Jeff Skinner got his one playoff game and hasnt been seen since

[McFlash97]

Skinner should be playing. He can be explosive

The only explosive thing Skinner is good at is figure skating. The Oilers play a very north and south game. Skinner is the antithesis of this. He likes to twirl around in open ice

 

[crowfish]

If he draws back into the lineup it will potentially ruin a great trivia question

"Which NHL player played exactly 1 career playoff game and won a Stanley Cup?"

 

[Son of Nogatco]

If he draws back into the lineup it will potentially ruin a great trivia question

"Which NHL player played exactly 1 career playoff game and won a Stanley Cup?"

Def guys with that stat line

J Skinner would have to be the only one with a 1000:1 RS to playoffs ratio though

 

[AM]

This is the biggest blunder by Jeff Jackson to date. Why sign a guy that the coach isn't going to use? Skinner is still a talented player, but something about his game turns Knoblauch off, and a conversation between Jackson and Knoblauch probably would have prevented this altogether.

It also would have left them space to sign Holloway. Broberg wanted out, so that offer sheet isn't as big of a deal, but without that Skinner contract in the way, the Oilers could have signed Holloway earlier, and not relied upon trying to get him to sign his qualifying offer.

You pay for insurance and don’t always use it.

 

[StoveTopStauffer]

James Hamblin, Derek Ryan.

Jeff Skinner's playoff stats are not inspiring.

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Was he directly responsible for the goals against? Or just on the ice? My memory about those games is fuzzy.

 

[Dirty Dan]

The only explosive thing Skinner is good at is figure skating. The Oilers play a very north and south game. Skinner is the antithesis of this. He likes to twirl around in open ice

So does mcdavid but he's good at it

 

[Son of Nogatco]

You pay for insurance and don’t always use it.

No one intentionally pays 3M for a 13th or 14th forward

 

[GrumpyKoala]

At this point if he doesn't draw in I am just gonna assume he did something that crosses someone important line.

How am I doing mods? Not bad huh.?

 

[Fourier]

The only explosive thing Skinner is good at is figure skating. The Oilers play a very north and south game. Skinner is the antithesis of this. He likes to twirl around in open ice

Skinner played 11 minutes so far and threw 5 hits. (Strangely he actually leads the Oilers in hits per 60 right now with the very small sample size duly noted.) No one would expect him to keep that up but he has never been a particularly soft player even going back to his days in juniors. Kapanen has fully bought into things. There is no reason Skinner would not as well if he plays.

 

[Pip]

Was he directly responsible for the goals against? Or just on the ice? My memory about those games is fuzzy.

If my memory serves he didn’t play that bad, but was unfortunate to play in a game where the whole team didn’t show up (until McDavid in the third). They also had the the bad version of Stu.

Edit - 2 of the goals were just awful turnovers from Bouchard. Not much a winger could do

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Name on the cup if they win correct?

 

[OysterForever]

You can't be very good if Kapanen takes your spot in the roster lol

 

[ManofSteel55]

So does mcdavid but he's good at it

McDavid doesn't twirl, he dangles and beats guys. If he doesn't see an opening, he will sometimes circle back to make another run of it, but that's not really what Skinner does when he's doing his "twirling".

 

[ManofSteel55]

You can't be very good if Kapanen takes your spot in the roster lol

You know, Kapanen gets crapped on a lot around here, but he's been pretty good for Edmonton, especially in the playoffs. My only issue with him is that he will too often take a long shot that really has no chance of going in. Sometimes it works to get a whistle if they need it, but he too often kills plays with it. That said, he's been very good during the playoffs this year in a depth role. The guy was on waivers this year, but I expect his playoff play will be enough to get him another NHL job next year.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

If he draws back into the lineup it will potentially ruin a great trivia question

"Which NHL player played exactly 1 career playoff game and won a Stanley Cup?"

I thought Jeff 'Mister Game 1' Zatkoff would have fit the bill for this, but apparently he actually played 2 games when he won with Pittsburgh in 2015-16.

 

[NVious]

His brother turned it around showing the Skinner family genes can bounce back, time to give him another shot.

 

[NVious]

Name on the cup if they win correct?

Most efficient player in NHL history

>Spends his career lazing around racking up goals/points and contracts
>Decides its time to mentor his lil bro Stuart
>Plays 1 playoff game
>Wins cup

 

[HugeInTheShire]

If he draws back into the lineup it will potentially ruin a great trivia question

"Which NHL player played exactly 1 career playoff game and won a Stanley Cup?"

Steve Brule played 1 regular season game and 1 playoff game and has a Stanley Cup Ring

 

[GoldenKnight]

Most efficient player in NHL history

>Spends his career lazing around racking up goals/points and contracts
>Decides its time to mentor his lil bro Stuart
>Plays 1 playoff game
>Wins cup

>Achieves 1.00 career points per game in the playoffs

Legacy secured!

 

[Lt Dan]

I kinda feel bad for the guy. I am guessing he signs a lowball "prove yourself" contract this offseason

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Steve Brule played 1 regular season game and 1 playoff game and has a Stanley Cup Ring

Dr. Brule was a hockey player too?

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Dr. Brule was a hockey player too?

Yep but he looks different LOL. You actually have to put hockey next the Steve Brule if you want to find the hockey player

 

[hangman005]

I kinda feel bad for the guy. I am guessing he signs a lowball "prove yourself" contract this offseason

You are far nicer than I. I was really hoping the Oilers would some how miss the playoff just to keep the playoffless streak alive because that would have been hilarious.









Ok and also because the oilers are the oilers

 

[ManofSteel55]

Yeah - I don't think is automatic at all that Skinner gets the nod.

I agree. We aren't only missing Hyman's goal scoring, we're also missing his physicality and net front presence. Skinner doesn't replicate that, so its quite possible that they try to fill the void left by Hyman by bumping up Trent Frederic, and then pull in either Jones or Philp as the depth forward who can maybe eat some minutes without hurting the team. Jones will bring some energy and body banging too, but he's a liability defensively and takes stupid penalties, so I don't know if I want him in either, ha ha.

 

[Mez]

Sounds like hes back in tonight.