brentashton
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Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Dermott on a PTO, Will We See More PTO's? Can We Get Some Toughness Too Please?
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It's funny because he looks like Bowman.
Absolutely untrue.
This is Skinner's GA per game in the playoffs....
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He had a rough start to the playoffs, was particularly bad early in the Vancouver series, but he was generally good to very good in the Dallas and Florida series, outdueled Oettinger and went toe to toe with Bobrovsky. To say that he sucked all playoffs is inaccurate.
To be honest the only series I thought he sucked in was the Nuck one. The GA's in a few of those Kings games can't be described as anything other than flukey and bizarre, especially in Game 1 which probably should have been a 1GA affair at most. Although if you were to play Devil's advocate it kind of stops being bad luck when it happens repetitively.
The Nucks seem to be kryptonite for Skinner. He played like absolute dog shit against them specifically last season for some reason and I don't think the same can be said about any other opponent.
Jimmi McJenkins
Sometimes miracles
He put it together when it mattered and they don't get to game 7 without him and his play.
Yeah I agree. Even in the Kings series, the Oilers were egregious defensively in a few of those games and Skinner outright stole Game 4 which was the pivotal game in that series.
He had some inconsistencies like every single goalie has nowadays but he came up big in crunch time quite often in the playoffs although the Reinhart goal will haunt him and Oiler fans forever. Still, the Oilers couldn't score worth a shit in the losses in the Panthers series so that was the bigger story.
Believe what you want. He’s been straight trash two playoffs in a row. .901 isn’t close to good enough. Cost the team multiple games. Garbage back breaking game winner in game 7 too.
A real goalie in net and the Oilers sweep the Kings, beat the Canucks and Stars in 5 and beat Florida in 6 or 7.
Forget Game 7...he absolutely STOLE Game 6 vs. Dallas.
The Oilers also stepped their game up in a big, big way in Game 6 and 7.
Skinner did his part for sure, but the Oilers dominated Game 6 and the entirety of Game 7 prior to McLeod handing them a goal. We didn't really need him until the dying moments of Game 7, and even then I think we only allowed something like 2 shots against in the last 8 mins.
He stole one game the entire playoffs. Maybe 2 if you want to be generous.
The bar for Oiler fans when it comes to goaltending is so hilariously low.
So what you’re admitting here is that your original point was wrong
Game 7 we didn’t dominate lol we got outshot 35-10.. or am I getting the wrong game?
So you're just going to ignore everything I posted then and believe whatever you want to believe. There's no changing your mind then, I tried.
Oilers outshot the Panthers 24-21 in game 7.
Or if you mean the Canucks game 7, we outshot them 29-17
You have the wrong game. Nucks only had 17 shots in that one and probably around 10 of them came in the 5 mins or so after McLeod essentially scored in his own net. They had absolutely nothing going on at all before the freebie, Oilers were in a rocking chair.
Even a faint chorus of “Let’s go Petey” couldn’t get the Nucks going.
Skinner had some good stretches in the playoffs, but it's time now to see his game mature and limit the crap stretches he has.
He has gained a wealth of experience, it's time to translate that to a higher level of consistency where the highs in his game become more of the norm.
He has gained a wealth of experience, it's time to translate that to a higher level of consistency where the highs in his game become more of the norm.
jukon
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The first year is a problem too. Sending a message that you can be overpaid double might give nurse ideas.
This recollection is also wrong.
Canucks had 3 shots in the final 10 minutes of that game. Skinner gave up a goal on 2 of them. After they scored the second time the Oilers thankfully didn’t give up another shot on net. Skinner wouldn’t have stopped a beach ball at that point.
Cam Talbot was twice the goalie Skinner was when he represented us the one time we made the playoffs with him here. Otherwise the options are what… an old shitty Mike Smith and more than a decade of failing to make the playoffs?
I’m sorry, I just disagree with the notion that a goalie who only plays acceptable hockey in half his games is anything other than garbage.
OilerTyler
Disgruntled
Skinner had a 0.915 save percentage and 2.13 GAA in rounds 3+4. "Skinner sucked all playoffs long". Lol, okay. It's not the 90s anymore. Is he supposed to let in sub 2 goals a game against two of the top offences in the league?
