NHL forwards and coaches: "it's hard to score goals in this league."
Skinner (probably) "why does everything keep going in?"
Post-Game Talk: Oilers score 5 goals and an ENG without McDrai
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NHL forwards and coaches: "it's hard to score goals in this league."
Skinner (probably) "why does everything keep going in?"
Virtually identical numbers ...
Mikko Koskinen: 164GP (w/Oilers), .907 save percentage regular season, .892 in playoffs.
Stuart Skinner: 171 GP, .906 save percentage regular season, .894 in playoffs.
Keep in mind Koskinen played behind a much weaker D (no Ekholm, no Walman, inexperienced Bouchard, etc.).
Mikko Koskinen: 164GP (w/Oilers), .907 save percentage regular season, .892 in playoffs.
Stuart Skinner: 171 GP, .906 save percentage regular season, .894 in playoffs.
Keep in mind Koskinen played behind a much weaker D (no Ekholm, no Walman, inexperienced Bouchard, etc.).
Unlikely. He's got Skinner NHL numbers in the AHL this season.
Sucks though - means Sylvain was a real goaltending genius, and we lost him due to Schwartz.
Worse save % than Delia, so not a chance imo.
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Should give Pickard a run and see what he can do. He's played well recently.
You wo'nt get run support every game.
The Oilers continue to win games inspite of Stuart Skinner.
You wo'nt get run support every game.
The Oilers continue to win games inspite of Stuart Skinner.
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They have a tough schedule and STL is pulling away
Skinner actually played fine the first couple of periods.
In all situations he had an xGA of 2.71 in the first 2 periods. He let in 2GA so he was actually .71 GSAx.
The problem was that he had problems closing out the game in the 3rd period. We had a 1.21 xGA but let in 2.
One of the criticisms I have for Skinner is his poor rebound control. He kicks it into the slot and doesn't battle to get the puck when it hits him. This means that teams are getting 2nd and 3rd chance opportunities that are of the high danger variety.
The second is that everyone needs to elevate their game with McDrai out and Skinner is still just trying to hit .900. At some point he's going to need to steal us some games.
If klefbom played on this team right now they'd be the 4-5.
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The Flames are actually still in the driver's seat with games in hand on both. So Vancouver has 2 teams to pass.
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LTIR
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There is a lot more to cleanup defensively than just above .900 goaltending.
Bouchard , Nurse and even Ekholm still need to be much better. Bouchard just can't be trusted on the ice protecting a lead.
One thing that tonight makes clear; we're the Kraken's Wild.
Good lord losing the 9th straight with no McDavid or Draisaitl and also Stuart's theatrics...
Good lord that must sting.
The Kraken's assistant coach still hot af though.
Good lord losing the 9th straight with no McDavid or Draisaitl and also Stuart's theatrics...
Good lord that must sting.
The Kraken's assistant coach still hot af though.
The only goaltender in the league with a higher percentage of quality starts than Calvin Pickard is Connor Hellebyuck.
To be clear - I don't think Pickard is anywhere near the answer - but I think he's clearly better than Skinner at this point. And I think all we really need is .900.
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My playoff forward group is:
Skinner McDavid Hyman
Kane Leon Frederic
Podkolzin RNH Arvidsson
Janmark Henrique Brown
Skinner McDavid Hyman
Kane Leon Frederic
Podkolzin RNH Arvidsson
Janmark Henrique Brown
Don't think ".900 is good enough" works against Colorado or Vegas, but we'll see.
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OilerTyler
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Knoblauch scratching Perry to play Skinner feels like an impossibility.
Klefbom was injured for a lot of that time and missed Koski's last two seasons. Larsson missed his last one. And neither guy was anywhere close to Ekholm.
Klefbom's shoulder was cooked after 16-17. Sucks but it is what it is.
Unfortunately, St. Louis might make it (with a huge assist from us)...or Calgary.
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