Jumptheshark
Rebooting myself
Who's our zamboni driver?
Whomever it is should be fired! he clearly is over paid and has no idea what he is doing
Who's our zamboni driver?
Seems a bit silly to blame Skinners struggles on Campbell. If he had all the tools in the toolbox but lacked confidence you would have a point.For different reasons.
Campbell sewered this team and likely Skinners career as well.
Developing a goalie doesnt amount to throwing him to the wolves befroe he is ready (mentally and physically) and thats exactly what Campbell indirectly did with Skinner due to his sheer incompetence as a so called vet goalie.
Campbell was a fraud from the get go and the ripples of his incompetence are still causing issues for this team years later.
This will not be easy to solve.
Well...goalies dont all develop the same. Different parts of the development process have to be cultivated and confidecne is a major part of that.Seems a bit silly to blame Skinners struggles on Campbell. If he had all the tools in the toolbox but lacked confidence you would have a point.
I don’t even like Schwartz and want him gonee. You’re the one deflecting it to Schwartz when Skinner has a bad gameKeep defending him. He's done wonders for this org, scouting amazing goalie after amazing goalie.
For different reasons.
Campbell sewered this team and likely Skinners career as well.
Developing a goalie doesnt amount to throwing him to the wolves befroe he is ready (mentally and physically) and thats exactly what Campbell indirectly did with Skinner due to his sheer incompetence as a so called vet goalie.
Campbell was a fraud from the get go and the ripples of his incompetence are still causing issues for this team years later.
This will not be easy to solve.
If thats your conclusion is pretty clear that you didnt actually read any of my last couple of posts.Campbell and his .875 sv% with -0.610 GSAx/60 sewered the team last year, but Skinner and his 0.876 sv% with -0.769 GSAx/60 this year is totally fine?
GSAA is a stat I just don't trust yet. Most of the the guys at the top play for bad teams and the reasoning is obvious. I don't think that we have enough evidence that the guys at the bottom of the list necessarily stay at the bottom either.Well in Campbell's case his performance did carry over ... he carried his shit 2nd half of the season over straight into Edmonton, lol.
We don't need an elite goalie per se (if we had one we'd have Cup banners already), but we need someone better than bottom of the barrell though. We would have won the Cup in 2006 if Roloson didn't go down.
I think our chance to win a Cup with a Skinner-tier goalie was last year. The stars aligned for it to be nearly so.
I don't know if that's going to repeat. It was good fortune enough that it happened once. You need to get someone better than bottom 2 in the league for GSAA ... that's just not gonna work.
Skinner can't even blame the D for his terrible numbers this year, they've been playing much more structured this year and Pickard is allowing almost an entire goal less against per game, which is an enormous gap.
Otherwise every year is going to be this same soap opera, frankly I think everyone including the players are beyond tired of it.
They both suck.
Probably a healthy 240. No thanks.Mike Smith should be healthy by now right?
Call him up.
Cant be any worse than the Unhealthy 240 we see play every night.Probably a healthy 240. No thanks.
Stan, is that you?The GM is quietly putting together pieces needed for a deep run. Skinner & Kane will be fine come playoff time. The waiver wire pickup(Kapanan) will pay huge dividends come playoff time. He will score a few short handed goals for sure.
I can assure you that age slows your reflexes.Cant be any worse than the Unhealthy 240 we see play every night.
The GM is quietly putting together pieces needed for a deep run. Skinner & Kane will be fine come playoff time. The waiver wire pickup(Kapanan) will pay huge dividends come playoff time. He will score a few short handed goals for sure.
Mike Smith should be healthy by now right?
Call him up.
Mike Smith should be healthy by now right?
Call him up.
I get the outrage, but the best goalie alive isn't going to make this team start scoring from the outside.
If Skinner was playing in the late 90’s/early 2000’s, he’d be one of the best in the league with his size and the giant equipment they wore back then. He wouldn’t even have to move and every puck would hit him.Cant be any worse than the Unhealthy 240 we see play every night.
Goaltending like that and the oilers are first in the division this year by a mile, even with our anemic offence. Oh to dream!He was OK, one bad season, 3 decent ones, 1 oustanding playoffs.
.905 (05-06) good despite the low sv% in reg season, playoffs oustanding
.909 (06-07 no Pronger) alright
.901 (07-08) bad
.915 (08-09) good
Plus the defensemen don’t have a heart attack every time he comes out of his net to play the puck.Doesn't it seem like the team is as well? Some of the teams best games this season have been with Pickard in goal where they can settle in to their game and know if they are the better club they will win. Pickard has some hot and cold games but not usually so bad where he costs what would otherwise be a W.
...and because Jack Campbell was too shitty to be an NHL goalie.Skinner is only a “number 1” because Mike Smith was too old to continue
And frankly - for as bad as Skinner was nearly all playoffs long - if he just held the fort in game 7 we likely win the cup.
We out worked and out chanced them basically the entire game. We even bailed out his weak first GA with the beauty from Janmark basically immediately after.
Difference in that game 7 was between the pipes.
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