Leon Draisaitl is not having a good season, he's having a great season

[Perfect_Drug]

I wouldn't say Skinner had a bad game. He let in 6 sure, but I don't think any were egregious.

Goal 1 was a breakaway shot placed just between the pad and blocker.

Goal 2 was a kicked in goal that trickled fivehole.

Goal 3 was a fluke rebound bounce off Emberson then off Skinner's shoulder in.

Goal 4 was a completely wide open cross seam chance. Don't know what the forwards were doing there.

Goal 5 was a shot from behind the goal line off Skinner's head and in.

Goal 6 was a wide open shot from the slot, Skinner screened by his own player.


Comple of fluke goals, couple of disaster defensive breakdowns. Team had an off night. In the previous 6 starts Skinner is like 5-1 with a .950 s%. Hes playing well.

You realise goalies are able to make a high danger save once in a while right? Like most average NHL goalies can occasionally save a breakway, or a deflection right? They don't have to let in EVERY grade A chance right?

We are saying Stuart Skinner lets in WAY MORE high danger chances than most other goalies, and this is backed by his lower than average HDSAA%.

 

[MessierThanThou]

You realise goalies are able to make a high danger save once in a while right? Like most average NHL goalies can occasionally save a breakway, or a deflection right? They don't have to let in EVERY grade A chance right?

We are saying Stuart Skinner lets in WAY MORE high danger chances than most other goalies, and this is backed by his lower than average HDSAA%.

I have no clue what Skinner did to earn so many defenders but it's amazing...statistically one of the worst starting goalies in the league and yet because he was really good for one playoff series after almost single-handedly costing us the one before that (and actually costing us our post-season in 2023), it's always a "lucky bounce" or "bad luck" or the fault of our defense and even our star players. Statistics be damned.

Yup, our loss to Florida is somehow the fault of everyone but the dude with a .760 save percentage who only faced four high-danger shots that game.

Unlike these Stuart Skinner apologists, I care more about the Oilers winning a Cup than feelings, and know that Skinner in net is an almost insurmountable burden to the Oilers winning it all with McDrai like they absolutely should have done by now.

It got so bad last year that I ended up snapping and getting banned from HF Oilers because there were so many Stu Stans with a flat-earther-level refusal to accept facts.