Stuart Skinner, the worst goaler since Michael Leighton in SCF?

[SeanMoneyHands]

He's the worst goalie all-time in the final.

 

[TooManyHumans]

The Cup winning goal was really weak but otherwise Skinner was fine. I can't believe the Oilers couldn't get more than 1 goal.

 

[HockeyVirus]

The Oilers did incredible to get as far as they did with no true #1 dman. They arguably had 3 #3 dmen in Bouchard, Ekholm, Nurse (when playing well). No #1 goalie.

It makes what McDavid did that much more incredible. Turned Hyman into a superstar bouncing pucks off of him at the net and when Drai vanished McDavid put the team on his back. He will win a cup someday when he goes to a team with proper depth

 

[Shane Diesel]

As a fan of a Western Conference team that isn't the Oilers, I truly hope management brings the entire crew back, just at much higher cap hits. Skinner included.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

He played great, not his fault the best offence in the league couldn’t muster up 2 goals

 

[Sentinel]

The real question is: is Hyman the new Jonathan Cheechoo?

 

[Pucklington]

I’m taking Woll over Skinner. Small sample size but he’s been solid in playoffs.

Does Woll play for them? Isn't he on IR all the time.

 

[S E P H]

Nobody has been close to as bad as Michael Leighton. He was a literal AHL’er, meaning he played most of his career in the AHL and was only in the NHL as a backup. He had no business going deep in the playoffs. Skinner is nothing like that.

I am not saying Skinner is an AHLer, but he is the worst goaler since Leighton. Stuart is below-average as a backup who got a lot of the benefit of the doubt considering an absurd and unsustainable PK and Knoblauch covering up a lot of the mistakes by using a collapsing system in the defensive zone that absorbs a lot of shotblocking.

 

[Leafshater67]

Does Woll play for them? Isn't he on IR all the time.

Not very often, no. I still stand by my point though. The oilers got as far as they did in spite of him, not because. They coulda plugged Pickard in too and had the same results

 

[D1az]

He's great at that price.
Could use that money they save on some excellent defence, but have a 9.25 million skating liability as their most expensive guy in that end.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Second goal was brutal.

Sweeney should have waited on an Ullmark trade.

 

[cliffclaven]

Nobody has been close to as bad as Michael Leighton. He was a literal AHL’er, meaning he played most of his career in the AHL and was only in the NHL as a backup. He had no business going deep in the playoffs. Skinner is nothing like that.

The hawks won a cup with antti niemi. Only reason is because that team was not only stacked on defense, they had three defensively responsible forwards (Toews, hossa and Bolland) that were in their prime.

 

[Coffey]

unsustainable PK

I dunno, it was sustained the entire playoffs.
Acting like Panthers scored 4PPGs in game 7 lmao

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Disagree. I thought he did his job pretty well. Far from being considered the worst

 

[theMajor]

An unsustainable penalty kill probably has a lot to do with that though. Mark Stuart is the true hero of the Oilers since they ain't doing 48 in 50 ever again.

im not a skinner fan but usually the goalie is the best penalty killer

 

[Hockeyholic]

He's proof that you don't need to spend enormous amounts. You need a "good enough" guy for cheap. Obviously they didn't quite pull it off, but he's not the reason they lost.

I'd say he's not the direct reason. But he also extended that Vancouver series. In turn, more miles on tired bodies.

Too many times he let in the first shot.

Best thing I can say for him is he's not the worst goalie to make the SCF.

But if Edmonton is banking on this guy to be their starter going forward, well....good luck.

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

Nope. Not a good take at all.

 

[Coffey]

Disagree. I thought he did his job pretty well. Far from being considered the worst

Totally. He had a lot of great saves when he was needed.

Nope. Not a good take at all.

OP has an Oiler agenda. Not sure how this went 3 pages.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Skinner outplayed the opposition's goalie in 3 of the 4 rounds, and the round he didn't, he played well in elimination games when it counted and contributed to the Oilers advancing. He outplayed Cam Talbot, who made the all-star game this year (yeah, not that impressive). He outplayed Jake Oettinger, a perennial top 10 goalie. And finally, he outplayed a Vezina candidate in a losing effort in the cup finals.

Skinner isn't the worst goalie to make the finals.

 

[CanadienShark]

I'd say he's not the direct reason. But he also extended that Vancouver series. In turn, more miles on tired bodies.

Too many times he let in the first shot.

Best thing I can say for him is he's not the worst goalie to make the SCF.

But if Edmonton is banking on this guy to be their starter going forward, well....good luck.

I don't think he's an issue. He was solid in the SCF. The rest of the team, Draisaitl in particular, let them down. Skinner did what was needed.

 

[UED]

Arguably the worst goaler in the entire NHL is a very recent back-to-back cup champion.

 

[BlueSeal]

But the goaltending was not the reason why they lost in the SCF

He wasn't the reason they could have won, either. A quality netminder can steal games if need-be. Skinner can't even force himself into getting a jaywalking ticket.

 

[gretzkyoilers]

He wasn't the reason they could have won, either. A quality netminder can steal games if need-be. Skinner can't even force himself into getting a jaywalking ticket.

An injured McDavid and Drai doesn't help either:

https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/oilers-mcdavid-injury-surgery

 

[WetcoastOrca]

He was fine in the SCF. He struggled in some of the earlier series. The star players got outplayed by Floridas stars in game 7. That’s really the difference.
Even then it’s a one goal game. As close as it gets.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Skinner was fine. The Reinhart goal wasn't even that weak.
Oilers lost because they couldn't solve Bob in games 1 or 7.