GDT: Game #36: Oilers @ Ducks - 2 PM - SN

[GrumpyKoala]

Skinner saves that all day btw.

Too bad he mostly play at night

 

[KCC]

Pikard would like that one back. lol. Oh well. Skinner does that every game.

 

[NedPlimpton]

smarten up, ya jerks.

just giving them chances.

 

[tardigrade81]

Need a goalie and need to shoot more.

Count me in!

 

[TB12]

Skinner saves that all day btw.

You're the one bringing up Skinner in a game he's not even playing in. Something the Skinner fanboys claim the "haters" do.

 

[Oilhawks]

Pikard would like that one back. lol. Oh well. Skinner does that every game.

Often more than once.

 

[K1984]

Does that mean Skinner would have saved it?

Probably.

 

[TheNumber4]

And he lets in some other lame shot due to be an unfocused, unathletic clown

A wide open east west one timer. Yes, yes he would likely let that in.

But a straight on shot under his pad? That usually doesn’t go in for Skinner. Happens more often with Pickard actually.

 

[TKB21]

Pickard plays the weaker teams so he looks a little better than he is.

He looks like he should, an average backup goalie. The problem is we have him and a below average starter. If this team wants a cup they need a legit starting goalie and skinner as the backup that plays 30-35 games a year.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Gauthier with a pretty impressive gear shift on Kulak.

 

[Oilhawks]

A wide open east west one timer. Yes, yes he would likely let that in.

But a straight on shot under his pad? That usually doesn’t go in for Skinner. Happens more often with Pickard actually.

Oh yeah, he's really good on his knees when he's not giving up his usual juicy rebounds. I agree

 

[Oilslick941611]

When I was younger I used to say I’d do anything to play in the NHL.

I now say I’d do anything except wear those fu king ugly Ducks uniforms. Omg those are horrible.

Duck have had the worst jerseys in the league since they introduced black in 05

 

[TheNumber4]

Oh yeah, he's really good on his knees when he's not giving up his usual juicy rebounds. I agree

Rebounds off pads happen to all goalies. Stu does well when a shot is reasonably expected to be corralled in the bread basket.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

A wide open east west one timer. Yes, yes he would likely let that in.

But a straight on shot under his pad? That usually doesn’t go in for Skinner. Happens more often with Pickard actually.

went in last game against foegele lol

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Oilers should blow this game out if they don't get casual. Anaheim is terrible in their zone

Drai is on his game

 

[Oilking83]

Gauthier with a pretty impressive gear shift on Kulak.

He looks better than I thought based on his numbers

 

[Oilhawks]

He looks like he should, an average backup goalie. The problem is we have him and a below average starter. If this team wants a cup they need a legit starting goalie and skinner as the backup that plays 30-35 games a year.

Yup. Pickard is a backup, which is some sort of crazy revelatory statement for some Skinner Stans. Meanwhile, Skinner is a starter that should be a 1B at absolute best. Not consistent enough to be a starter

 

[TheNumber4]

went in last game against foegele lol

The goal Nurse deflected in, that went outside (and not under) his pad?

 

[TB12]

Oh yeah, he's really good on his knees when he's not giving up his usual juicy rebounds. I agree

He's really good at shots from straight on. If he has time to get set. And doesn't have to move, at all. And if it's deflected, well, absolutely no chance. No goalie in the league saves deflected pucks. Even if they are deflected 15' out and are travelling 4 mph. Goalies shouldn't be able to do the splits and cover all of the bottom half of the net, even when they're 6'5. It's just not done.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

He looks better than I thought based on his numbers

Young guys on bad teams, consistency can be tough

 

[Oilhawks]

Rebounds off pads happen to all goalies. Stu does well when a shot is reasonably expected to be corralled in the bread basket.

Stu does well when the team plays perfect defense in front of him. I mean, yeah, I'd hope so. And even then, he lets in too many goals for so few high danger chances against

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Can’t even watch the game because trying to login to my sportsnet got my account locked by that trash app.

Makes me go to email for code, and while doing so it closes the page where I need to enter it and goes back to the start, brilliant f***ing programming

 

[GrumpyKoala]

Where was the blood?

 

[TB12]

Great replay Sportsnet! What a f***ing absolute travesty SN is. Good lord.

 

[LeonDraisaitl29]

We're pretty much guaranteed to run Skinner-Pickard this whole season unless Bowman has some secret plan that hasn't been leaked. We can win with both.