Part of being a good manager is predicting and forecasting what your players potential is. Not just hindsight and statistical history.
The Oilers opted for veteran experience over budding youth and that veteran experience is dragging the team down right now. Just a huge misstep in an important year. Still have no clue why they didn't match the Holloway offer sheet.
Rare Spector W.
My point is that they have to move Skinner out if Kane is coming back because he's their only moveable contract. If they don't then this is the team going into the playoffs because they have no cap space, assuming that they don't have Kane's LTIR money.
Skinner has a full NMC. Arvidsson is the moveable contract.
Of course, they'll never point the finger at their Masters. They have their marching orders. Everyone claiming "Spec W" fails to realize that there's a deeper problem than Skinner that he won't address because it would get his press coverage revoked.
But bullet #1 (the goaltending) remained unchanged from last year.
Other teams are bringing stallions to the horse race, the Oilers are bringing a donkey.
Interestingly, the stanley cup winning goal was a goal off the rush, technically. But it was a wrist shot from the top of the circle that went in short side. If your goalie can't stop that 9 times out of 10 in normal circumstances, and 10 times out of 10 in a 1-1 stanley cup final, your team is in massive trouble. Skinner gives up virtually every good rush chance and way too many weaks ones on top of that. Kills the team and drains the defense.
We all were my friend, but that was also before the offer sheet fiasco in which everything started to go to shit with that situation then hiring Bowman shortly thereafter.
Skinner delusion needs to be studied.
The issue with our forward lines is McDavid hasn't performed well without his line being stacked.
It's truly strange. Rishaug for example won't even entertain suggestions that Skinner might not be good enough despite all the data against him, but he'll go on for 30 minutes complaining about the Oilers hit total in a game they win. I stopped listening to GYB in January because of that nonsense.
There has to be some politics or some locker room antics going on. Broberg walking for 4.5 million or whatever makes sense. Holloway being let go for 2.2 makes absolutely no sense. (you move Perry, Skinner, Arvy or whatever you have to do)
Man, you can stop pretending. We know you're enjoying this, Nucks fans usually do.
We may have been loving the Skinner signing, but we don't watch Skinner close enough so our opinions were just a fairytale. Our scouts watch Skinner close.
Yah I listen to / love GYB but I struggle through the goaltending talks. They called him a top 9-16 goaltender in the league and they all agreed.
