you can argue against plus/minus all you want, and that his defensive game has improved, and both are somewhat correct. But, what you can't argue against is that Knob still hasn't shown much, of any, trust in him. It's also quite clear that neither 29 or 97 have asked for 53 on their line, because if they had, he would of gotten shot with one of them. The mistake on 53 came on July 1, when none of the Oilers management group in charge of the signings (Jeff Jackson) seems to ran it by the coach and it's team leaders if they thought if Jeff Skinner, and the type of player he is (over 1000 games played in the NHL, plenty of game tape), was the right fit for this team.
way more effective than Arvidsson playing with a guy who has been playing at an MVP level. and a guy who has ZERO trust of his coach and the team's top 2 centres.
