Value of: Mackenzie Blackwood to Edmonton

[Canovin]

The Oilers don't need Blackwood but they do need goaltending. In fact, I think the Oilers need a much better goalie than Stuart Skinner.

 

[Mattb124]

Honest question: what is it with Mackenzie Blackwood that make people think he could be a solid NHL starter? Is it that he was a second round pick? His one good year in the OHL? His one good year in the NHL, 5 years ago?

Because his name keeps coming up, and not in any of the conversations that they probably should pop up, like how he's overpaid despite making just over $2M per year.

Some people spent more time last season watching him play than reading his stats. He was very good playing behind a Sharks defense that was far and away worst in the league.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

The Oilers don't need Blackwood but they do need goaltending. In fact, I think the Oilers need a much better goalie than Stuart Skinner.

Well, Blackwood has been much better than Skinner. Vanecek too but outside of them, you got maybe Anton Forsberg potentially available and then what? Anyone else is likely unavailable to the Oilers for various reasons or is legitimately on par with Skinner in terms of performance.

 

[Romang67]

Some people spent more time last season watching him play than reading his stats. He was very good playing behind a Sharks defense that was far and away worst in the league.

Neat. I hope one day he can perform to where he look like a good goalie statistically as well.

 

[joestevens29]

Systems play mostly. Sloppyness, carelessness, blown coverage. Stu isn't a world beater, but I don't really think he is the problem. In a perfect world, we would have someone better, but that isn't Blackwood. The only way I consider Blackwood, is if we wanted to move on from Pickard, but he's been pretty good for the most part once again, so despite being in favour of this idea a week ago, I think I've changed my mind- Blackwood isn't worth the extra cap. hit. That 2nd pair RHD spot is still the biggest hole to fix.

It’s not systems. We had personnel issues last year and made our defense worse this year, but yes let’s blame systems when half the defense should be in the AHL