| What's the deal with this team's goaltending? [message #839648] |
Wed, 18 December 2024 02:15  |
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 HamBlaster
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I know this is continuing to beat a dead horse, but what gives? Honestly?
I'm not going to talk about DS, because the Lord only knows why that guy is still around 10 years later.
Why does every goddamn goalie that plays for Vancouver look like a freaking Vezina candidate and our goaltending situation is a tire fire more often than not?
Outside of Skinner's recent run that came to a screeching halt against the Cats, he's been dreadful this season and was dreadful to start last year. He's having a significantly worse season than Pickard (who should take over starting duties until Stu figures his brainfarts out - that giveaway for the goal in the Knights game and the insanely terrible effort on Reinhart's goal last night are perfect examples.
He's statistically in the conversation of the worst goalies in all of NHL history in the playoffs, which is shocking considering goalies in the 80s wore pads that were half the size of the current era.
I'm sorry... but he's not a starting goalie in the NHL. He has his moments where he seems to figure something out for a bit, but then he predictably comes crashing back down to Earth in dramatic fashion. Happens all the time with him.
Why do the Oilers continue to see him as that guy? Look at so many other goalies in this league that are emerging and have passed Stu by in development and ceiling potential. Why do the Oilers not try to improve this part of the team? It seems like they see him as part of the core and a ride or die, but WHY??? He's rocking an .892 save percentage this season? How is this starter material?
Sorry, I know that this is a long-winded rant, but I'm so tired of the Oilers having incredibly suspect goaltending. They could have found a better option, but complacency and recency bias seems to always be a thing with our management (regardless of who is in the seat).
[Updated on: Wed, 18 December 2024 02:17]
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