Speculation: Jeff Skinner has no plans to leave the Oilers

[Talonted]

Because they don't want to hurt his feelings.

I get so annoyed with lots of my family/friends always saying they hope we re-sign/extend player X because hes “nice” or has a cool nickname I want a winning team and have been made to feel “mean” for my opinion lol. Good riddance to Poolparty.

 

[izzy]

wait until one day we potentially speak of him as 500 goal scorer jeff skinner

 

[BLNY]

No one's taking him either.

 

[LTIR]

I am one of them. Skinner needs to mesh with this team but once he does he will be important. I bet he's a fixture of the top six by playoff time. That's my fantasy. Maybe that will be a key event in McDavid ramping up his production


On a true contender like the Oilers hope to be, having poor defense is awful. Skinner is tantalizing but either he can't do defense and therefore shouldn't play a single playoff game, or he figures out defense and becomes a likely playoff hero. He's a risky add but I like that

Doesn't need to be Skinner.. if it's Connor friggin Brown then so be it.. Skinner, Arvidsson, Kane, Brown, Janmark , Hyman, Nuge , Podkolzin are in the same tier for me.. play whoever is clicking in top 6... could even be Savoie or Kapanen.. heck even Janmark or Henrique could be in top 6.

 

[BlueAzN]

Has he actually been that bad? He seemed alright in most of the games

 

[ManofSteel55]

Oilers fans are fine with fantasizing about guys like Hyman, Henrique , Kane , Skinner and Kapanen producing from bottom 6

If three of them are on a line together, they may. Skinner-Henrique-Hyman?

 

[Bounces R Way]

guy sucks

 

[MisterT]

He just wants to make the postseason. Apparently as a healthy scratch.

 

[sxvnert]

Or Skinner could not be a dbag to the fanbase and team by being a complete waste of space. Time to move on.

 

[Pure Slaughter Value]

Or Skinner could not be a dbag to the fanbase and team by being a complete waste of space. Time to move on.

NMC.

What are they going to do, bench him? Send him to minors where he'll refuse to go? Send him home after rolling the dice on 3% of the cap?

 

[spaghtti]

NMC.

What are they going to do, bench him? Send him to minors where he'll refuse to go? Send him home after rolling the dice on 3% of the cap?

He can't be sent to the minors he has a NMC, I wasn't a fan of the signing to start with but , he hasn't been a negative and now has a goal and 2 assists in the last 3 games

 

[Spawn]

Has he actually been that bad? He seemed alright in most of the games

Considering he's played almost exclusively in the bottom 6 this year he's not producing all that bad. On pace for ~30ish points. But the -9 on a team that prides itself on playing strong defensive hockey just doesn't fly with the head coach. He's responded well to the single game healthy scratch though. 3 points and +2 in 3 games playing ~10-12 minutes.

 

[Steddy33]

Jeff Skinner has no plan to back check or play defense either

 

[TheNumber4]

Has he actually been that bad? He seemed alright in most of the games

Nope.

guy sucks

Nope.

Or Skinner could not be a dbag to the fanbase and team by being a complete waste of space. Time to move on.

He's not though.

Jeff Skinner has no plan to back check or play defense either

Incorrect. Seen him back check and block shots this year. It's not his forte, but he is trying. I suspect Knoblauch put him in the bottom 6 for that very reason to work on his details away from the Puck.

 

[bleedgreen]

He’s still a good player. When Skinner gets hot he’s as good as any great scorer in the league. He didn’t hit the ground running (not a shock) so he ended up in the bottom six. Easy to see him get hot and have big moments down the stretch and/or in the playoffs.

 

[Lunatik]

Did anyone actually expect him to walk out and lose the rest of his $3m?

This is the most pointless thread ever.

 

[LTIR]

Has points in last 3 games and seems to have developed some chemistry with Henrique. Lets see how long he can keep it up. For some it's much easier to play well on a line with a Henrique and Hyman than Mcdavid or Draisaitl.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

I am one of them. Skinner needs to mesh with this team but once he does he will be important. I bet he's a fixture of the top six by playoff time. That's my fantasy. Maybe that will be a key event in McDavid ramping up his production


On a true contender like the Oilers hope to be, having poor defense is awful. Skinner is tantalizing but either he can't do defense and therefore shouldn't play a single playoff game, or he figures out defense and becomes a likely playoff hero. He's a risky add but I like that

Playoff hero, Jeff Skinner? If we could get out of his deal we should. The NMC we likely can’t. I’d love to be proven wrong about JS but saying this is a risk you like? Are you being honest here or is this just in keeping with your username?

 

[TFHockey]

Has points in last 3 games and seems to have developed some chemistry with Henrique. Lets see how long he can keep it up. For some it's much easier to play well on a line with a Henrique and Hyman than Mcdavid or Draisaitl.

Yeah he seems to have bought into what the coach demands of the team. I guess we'll see.

He won't be back in Oiler silks next year.

 

[miscs75]

wait until one day we potentially speak of him as 500 goal scorer jeff skinner

We won’t have to worry about ignoring his playoff stats to say that either.