Soundwave
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Maybe they just take the "goalies are voodoo" like way too far in their evaluations of things
"Building a pro sports team is just voodoo"
Maybe they just take the "goalies are voodoo" like way too far in their evaluations of things
Sure I guess *shrug*"Building a pro sports team is just voodoo"
This org has invested $25M in Campbell and millions and years of development in Skinner and this guy is still around to sewer their investment. The team isn’t going anywhere with this goalie coach. Burke turned Vegas’ chicken shit into a Cup winning chicken salad. Find someone like him or call it quits
They already achieved the voodoo part by lucking into a generational talent.Sure I guess *shrug*
I mean it is difficult to an extent. Sometimes you get lucky. There's no "sure fire" simple way to do it, but this organization needs to be much better at it period.They already achieved the voodoo part by lucking into a generational talent.
How is finding other competent pieces so difficult?
Of course it’s not easy but they seem to be failing in basically every area.I mean it is difficult to an extent. Sometimes you get lucky. There's no "sure fire" simple way to do it, but this organization needs to be much better at it period.
Everything feels very bleak. I think the Oilers adding to it in a not insignificant way overwhelming me a bit. f*** these 2 games were horrendousOf course it’s not easy but they seem to be failing in basically every area.
Huh? The Oilers have their own goalie scout who's not Schwartz.The worst part in all of this is he's also the team's goalie scout. Any other goalie brought in will be chosen by him and then coached by him.
We're f***ed.
Huh? The Oilers have their own goalie scout who's not Schwartz.
Your right. But we hired Jeff Salajko (the goalie scout) in Oct 2022, 4 months after signing Campbell. Likely Schwartz was the guy consulted with atleast on the Campbell signing as there was no one else around.
Looking in Salajko, he’s a former goalie coach with the Red Wings. Maybe Schwartz replacement is already here…
Standing up to make a save. What a novel concept!Exactly. How he's survived the amount of coaches and GM's changes while still not having any goalies here progress is infuriating as a fan.
Outside of Sean Burke, Ian Clark aka Vancouver's goalie coach has been proficient at his job as well for developing goalies. We have a guy as a goalie coach who NEVER played professional hockey in his damn life, and had a goalie in Mike Smith who'd rather work with a different coach in the off season than him. I don't know what the f*** he teaches the goalies, but every goalie always plays smaller than they are under his coaching. Koskinen's a huge dude, but you'd think he's shorter based on the way he was always down on his knees and then getting sniped on his high glove side. Talbot kept having the tendency to give up the 1st goal within 1 to 5 shots since he kept going down on his knees. Soup's rebound control is his major weakness, but that STILL hasn't been improved upon either.
I forgot which previous goalie it was, but one of them said after going to a new team (and playing better), he was taught to stand up more rather than go down and make himself look smaller.
Dustin Schwartz needs to simply go.
Standing up to make a save. What a novel concept!
If I ever get time in the near future, I should look at goalies stats (especially save %) before they came to the Oilers, during, then after.
When the Jets swept the Oilers, I think that was the summer Smith got his own guy. Smith comes into the season and looked way, way better in net (and the numbers supported it, if I remember correctly) and we were all wondering what happened. Then the truth came out .
Schwartz has to be one of those mentalist/hypnotist types where he probably was getting the "you're fired" speech but then he blinks his eyes a certain way and says "I'm doing a really good job" and Holland, in a trance says "You're doing a really good job" then turns around and leaves his office, while also having his memory wiped of why he went in there in the first place.
I was afraid that might be the reason behind it.If the rumour is true about Schwartz banging a Katz, I guess the OEG going on about Holland having “full autonomy” has one asterisk…
Lol at the Oilers shills in the replies twisting themselves into pretzels trying to justify this guy.