Yes. Let him play on the 4rth line. Must be stoked.Best sign was Knoblauch actually rewarding JSkin for playing well.
Yes. Let him play on the 4rth line. Must be stoked.Best sign was Knoblauch actually rewarding JSkin for playing well.
He was almost shocked he scored lolNice to see Arvidsson with a snipe, like his classic self.
I agree. A takeaway is much different than a giveaway. One is an excellent play the other is a bone head play.I swear they need to separate turnover stats to offensive zone vs defensive zone. They are miles different. Takeaways too
So Bouchard giveaways don't matter?Turnovers is a stat that doesnt matter.
Players trying to make plays with the puck will have more turnovers.
They looked incredibly disinterested which is shocking for a team battling for their playoff lives. If any franchise needs an enema it's that one.Any of the usuals here complaining about Oilers turnovers should look at the Rangers baking dozens of hot turnovers every period. What a hopeless club. Rangers are the least disciplined team with the puck. We got a lot of looks tonight.
Rangers are crazy bad. Looked like guys getting golf clubs out. I thought they were trying to feed our goals.
I only got to listen to the last half but was distracted by a lot. Did Skinner really get demoted to the 4th line after playing so well in the first?Yes. Let him play on the 4rth line. Must be stoked.
11.5 million Shesterkin looked much worse than our favorite guy Stu Skinner in this game imo.
Goalies are so stupid man - never pay em!
Very concerning. He's got a core injury. Nothing worse when it comes to mobility as well as complications.I thought the Podz-RNH-Arvid line was fairly noticeable (in a good way) last night. When Hyman, Kane, Frederic are all healthy...there will be some interesting choices to make line-up wise.
Podz is hard to figure out where to put in the line-up. Teammates love him, and occasionally he shows some flashes (thought the pass behind the net to RNH was great) but at the end of the day, the lack of offence is tough to figure out where to put him.
I still think we'll see the Arvid investment pay out fully in the playoffs.
Concerned about the lingering Ekholm injury (virus?). If he's not back fully, that's a big hit for playoff chances.
Sure those matter, but just blindly pointing to the turnover number doesn’t tell the story.So Bouchard giveaways don't matter?
When McDavid trys a pass through 2 or three opponents i would classify that as a takeaway for the other team. If Bouchard passes it directly to the other team that is a giveaway. If McDavid passes it directly to the other team with nobody between it's a giveaway. I Draisaitl blindly backhands it to the blueline it may be a giveaway or a takeaway.
Would have to be a judgemental call. They are different.
So the lesson is - never start Skinner two games in a row?Neat Skinner stats.
Skinner playing after Pickard wins his start:
10-2-2
0.925 sav%
Skinner other starts (Pickard didn't win our last game):
13-15-2
0.883 sav%
Skinner brings it when Pickard steals the show the game before. I feel like I've seen this a dozen times this year where Pickard has a great game and everyone (including me) is saying he should be our starter, but Skinner almost always shuts everyone up with his next game after. I guess it's basically been ~a dozen times. But then inevitably back to same old Skinner if he keeps getting more starts after that or Pickard is doing his own faltering.
Seems like some real motivational quirks going on with The Stache.
lol oh lord comes into the thread posting sarcastic and antagonizing non sense and then plays the victim card.yeah he's been below average this season and downright awful sometimes...but not raging at him and not pinning every goal 100% on him is cause for name-calling I guess
You’re talking to the guy who blames McDavid and draisaitl any chance he gets while defending skinner.Any time someone accuses someone else of being related to Skinner you can just tell they are fuming.
I don't even think Skinner has been good this season but people definitely dump on him way more than necessary. There's no need to get upset just because someone else doesn't want to blame every bad thing that happens to this team solely on Skinner.
He was almost shocked he scored lol
You get shit on for everything when you have been bad all season. This is nothing new or exclusive to Skinner."Snipe", now that's hilariousOnly on HFOil is this a considered a "snipe" and is being praised as some exceptional shot.
The shot deflected off the dmans stick and changed direction, which handcuffed Shesty
If that goes in on Skinner, full meltdown on here.
The double standard on here continues to be strong
Not sure what's the need to crap on one of the premiere goalies in the league. Even his worst season, his numbers is still better than any goalies we have right now."Snipe", now that's hilariousOnly on HFOil is this a considered a "snipe" and is being praised as some exceptional shot.
The shot deflected off the dmans stick and changed direction, which handcuffed Shesty
If that goes in on Skinner, full meltdown on here.
The double standard on here continues to be strong
He played the whole third period with McDavidYes. Let him play on the 4rth line. Must be stoked.
False. He played with McDavid in the 3rd periodI only got to listen to the last half but was distracted by a lot. Did Skinner really get demoted to the 4th line after playing so well in the first?
I just realized Dallas has been less than mid with Rantanen. They needed a Dman not a forward. I think they needed a guy like Jake Walman.
I'm glad we stole him
Guys like Rantanen don't come around every year. Dallas can get a #4 D in the offseason. And Heiskanen will be back in the playoffs.I just realized Dallas has been less than mid with Rantanen. They needed a Dman not a forward. I think they needed a guy like Jake Walman.
I'm glad we stole him
There was at least three separate occasions where the Oilers completely lost the puck right in front of Skinner. They did not manage the puck well whatsoever.They looked incredibly disinterested which is shocking for a team battling for their playoff lives. If any franchise needs an enema it's that one.
Not to take away from the Oilers who played a decent game but the Rangers sure made it easy on them.
Edit: The Rangers did play 3 in 4 nights and on a second of a back to back so perhaps that explains it
They got their D man.I just realized Dallas has been less than mid with Rantanen. They needed a Dman not a forward. I think they needed a guy like Jake Walman.
I'm glad we stole him