Player Discussion Jeff Skinner

[Chainshot]

yep and they inflated Cozens stats by putting him on PP1 last year which caused his new contract to be 7x7

Eh, Cozens was 55th in the entire league last year in ES points.

 

[Gras]

yep and they inflated Cozens stats by putting him on PP1 last year which caused his new contract to be 7x7

He had 18 points on the PP

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Oof

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

He really has been a total idiot out on the ice. It's like he's trolling everyone. Takes a pass just outside the D-zone, turns wildly and flings a blind pass diagonally across the ice...gets in the vicinity of a teammate 10% of the time. He should have been benched weeks ago if Granato was worth a damn. It shouldn't matter if he has to put Rousek out there instead, take control of the team and hold guys accountable...FCS.

 

[Beerz]

He really has been a total idiot out on the ice. It's like he's trolling everyone. Takes a pass just outside the D-zone, turns wildly and flings a blind pass diagonally across the ice...gets in the vicinity of a teammate 10% of the time. He should have been benched weeks ago if Granato was worth a damn. It shouldn't matter if he has to put Rousek out there instead, take control of the team and hold guys accountable...FCS.

This has always been Skinner. He is a riverboat gambler. He is providing us what he provided us last year. It's the others who aren't

 

[Chainshot]

If Skinner goes on one of his heaters, they will win some games buoyed by his goal scoring production. It's happened seemingly every year he's been here. The issue is the chaos of the time when he's not on a heater. It's such a mixed bag of good and bad simultaneously - a gourmet shit sandwich - that it can certainly frustrate watchers.

 

[Beerz]

If Skinner goes on one of his heaters, they will win some games buoyed by his goal scoring production. It's happened seemingly every year he's been here. The issue is the chaos of the time when he's not on a heater. It's such a mixed bag of good and bad simultaneously - a gourmet shit sandwich - that it can certainly frustrate watchers.

For sure. He frustrates me.

 

[Chainshot]

For sure. He frustrates me.

Same. His game from the red line to the opponent's goal is intriguing. On his own side of it though? Oof.

 

[OkimLom]

His game is something you can sort of ignore if you have everything else going for you as a team. But his game, when you actually have to lean on or rely upon to be an important part of your team/game, it's something that is frustrating and is magnified of it's actual poor play, when nothing else is working.

 

[buffalowing88]

His game is something you can sort of ignore if you have everything else going for you as a team. But his game, when you actually have to lean on or rely upon to be an important part of your team/game, it's something that is frustrating and is magnified of it's actual poor play, when nothing else is working.

Carolina tried to lean on him for years before we got him and they just so happened to never make the playoffs until they finally realized that and moved on. He's fine as a complementary player and I don't mind having him because of the aforementioned heater he will go on sooner or later. But he definitely cannot be a cog.

 

[Beerz]

 

[Ehran]

Am I the only one surprised we haven't seen a "Between 2 Stalls" episode yet?

 

[Jim Bob]

'You're great. You suck': The good and the bad of landing that big NHL contract

NHL players certainly earn their big paydays, but pressure often arrives soon after the ink dries.

theathletic.com

Jeff Skinner’s first season with the Buffalo Sabres could not have progressed any better. Acquired by the Sabres from the Carolina Hurricanes in 2018, Skinner pumped in a career-high 40 goals for his new team. The timing was perfect. His six-year, $34.35 million contract was expiring.

On June 7, 2019, the Sabres signed Skinner to an eight-year, $72 million extension.

Things went sideways soon after.

Injuries hit Skinner during the first season of his new deal, limiting him to 59 games and only 14 goals.

It got worse.

In 2020-21, Skinner scored just seven goals and seven assists. On Nov. 29, 2021, a television microphone at KeyBank Center caught the Seattle Kraken’s Brandon Tanev querying Skinner, with several naughty words mixed in, how he scored his $9 million average annual payday. Tanev did not ask his question kindly.

“Confidence, in anything, goes up and down,” Skinner said. “Obviously, when you’re feeling good, it’s a little bit higher. When you’re going through a little bit of a funk, it’s lower.”

Tanev’s chirp caught Skinner at the beginning of a revival, though. He finished that season with 33 goals and 30 assists in 80 games. Skinner was healthy again. He was playing with confidence. It didn’t hurt that linemate Tage Thompson, 24 years old at the time, exploded for a then-career-best 38 goals and 30 assists.

Skinner’s game has remained consistent. In 2022-23, he scored 35 goals and 47 assists in 79 games for a career-high 82 points. This season, he had 24 goals and 22 assists in 74 games. Skinner, 31, has three years remaining on his deal.

 

[Chainshot]

I still find that chirp ironic because Tanev was in Seattle because of his terrible contract.