I gave a 12 game sample size of almost flawless numbers (nearly half the games and all late in series in big moments) after you said that he was below average and the Oilers weak link the ENTIRE playoffs so you either ignored my post or are arguing dishonestly, I don't know how to put it any other way.
Nah. Using the final save percentage is actually ignoring the totality of Skinners performance. You think that one stat tells the whole picture, it most obviously doesn’t as most single stats don’t. You can’t look at one number and decide what happened in one game any more than you can look at one number and decide what happened in an entire 23 game stretch.
I wouldn’t call it a garbage goal. But not surprised to hear you call it that. Since for you, only one number can tell you everything you need to know about a game or series. The gap Kulak gave up on that goal was egregious, similar f*** ups happen with Nurse. Kulak let an elite goal scorer, 3rd best in the League, to walk in and pick a spot. Skinner should get the majority of these still, but not every single one. Skinner did make a bunch of these types of saves during the series as well. This is a case of not enough big saves at the very worst but not a bad goal. Besides again looking at one goal ignores the entire game. Like the fact that it was a 2GAA and winnable. We had our looks too, it’s not like this game wasn’t winnable.
Maybe I can put it a different way.
Don’t need 10.5m
Dude are you friggin drunk???
Uhh well how about games 4,5 and 6. Did the Panthers chase Skinner from the net in any of the games Panthers won? and was right there with Bob in Game 7 yes the tipped shot went in but not even your boy wonder Shesterkin was stopping that nor is there a guarantee he wouldve stopped the game winning goal. "back to back champions? Just get one cup, stop the nonsense.
That's an arbitrary line to set given that Darcy Kuemper just won a few years ago with a 0.902, also the general trend line in the NHL is a collapsing sv% and scoring going up, so people need to recalibrate their internal sv% expectations.
Well its clear you completely forgot that he made the huge glove save on the 2 on 1 to stop Florida from tying it at 2-2. If that goes in its probably a completely different ball game. That save was huge and it gave the oilers a spark they needed to keep firing at Bob and eventually chased him.
Sure, but before that we have to understand what Nurse is. Perhaps even more challenging, HE has to understand what he is and play accordingly.
I appreciated Henrique's IQ and complete game a lot and I agree the 3rd line did a ton to help us claw our way back into that FLA series, though I will say Henrique is a bit slow and I think stylistically we need to try and become either a faster team or stronger along the boards to give ourselves a better chance at the Cup, essentially prioritizing winning more puck battles over smarts.
So Skinner was almost, but not quite, as good as a Kuemper who was all but blind in one eye during that run. A run that their backup was a perfect 6-0 with better numbers than either of them.
I don't think Skinner is capable of being better. It's like putting me in there and being pissed off I'm not playing to the level that HHOF level goaltenders do.
No one, it's impossible, it's why those other guys got bought out and not traded.
