Confirmed Signing with Link: [EDM] F Jeff Skinner signs with the Oilers (1 year, $3M)

[DingDongCharlie]

What Proven NHL D did they move out to sign him? They traded Cody Ceci, a guy being paid more than Jeff Skinner, and got a defenseman they like better in return. They lost Broberg to an offer sheet, He was not a proven NHL defenseman, he has played less than 100 NHL games and was a healthy scratch in 60% of the Oilers playoff games and they could have still matched his deal if they wanted to.

We weren't going to pay Broberg 4.5m based on potential when the teams in a contention window. We had to walk away at that point. Ekholm is 34. Losing a young LD in Broberg is a big loss moving forward, especially when it wouldn't have been with the contract the Blues signed him too. He'd be a great value for us at 1.8m (This is a reported amount it was going to take to sign him, I've yet to see disproven) The team only offered 1.1m. The team messed up not signing their RFAs.

Yes, Ceci routinely got crapped on but Ceci and Desharnais were both pieces of an excellent PK that's been overlooked. Ceci played 20+ mins a night and the replacement player in Emberson is playing 14 mins a night and getting caved in. Desharnais played more mins a game than any of Stecher, Emberson, Dermott and Brown. Kulak's mins are way up and Ekholm and Bouchard are up about 2mins a game. Now Nurse and his 20 mins a night are out and all we're doing is running our few good D into the ground. The goaltending isn't doing this group any favours either.

The Oilers RD needed an upgrade on Ceci. We got a downgrade on Ceci. Would you agree with these statements or disagree?

The team didn't need another offensive forward with a questionable 2way game. We needed Holloway on a cheap contract in his spot. I could have been a tad clearer. I didn't want Skinner. Wanted Broberg and Holloway signed (not matched) and Ceci traded as they did. I just wanted an upgrade in his place. 2RD is where the team should have been looking to allocate their available cap space. They didn't.

 

[The Shadow]

Leafs Dodged a bullet here

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Gonna be hilarious if he's traded to a non playoff team.

 

[HairyKneel]

The Oilers are pretty cunning. They'll sort this shit out. They got boned on the kids going to the Blues but players want to win and as a Canucks fan they can probably get to the final 4 with ease. McDavid is that good.

But what's the end game? The Skinner experiment is toast. Nurse earns half his cap hit and they don't have a decent goalie. I see a couple conference finals and maybe another cup appearance but I don't see a solid hockey team.

I don't see on in Vancouver or Vegas either. Paper Tiger division.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Gonna be hilarious if he's traded to a non playoff team.

NMC. So he can block many of them.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Gonna be hilarious if he's traded to a non playoff team.

He has a full NMC.

Edit. I see someone already pointed that out.

 

[Enniskillen]

Two skinners are not enough, maybe oilers need to find a flayer for diversity reasons.

 

[Macheteops]

We weren't going to pay Broberg 4.5m based on potential when the teams in a contention window. We had to walk away at that point. Ekholm is 34. Losing a young LD in Broberg is a big loss moving forward, especially when it wouldn't have been with the contract the Blues signed him too. He'd be a great value for us at 1.8m (This is a reported amount it was going to take to sign him, I've yet to see disproven) The team only offered 1.1m. The team messed up not signing their RFAs.

Yes, Ceci routinely got crapped on but Ceci and Desharnais were both pieces of an excellent PK that's been overlooked. Ceci played 20+ mins a night and the replacement player in Emberson is playing 14 mins a night and getting caved in. Desharnais played more mins a game than any of Stecher, Emberson, Dermott and Brown. Kulak's mins are way up and Ekholm and Bouchard are up about 2mins a game. Now Nurse and his 20 mins a night are out and all we're doing is running our few good D into the ground. The goaltending isn't doing this group any favours either.

The Oilers RD needed an upgrade on Ceci. We got a downgrade on Ceci. Would you agree with these statements or disagree?

The team didn't need another offensive forward with a questionable 2way game. We needed Holloway on a cheap contract in his spot. I could have been a tad clearer. I didn't want Skinner. Wanted Broberg and Holloway signed (not matched) and Ceci traded as they did. I just wanted an upgrade in his place. 2RD is where the team should have been looking to allocate their available cap space. They didn't.

I agree with all this but Emberson is looking much better than he did at the start of the year. I think he'll be a perfectly fine 3rd pairing D going forward

Going into the off-season they needed a 2nd pairing RD and an upgrade in net. They didn't address either but opted to get older and slower at the forward position

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Buffalo did the right thing by moving on from Skinner.

 

[Chainshot]

Two skinners are not enough, maybe oilers need to find a flayer for diversity reasons.

They need a tanner to finish what the skinners start.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Let Skinner cook. You put a gunna with the wheelers and the dealers, you don’t stick him on no 4th line. Skinner doesn’t forecheck, he forehands beauty bar-downers.

Seriously though, not enough smart water in Canada?

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

Let Skinner cook. You put a gunna with the wheelers and the dealers, you don’t stick him on no 4th line. Skinner doesn’t forecheck, he forehands beauty bar-downers.

Seriously though, not enough smart water in Canada?

He's not a third liner or fourth liner. He's useless if he doesn't score goals, and he doesn't score goals unless he has an elite center as a top6 player.

He doesn't play a lick of defense (literally) so he's not a fit on the bottom lines.

He's a wasted roster spot if he's not in the top6. Have Oilers fans realized this yet?

Put him on the 1st line/2nd line, he scores 25-35 goals+ easily.
Anywhere else might as well invite me to suit up for the Oil.
I'm 31 but I still got it baby.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Buffalo did the right thing by moving on from Skinner.

So did Carolina.

 

[McHelpus]

He's not a third liner or fourth liner. He's useless if he doesn't score goals, and he doesn't score goals unless he has an elite center as a top6 player.

He doesn't play a lick of defense (literally) so he's not a fit on the bottom lines.

He's a wasted roster spot if he's not in the top6. Have Oilers fans realized this yet?

Put him on the 1st line/2nd line, he scores 25-35 goals+ easily.
Anywhere else might as well invite me to suit up for the Oil.
I'm 31 but I still got it baby.

I know it's a bad stat to use but he has the worst +/- on the team for good reason. I don't think I've seen him actually shoot the puck yet, all his goals have been very around the net. It's been a very disappointing start for him (especially because he thought he was guaranteed to be in the top 6).

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Skinner is not only a passenger, but he's in the "C" boarding group.

 

[seafoam]

NMC. So he can block many of them.

Only option they have at this point is to bench him and hope he's willing to accept a move to San Jose just to play.

 

[Shark Finn]

Only option they have at this point is to bench him and hope he's willing to accept a move to San Jose just to play.

San Jose says no, though

 

[seafoam]

San Jose says no, though

They might take the draft pick that will be coming along with him, though.

 

[sepHF]

Skinner is a pretty useless player in my first 20 games of watching him

He’s not really good at anything at all, terrible defensively and doesn’t know how to use his line-mates. You can tell McDavid and Draisaitl don’t like playing with him

I know the guy is streaky but it’s been 1/4 of the year and he’s done basically nothing

Sucks that they could’ve kept Holloway for less

 

[RANDOMH3RO]

Should have kept Holloway. Why give skinner any sort of deal above minimum and no trade protection. He needs the oilers more than the oilers need him.

 

[Dempsey]

At least it's only a one year deal. Score some goals in important games down the stretch and in the playoffs and what you did in October and November will be forgiven and we'll move on. That's best case scenario. When the playoffs are here we won't care about what he did to start the season.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Skinner is a pretty useless player in my first 20 games of watching him

He’s not really good at anything at all, terrible defensively and doesn’t know how to use his line-mates. You can tell McDavid and Draisaitl don’t like playing with him

I know the guy is streaky but it’s been 1/4 of the year and he’s done basically nothing

Sucks that they could’ve kept Holloway for less

He is a very difficult player to read and makes a lot of dumb plays offensively that lead to turnovers but used to make some things happen on his own so you’d look the other way. He doesn’t have that anymore even if you put him in the top 6.

He’s cooked or very close to it, I thought maybe Edmonton might be able to squeeze a decent season out of him but idk.

Tuch looks like a new man without him anchoring them last year

 

[Mogo]

Shoo in for 30 goals I was told

 

[Yatzhee]

Buffalo did the right thing by moving on from Skinner.

Yes. I was not a fan when they gave him that ridiculous contract.

 

[Angry Little Elf]

lol skinner is cooked