How does Bourgault?
If were looking at " right now" then Holland should have traded that pick for an NHL player.
Getting Wallstadt could have solidified the crease for Edmonton for the next 10-15 years.
Speculation: Smith injured Again- Edmonton just got more desperate for a Goalie
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How does Bourgault?
If were looking at " right now" then Holland should have traded that pick for an NHL player.
Getting Wallstadt could have solidified the crease for Edmonton for the next 10-15 years.
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Hamonic hasn’t played in forever but sure you can have him. Would do that deal for sure but would like Marody added.
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Edmonton has a history/reputation of being a non- desirable place for free agents to sign.
So any goalie that was available would have to have been attained via trade.
Not defending Edmtonon's choice in Smith/Koski but thats just the reality.
Hey Holland! This isn't the Wings. Give Skinner a chance to play FFS.
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Relied on a 40 year old goalie and gave him a two year deal for no particular reason.
Another Ken Holland masterclass.
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Latest report has Skinner being tested for COVID since there are a lot of cases in Bakersfield. Hopefully, he's negative and we give him a shot.
You would still have the same number of goaltenders then. If Smith is out for a prolonged period of time, you need depth, not lateral swaps. Get rid of everything else but I’d be happy with Halak for a 2nd
Isn't the knock on Mrazek that he gets injured a lot?
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Even with this being the case, I'm willing to bet that there was a goalie out there who would have signed on to backstop a team with the game's best two players, even if it meant taking an overpayment to do so.
It just boggles the mind that Holland didn't address this during the offseason. I feel so so bad for Oilers fans. I can't imagine what it would have been like as a Pens fan if management had botched the Crosby era as badly as the Oilers are botching the McDavid era thus far.
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Yeah it sucks, but unfortunately it's nothing new since Katz took ownership of the team.
Everyone saw it coming when the deal was announced.
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This.
Skinner has a .916 in the NHL and a .925 in the AHL this year (he has not lost a game in regulation in the AHL this season)
Call the kid up and let him play.
Don’t think your wrong on that. Idk why some oilers fans were defensive on the holland hiring at the time (well I do but that’s besides the point), his track record in Detroit the past decade spoke for itself.
Dumb dumb contract.
seems like the oilers MO, rush prospects and then complain why they didnt work out haha
The way the Oilers are playing it will ruin the kids confidence . He will be shelled shocked in a week
In terms of results, as much as things are in a slide right now, I think Holland has done a good job.
He took over a team that was cap deadlocked and missed the playoffs twice in a row and proceeded to impetus the record by 50% two years in a row.
That being said, it may in fact be the case that he has bungled moving this team forward from two straight years of being I'm the race to win the division to be a real competitor.
Honestly I think this season for Edmonton either goes incredibly well going forward with the diversity they have faced and are easy better for it, or it explodes. Hard to say at this point.
Dont think the Canucks are going for it but regardless i dont think they'd want to run Demko to the ground with all the upcoming back to backs that will be happening thanks to all the game cancellaitons.
Canucks will need a backup. Spencer Martin is their only available, NHL ready goalie after Demko, Halak.
