Post-Game Talk: Literally shooting yourself in the foot

Drai was only on ice for two GA tonight including the end debacle which was setup by Skinner swimming out to where, why? Drai is left trying to be goalie with one second left in a game where we don't have a legitmate goalie.

Drai is probably only at goal line there because he's seen the horror shows before and he knows the clown is in net managing to f*** up on the last sequence in the game. If Skinner does ANYTHING a goalie should be doing there then the game goes to OT. But its Skinner so...
Drai's lane to cut off Karlsson in the NZ is a highlight on that play, too. Could've easily cut him off if he didn't try to skate right at him. Another comeback game in these playoffs where the stars get caught late being too aggressive.

Suggesting that Drai is only on for two against glosses over the horrific puck clear and line change that immediately preceeded the odd man rush that leads to Vegas' third goal. No minus for Draisaitl, but he dawdles to the bench while Vegas counters with numbers.

Our fans have a tendency to beat the same drum when bad things happen. It's possible for multiple things to be a reason why these things occur.

Should the goalie stop pucks? Yeah. But we can also not make dumb plays in the neutral zone and not force bad passes in times where a simple dump will suffice.
 
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Classic Not My Fault Stu.

1st goal / a total mess of an initial save and winds up flat on his ass losing the puck completely and doing the freshly caught fish dance, puck into net.

2nd goal / yes a breakaway where he lifts his sliding pad up - why only he and God knows - and it’s an easy slide through a bus sized 5 hole.

3rd goal / yes a shit line change but overplays the short pass and has to dash back allowing the puck to magically go right through him

4th goal / what in the holy f*** was that. Lost track of time, did the Street Hockey Shuffle and gets walked. Just stay in your Goddam net so Pope Leo doesn’t have to put his stick into your yawning cage to prevent an open net goal YOU FKG MORON.

Yes Smilin’ Stu made a couple nice stops. That’s what he’s paid to do. But the 4 he lets in are all stoppable pucks, 3 of them routine.

The gameplay completely changed after that joke of a first goal where the team visibly tightened their sphincters because of his erratic goaltending.

Get him away from the team. I’d rather ride and die with an EBug at this point.

Bang on. The crowd was electric until Stu let out the worst rebound I've ever seen on a shot from the f***ing boards. He had no idea where it was and scrambled around dropping it on a platter for the Knights. This guy is a momentum killer. A crowd killer. A generational player killer. I f***ing hate this clown.
 
This is the perfect post to describe it.

I mean thats it. Skinner just has to be a goalie on the play. Instead of whatever he was doing. Reilly must have wet himself when he saw Skinner floating away from cage. "Holy shit, this might even work again"

Our very own sentient sieve is growing up and finding new ground breaking ways to let pucks by.

It's remarkable, brings a tear to your eye.
 
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Skinner was making 5 OT saves maximum anyways, but it would have been nice to let McDavid and Draisaitl get a couple shifts in OT to try and win it before he
inevitably f***ed it up. Btw, that was Vegas's only shot on goal after McDavid tied it. They had like a 5-10 minute window to score, or it was an automatic L.
 
They generated virtually no offense after going up 2-0. They had the Knights buried and just let them off the hook.

Ask yourself / what happened at 2-0 to change that???

That’s when Smilin’ Stu let in an absolute joke of a goal and the teams sphincters visibly tightened changing how they played the game. They went totally into prevent mode. Credit to Vegas who gave them nothing but the Oilers were afraid to play free after they realized shitty Stu had the pipes.
 
This is not a joke anymore. Skinner is 0-3 in his only 3 games played this playoffs. He has a GAA above 6. His save percentage is approaching sub .800. And just to put it into perspective the Oilers have scored 10 fking goals in those 3 losses. This is beyond a joke now.

Wish mcdaid had a mean streak to him and gave the management an ultimatum over Skinner playing again. Fk me I'm angry

I mean it wasn't a joke before. Many of us have been screaming from the rooftops for literally years that you can't win f*** all with this clown.
 
Puck was thrown to the net from the goal line and only a Drai deflection could've caused it to go in.
Having said that Skinner can go f*** himself.
If you watch the angle it would have gone in, just not in time. The angle has it going right inside the post.
 
Ask yourself / what happened at 2-0 to change that???

That’s when Smilin’ Stu let in an absolute joke of a goal and the teams sphincters visibly tightened changing how they played the game. They went totally into prevent mode. Credit to Vegas who gave them nothing but the Oilers were afraid to play free after they realized shitty Stu had the pipes.
Zero chance his teammates dont take notice of him smiling post game after a loss like that.

Kane should give him a left hand just for smiling in a post game interview where we lose with 0.4 seconds left.
 
This is not a joke anymore. Skinner is 0-3 in his only 3 games played this playoffs. He has a GAA above 6. His save percentage is approaching sub .800. And just to put it into perspective the Oilers have scored 10 fking goals in those 3 losses. This is beyond a joke now.

Wish mcdaid had a mean streak to him and gave the management an ultimatum over Skinner playing again. Fk me I'm angry
Numbers like those got Jack Campbell sent to a funny farm. Stu’s thinking Hall of Fame.
 
I was at the game.

Lots of doom and gloom here….we played shitty, drai was awful and stu was stu but you know what

We still were going into OT…..we still have a chance to win.

We will be ok….lets go!!
 
The puck literally doesn't go into the net if Draisaitl doesn't shoot it in himself. You understand this, right?

Skinner is maybe not even a backup goalie and was at fault for 1 and 2, but Draisaitl shot a puck into his own net with .4 seconds left. It's that simple.
Imagine this board if that was Nurse instead of Draisaitl deflecting it in.
 
My distaste for Stuart Skinner is amongst is sourest, and for years. I fell to my knees when I saw this morning that he's starting. He let in at least 2 saveable goals, again, and that last goal was on him. If Leon didn't intercept, there was a Knight right there for the open net tap in.

All that being said, start Skinner game 4. What? Who tf would do that if Pickard is healthy?
I know its last year, but it was just last year. Stuart Skinner was undefeated in games 4 to 7 all the way until game 7 of the finals. He was 10-1, and his save % compared to games 1-3 was jekyl and hyde, just mind bending difference. I actually feel a little bad for him, he was trying, and he looks defeated and deflated, as he should. But that is the catalyst to our real starting goalie coming to life.

Start him game 4, and he will be the first star of the game. As with any team on a winning streak, the desperation and compete naturally fall off with each win. I think we can all agree we were fortunate to win game 2. A loss, especially for this team, is a blessing in disguise. They go into round 3, not having tasted defeat since round 1 game 2, and they get mowed down in round 3. Imo, the adversity from round 2 last year is what propelled them past Dallas.
That was our only loss this round, but it was necessary imo. Game 4 is going to be one-sided
 

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