GDT: Game #52 - Leafs @ Oilers - 5PM - Set your clocks to center of the universe time!

[YakDavid]

Special teams are an issue right now. Pk unit mainly skinner but not the only weakness gave up two. Powerplay looks clueless. McDavid and Bouchard do not look great.

 

[Old Boys Club]

We better find a f***ing goalie with all the cap space we're going to have at the deadline.

Schwartz has complete confidence in Skinner, just like Schwartz was the mastermind behind signing Campbell.

 

[soothsayer]

i don't know what your interpretation of "outplaying" is......
if it's being on our heels from the get go, and being run,. than yes, we "outplayed" them.

What are you talking about? The Oilers were in their zone for most of the start of the game and were outshooting them, like, 5-1.

 

[Sanchez]

Heart and soul type of guy but a cancer in the room

 

[CanadasTeam99]

f*** off Mark.

Dude isn't even on the ice for a goal against that period and that's who is picks on?

If Skinner doesn't want to be on permanent diaper duty he better get his head out of his own ass.

Change Skinners name to a Euro like Kosky and Yak and these guys rip him to shreds

 

[oXo Cube]

Mark Spector makes Russian bots look objective.

People have talked about dumping Jeff Skinner for cap space but what if we dumped Arvidsson instead?

 

[ujju2]

Schwartz has complete confidence in Skinner, just like Schwartz was the mastermind behind signing Campbell.

Let's find another goalie coach while we're at it. Actually, let's do that first.

 

[Oilhawks]

f***ing Leaf homers giddy on the panel.

I don’t know how you guys can do it. I’d rather get water boarded than sit through that shit

 

[Old Boys Club]

McDavid has been ass for 75% of the season. Doesn't look like he wants to score with how much he passes from the slot.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

I mean don't need to post fancy stats,
Skinner is just generally big, by NHL standards he have zero mobility, he doesn't read plays well, he often badly positioned, he stay on his knees overly, and he have somewhat decent-ish reflex and lets not talk about puck handling and rebound control.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Schwartz has complete confidence in Skinner, just like Schwartz was the mastermind behind signing Campbell.

I keep saying that firing him is the play. But surely the next choice by him will be the one…

 

[Heavy Dee]

Arvidsson has 6 goals on the year, and I think a few might have been EN. He's not been good.

He is officially a plug.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Just checked the score. Yep, had a feeling this game was gonna blow.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

McDavid has been ass for 75% of the season. Doesn't look like he wants to score with how much he passes from the slot.

He just really refuses to shoot. I remember us being all excited when he started to one time pucks. Now he just passes everywhere. Deeply frustrating.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

Special teams are an issue right now. Pk unit mainly skinner but not the only weakness gave up two. Powerplay looks clueless. McDavid and Bouchard do not look great.

McDavid hasn't been good for a while. Bouchard is playing his way into a bridge deal.

 

[ujju2]

Mark Spector makes Russian bots look objective.

People have talked about dumping Jeff Skinner for cap space but what if we dumped Arvidsson instead?

Agreed. Skinner brings a lot more upside in any case, and gets paid less.

 

[Oilhawks]

McDavid has been ass for 75% of the season. Doesn't look like he wants to score with how much he passes from the slot.

Dude looks done, by his standards. He may actually end up being a mediocre value on his new contract if this play continues

 

[Old Boys Club]

I keep saying that firing him is the play. But surely the next choice by him will be the one…

I'd argue Skinner has actually regressed the last 3 seasons. Reflected in his stats, but also his fundamentals look poor. Bad positioning, bad puck tracking, poor movement; things that a goalie coach should be focusing on and improving in a young goaltender.

 

[Sethual]

Time for South Park. Season 2

 

[Shanahanigans]

Team management really had an awful offseason. And their waiver wire grabs have been shit too.

This team doesn't have an identity. Last 3 years we were a fast, hard, forechecking team- the fastest in the league and one of the biggest. First line had Mcdavid and Hyman which are a nightmare for D to play against. Then on come Draisaitl and Kane, who are you stopping? Then Foegele Mcleod and Holloway had warts but they were pure speed and transition, which continued the onslaught. This team now has 29, and 97 who looks REALLY off this season- nobody else to rely on aside from that, and the rest of the guys- Janmark, Arvidsson, Henrique, Brown, Podz- more or less cardio merchants who kill time until the big boys can come back on again. Our depth feels like the Kassian-Chiasson years again.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

He just really refuses to shoot. I remember us being all excited when he started to one time pucks. Now he just passes everywhere. Deeply frustrating.

Passes rarely find guys. He is a crazy turnover machine right now.

 

[booyakasha]

What are you talking about? The Oilers were in their zone for most of the start of the game and were outshooting them, like, 5-1.

did Woll ever look like he was under duress??
what are you talking about? who cares if you are in the other zone when it amounts to nothing.

 

[foshizzle]

The more time Skinner has spent with vampire Schwartz, the worse his game has become. He barely can track pucks or corral rebounds now. Seems like a pretty obvious negative linear relationship.

Unfortunately, Schwartz seems to be bulletproof in this org. All the talking heads won't even entertain any criticism of a goalie coach that has a decade of making Oilers goalies worse.

I remember texting Gregor about him- holy hell Gregor went on a 5 minute rant defending him. When multiple GMs and coaches have been fired and no one has even whispered your name- you’re the second most powerful person in the organization

 

[KlimasLoveChild]

I'm not sure what Stu's deal is on those dump in's that die in our end around the hash marks and no one around. He just camps in his net and hopes his dman wins the race. I've seen it a number of times this year. It's starting to piss me off because it is such an obvious play for a competent goalie. Take a couple strides out and clear it away.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

It's bad that the lines without McDrai feel more dangerous... (and they're not generating much either)
McDavid in particular just has zero jump, strength, or timing.

Also Klingberg in the offensive zone is an absolute joy... Klingerg on transition skating backwards not so much.
Though both aspects are better than Bouchard's, who looks worse than McDavid.


On Skinner, while goals 2 and 3 I can't pin on him goal #1 can't happen. Especially when the team's desperate for a pick-me-up from its goalie. Despite bing 6'4, he struggles way too much at fighting through traffic; And maybe it's because Smith as the pervious starter, but that lack of fight to stay in the play rubs me the wrong way.