The same posters are laying in the weeds staying quiet when Skinner is doing well and then as soon as there is an opening (usually unjustified) they come out with a definitive conclusion about him as a player.
This is completely untrue. Outside of maybe the last few games during the streak I don't really think he's outright won us any other games this season. And he's damn sure cost us quite a few. I'm not ready to completely write him off, I was earlier this year, but as I said earlier in the season, he tends to shit his clothes when things are on the line. And he isn't really proving me wrong. I will say he did look good in the latter stages of that streak though and I'm willing to give him a bit of rope. Coaching decision to keep running him into the ground is frustrating however. Pickard has really earned a chance to run with it for a few games, especially now after Skinner has looked bad the last few outings and Pickard has looked good.
Nah. Dude is trash especially when it's high pressure games. I don't trust this dude at all come playoff time. There's making saves and then making saves and spitting out rebounds every 2 seconds. He makes it so much more difficult for his teammates because easy saves turn into chaos as he shoots it back out in front of the slot. He's a rebound machine, has cost the team many games because of it and come playoff time he will do it again. I guarantee it. Just wait.
No, my argument is he’s been more bad than good and we don’t have a plan B should he completely flatline like he did in last years playoff.
That's what you are saying, but you are only backing that up by ignoring his good games. And also ignoring Post-Knob systems change, which ignores the fact that Goalie performance will always be connected to the system he plays behind. Something Woodley preaches. And something evidenced also by Helly before and after Bowness arrived (.910->.920->.925)
Lot of Negative Nancy Oiler fans ITT. Lot of guys waiting on his demise to write "I told you so", instead of having a shred of confidence and patience with the great young-ish Tendy we finally have.
Also difficulty with his process and even paying attention. In yesterdays game at end of 2nd period there was a flip in with 3 secs left. All Skinner has to do is deflect that one into the corner, like any astute goalie would with seconds left. Instead he deflects it out which is a stoppage of play and with a couple secs on the clock and an ownzone faceoff. Yotes get a dangerous chance and could have scored off faceoff. On what ought to have been a harmless end of period. I mean the dude didn't control a rebound that was from a dump near 100ft away. From the looks of it he wasn't even thinking about it. Had no awareness of time left on the clock.
bs It would be false to manufacture confidence when you're watching a goalie with several skill deficits and pretend that they don't exist. Skinner is not in my view better than even a Brossoit. Skinner is average skillsets if that.
One reasonable measure of consistency for goalies is the Quality Starts % (QS%) stat that Hockey reference tracks. This has been around for a while and it is a modification of a stat used to evaluate baseball pitchers. A quality start is one where the goalie has a sv% above league average or if not at least .880 with 2 or less goals allowed.
Because its what coaches always do. That doesn't have anything to do with locus of blame. It has to do with coaches tending to always focus on limiting chances.
Lets cite fired Woody who went out of the playoffs with a bang saying "We win as a team and lose as a team" In the same playoffs in which he pulled Skinner 4X in 12 playoff games yet still bizarrely granted Skinner EVERY playoff start. I'd never seen anything like it.
Its a high danger chance because its Skinner in net.
You realize that every team has breakdowns, its the nature of hockey to exploit. The Nucks play many of their games like a clownshow getting tons of luck while Demko holds the fort. The one rare night Demko isn't in the Minny Wild of all teams blow by 10 goals past the backup with the usual sorry ass Nuck defending. You seem to be expecting the Oilres to play flawless hockey every night so that Skinner can get some allstar votes. The same team that has seen Skinner blow multiple important games in playoffs and be the reason they lost a series.
