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[bobbythebrain]

lol you're delusional if you think Skinner could make those saves in OT that Binnington did, and I don't even like that guy.

That's a massive gulf in talent and athletic ability between the two. Canada loses that game with Skinner in net, no doubt about it.

Hilarious take....only cuz it's verbatim of what was printed of Binnington before last nites game.

Go onto a Binnington or Skinner thread the last 2 weeks...I guarantee you won't know the difference

 

[Soundwave]

Hilarious take....only cuz it's verbatim of what was printed of Binnington before last nites game.

Go onto a Binnington or Skinner thread the last 2 weeks...I guarantee you won't know the difference

Higher end goalies have an ability to raise their game in bigger situations, it’s just a quirk of the position. Bob did it to us in multiple games in the Final including the 7th game.

Is what it is.

 

[CupofOil]

Love him or hate him, but Binnington stole that game for Canada in OT.

I'm fairly neutral on Skinner, but when was the last time the Oilers had a goalie who stole games like that

Shades of game 1 in the SCF with Bobrovsky absolutely stonewalling the Oilers.

Game 6 against Dallas arguably the biggest Oilers win since 2006, how quickly some forget. Game 4 against the Kings? Forgot that too I assume? Absolutely stole those games.
Skinner has raised in big moments, some just refuse to see it.

Yes, I get that Skinner is having a bad year (there's no arguing that), yes I get that Skinner has had inconsistencies in the playoffs but the utter disregard for anything good he does is an illustration of the bias that some of you have against him. It's just kind of silly at this point tbh. It's just pure rage against the guy constantly.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Game 6 against Dallas arguably the biggest Oilers win since 2006, how quickly some forget. Game 4 against the Kings? Forgot that too I assume? Absolutely stole those games.
Skinner has raised in big moments, some just refuse to see it.

Yes, I get that Skinner is having a bad year (there's no arguing that), yes I get that Skinner has had inconsistencies in the playoffs but the utter disregard for anything good he does is an illustration of the bias that some of you have against him. It's just kind of silly at this point tbh. It's just pure rage against the guy constantly.

The team is very good this year and regardless of how you feel about Skinner, he's a part of it. He's not perfect, he's not even a top goalie in the league, but often he's good enough and if they flex their offensive muscle there's no team that can match their talent.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Yes, but the difference is a guy like that can elevate their game and grab a game by its throat and take it over because of a higher tier of athletic ability and talent. That's something that even save percentage won't tell you.

There's 0 chance Skinner would've won that game for Canada, he doesn't have that ability.

You can't reason with delusion

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Game 6 against Dallas arguably the biggest Oilers win since 2006, how quickly some forget. Game 4 against the Kings? Forgot that too I assume? Absolutely stole those games.
Skinner has raised in big moments, some just refuse to see it.

Yes, I get that Skinner is having a bad year (there's no arguing that), yes I get that Skinner has had inconsistencies in the playoffs but the utter disregard for anything good he does is an illustration of the bias that some of you have against him. It's just kind of silly at this point tbh. It's just pure rage against the guy constantly.

Skinner had some good moments in the playoffs for sure but the bad outweighs the good imo.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Skinner had some good moments in the playoffs for sure but the bad outweighs the good imo.

In the playoffs? Yeah, unless you just assume he's the sole reason they lost, then no. We can want more from him without being obtuse to the point of nonsense.

 

[CupofOil]

Skinner had some good moments in the playoffs for sure but the bad outweighs the good imo.

I think the playoffs was more good than bad if you look at the individual games. The save pct, was down because the bad games were really bad but there was fewer of them IMO.
Just to reiterate, I'm not defending his play this year. Skinner has been more good than bad the previous two years but the bad is definitely outweighing the good this season, he needs to right the ship.

Regardless, my post was in response to those who said that Skinner never steals games/could never do what Binnington did in a big game etc. Just not true
Is Skinner inconsistent? Absolutely. Has Skinner shown the ability to elevate in big games? Absolutely as well

 

[Stauf4Prez]

Skinner could and will never do what Binnington did last night.

 

[Soundwave]

I think the playoffs was more good than bad if you look at the individual games. The save pct, was down because the bad games were really bad but there was fewer of them IMO.
Just to reiterate, I'm not defending his play this year. Skinner has been more good than bad the previous two years but the bad is definitely outweighing the good this season, he needs to right the ship.

Regardless, my post was in response to those who said that Skinner never steals games/could never do what Binnington did in a big game etc. Just not true
Is Skinner inconsistent? Absolutely. Has Skinner shown the ability to elevate in big games? Absolutely as well

There's no chance Skinner would've made some of those stops that Binnington did in OT. Skinner doesn't have the athletic ability to move like that.

If that was Skinner in net for Canada, we are sitting here talking about Auston Matthews or the goofy other Tkachuk brother winning it for Team USA and having some dumb comments from Trump right now about a 51st state and a whole lot of gloating from down there. And probably a bunch of dumb posts about McDavid being a no show.

Be relieved that isn't the case. A few saves can be the entire difference in an entirely different result.

Stu is what he is ... a 1B back up goalie who has a low ceiling as a goalie because he has poor athleticism and movement in net.

 

[dem]

Senators better be prepared to trade Brady... because he isn't staying in Ottawa.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Senators better be prepared to trade Brady... because he isn't staying in Ottawa.

I'm curious about this, he seems happy there, but who knows.

 

[Soundwave]

Senators better be prepared to trade Brady... because he isn't staying in Ottawa.

Yeah I got that sense from his post game comments. Definitely wants to play in the USA.

 

[Stoneman89]

Interesting to hear all the praise and accolades for Binnington now. And well deserved of course. But it wasn't mere hours before that he was useless and the weak link, and had allowed a whole bunch of trash goal in this tournament. One game, or even one period can change everything.

Senators better be prepared to trade Brady... because he isn't staying in Ottawa.

Why would you say that?

 

[Soundwave]

Interesting to hear all the praise and accolades for Binnington now. And well deserved of course. But it wasn't mere hours before that he was useless and the weak link, and had allowed a whole bunch of trash goal in this tournament. One game, or even one period can change everything.

That's how it goes, you're judged especially as a goalie in your ability to elevate your game in the biggest situations.

Even for other forwards, half the damn game thread on the mains was

"McDavid planning on showing up tonight?" from like Avs and Flames haters, lol. Until you know what happens.

 

[soothsayer]

Senators better be prepared to trade Brady... because he isn't staying in Ottawa.

He's taken the title of biggest rat in the Tkatchuk household. I can't believe he hasn't been dusted yet. I found myself wishing Canada brought Wilson to end that brain damaged loser.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

The double standard here is hilarious. Binningtons performance tonight was actually a carbon copy of what we see pretty regularly from Skinner. That first goal, many around here would be losing their minds if Skinner gave up a flutterer like that. Binnington was constantly losing his net and giving up juicy rebounds all night long.

We’ve seen so many times where Skinner gives up a weak one early, looks shaky but is mostly solid as the game goes on. That was a Skinner-esque performance if I’ve ever seen one.

It’s actually hilarious to see morons holding up Binnington as some god in order to trash Skinner, when if any one of those bobbles around the crease would of ended up in Canadas net the same people would be cursing Binnington as trash.

It's actually hilarious seeing a guy love bottom of the barrel standards.

I can see both sides of the fence. We spend more on offense. You "should" rely on that.

That doesn't excuse this sh** goaltending standards either. $3.55 MILL CDN for being close to the bottom lol.

Imagine championing that

Like all of these bootlicking media

Championing mediocrity

 

[CornKicker]

Higher end goalies have an ability to raise their game in bigger situations, it’s just a quirk of the position. Bob did it to us in multiple games in the Final including the 7th game.

Is what it is.

binnington for all his faults is an extremely confident player and believes in himself, if anything i want him to take some of that cockyness and sprinkle it into skinner meals

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I guess they're moving on from Demko. Lankinen was good, but this is a bit much, imo.

This team needs to get Vejmelka, imo, because they need to have another option to play off Skinner, so they don't extend Stu for 6 years at like $6+M per (please don't do this)

 

[Soundwave]

binnington for all his faults is an extremely confident player and believes in himself, if anything i want him to take some of that cockyness and sprinkle it into skinner meals

It's the athleticism, for the people who say "Fuhr-like!" for any goalie that plays here, lol, THAT is Fuhr like athleticism, Stuart Skinner is the total opposite of that.

I guess they're moving on from Demko. Lankanen was good, but this is a bit much, imo.

Wowza. Guess the Demko era in Van is already over.

 

[FlameChampion]

I guess they're moving on from Demko. Lankanen was good, but this is a bit much, imo.

This team needs to get Vejmelka, imo, because they need to have another option to play off Skinner, so they don't extend Stu for 6 years at like $6+M per (please don't do this)

Its kinda crazy how trigger finger happy that Canucks management is. They love to give out contracts.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Its kinda crazy how trigger finger happy that Canucks management is. They love to give out contracts.

They’ll be paying to dump it next year and their fans will still defend the GM.
“Atleast he moves on from his mistakes fast”

 

[9GWG9]

Just a reminder. We did lose game 7 because of Skinner. The 2nd/winning goal was weak.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Just a reminder. We did lose game 7 because of Skinner. The 2nd/winning goal was weak.

Yup, it was also shitty that Kulak and Ceci gave up the blueline like they thought it was on fire. And the team scored 1 goal. And everyone was hurt and broken.

Like yep, they should have just won easily, the team should just do that every game.

 

[9GWG9]

Yup, it was also shitty that Kulak and Ceci gave up the blueline like they thought it was on fire. And the team scored 1 goal. And everyone was hurt and broken.

Like yep, they should have just won easily, the team should just do that every game.

Jimmy, at least admit that he tends to lose focus which I think was the case in game 7. Did our D make mistakes..... yes but they played above their head for most of the playoffs.