Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Oilers waive Lavoie again

[Louis Cypher]

He didn't want to play on his offside but keep crying.

I don't think him refusing to play on his off side was the issue. He play there in the minors also.

 

[North]

I don't think him refusing to play on his off side was the issue. He play there in the minors also.

Maybe a taste of playing with Nurse in the playoffs was enough to tell him that wasn’t the way forward with regards to his own future.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Well, he nearly backstopped them to one last season so not sure how you can say that with such certainty.
This is a guy who went toe to toe with Oettinger and Bobrovsky and it's not like the Oilers had a 70s Canadiens defense sheltering him. This seems to be forgotten because of 1 regular season game.

The reality is that I don't see how you can find a clearly better goalie than Skinner and what do you do? Trade Skinner in the package too because any high level starter is going to come with a big price tag.

The realistic path to improving the team is the defense. Skinner is good enough to win them a Cup, as evidenced by last season.

I disagree, they got within one win in spite of Skinner, not because of him. He was pulled in the Van series and Pickard saved their asses in game 6. Thankfully he found his game in game 7. Their speed overmatched Dallas but he did play better. In the finals, in game 3 they were up then Florida pumped 3 goals by him in 10 minutes. Again, they were fortunate enough to drag it to 7 games after being down 3-0.

There’s a large enough sample size on him to show he’s wildly inconsistent and it’s hard to win with inconsistent goaltending. It’s no secret the defense and goaltending are the issues. With not much cap space Bowman will have some tinkering to do but I’d be more inclined to try and fix the goaltending than the D because good goaltending can bail out a mediocre defense but inconsistent goaltending won’t.

 

[ManofSteel55]

2-time Stanley Cup winner Jan Rutta has literally never played for a decent team?

How did I forget that. Okay, I was wrong. I will stand by the fact that he never played a significant role on one. 30 games played two years in a row. Only one full season, and he played bottom pair. He's still likely not a better option than Ceci.