2025 11:18

Adam
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Hibernia wrote on Thu, 26 June 2025 10:08

Adam wrote on Wed, 25 June 2025 16:35

What was Bobrovsky's Goals Saved Above Expected?

What does that have to do with if we keep Skinner or not? I never said Skinner (and/or Pickard) weren't outplayed in the Finals. We all know that Skinner is not a future Hall of Famer at this point in his career. That's not the question. The question is, can we upgrade the position given what may be available? I'm not so sure unless we attach significant assets to make it happen.

I also believe that the Oilers may have gone a little too far in their attempt to fill the blueline with puckmovers. That, I believe may be the real problem. We don't have many real defensive dmen except Ekholm and he was either hurt or trying to get up to speed in the finals. Not exactly a great combination.

All in all, we got beat by a very good, very deep and mostly healthy defending champs. The trick for Bowman is not to over-react, but find the right tweaks to make this a better team next year. We already know there's a full defensive side lined up as both goalies and all dmen except Klingberg are signed for next season (assuming Bouchard is re-signed.) So, he's got his work cut out for him.

Well, I think it is somewhat relevant. While technically it is possible to win the Stanley Cup with only average goaltending, it's not particularly often that we see that come to pass. Skinner's inconsistency makes it hard to judge. He has stretches where he seems unbeatable - the end of the Vegas series and much of the Dallas series he was great. But when he's off, he's terrible. I suspect that his goals below average for the Finals would have been significantly worse. And three years in a row he's had to be pulled multiple times in the playoffs.

I don't believe you NEED to flush Skinner. He's relatively young, and he does have his moments. But by now, I think it's clear that he isn't likely going to be able to carry you through a full playoffs and so the other half of the tandem has to be someone who is a higher calibre than Pickard. Now, Pickard played the best hockey of his career in the playoffs. He was what, 8-1? That's great work and way above what anyone expected of him - but the team shouldn't be resting its hopes on a 34-year old backup with no previous pro hockey playoff experience. That's insanity.

I'd prefer to see us upgrade, dump Pickard, keep Skinner as the backup. Play both about 50% of the games in the regular season. And then pick your fighter for the playoffs - with a very short leash, especially if you choose to back Skinner as the guy.

"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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