Player Discussion Stuart Skinner

[CantHaveTkachev]

CantHaveHim be our only option in net heading into the playoffs.

Pathetic that the best player in the world in 30 years has his legacy tied to this plug in net.

you must be so salty tonight lol

oh look skinner another .800 game but hes so friendly

next time post AFTER the game so you don't look foolish

 

[TheSuperElite]

you must be so right tonight lol


next time post AFTER the game so you don't look foolish

Skinner tried his hardest to lose the game, unfortunately for him Thomas tried harder. Imagine trying to make a point about the W tonight hahahaha

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Skinner tried his hardest to lose the game, unfortunately for him Thomas tried harder. Imagine trying to make a point about the W tonight hahahaha

lol....once you learn the game of hockey, you'll find out he wasn't at fault there

 

[Oilking83]

lol....once you learn the game of hockey, you'll find out he wasn't at fault there

I agree that skinner wasn’t at fault for either goal tonight tbh. But let’s be honest he’s a below average no. 1 and we should absolutely be looking for goaltending help. He isn’t a Stanley cup winning calibre goalie.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I agree that skinner wasn’t at fault for either goal tonight tbh. But let’s be honest he’s a below average no. 1 and we should absolutely be looking for goaltending help. He isn’t a Stanley cup winning calibre goalie.

Alternatively maybe the Oilers can stop making average goalies look like Patrick Roy. They should be blowing these mediocre teams away but they make goal scoring look like solving an algebra equation.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

Might want to double check your math.

Its almost as if I posted that at the time of his 2nd goal. Might want to check your common sense.

 

[CROTT]

I agree that skinner wasn’t at fault for either goal tonight tbh. But let’s be honest he’s a below average no. 1 and we should absolutely be looking for goaltending help. He isn’t a Stanley cup winning calibre goalie.

Lol, he's a big reason the Oilers beat the Stars to make the finals, and was one win away from being a cup winning goalie....

And to call him a below average starter is delusional... He's fourth overall in the league in save precentage in the last 11 weeks thats almost three months... So all but three goalies are below average? Yes the bad start tanked his stats, but since then hes been average to above average at times.

 

[GMofOilers]

Lol, he's a big reason the Oilers beat the Stars to make the finals, and was one win away from being a cup winning goalie....

And to call him a below average starter is delusional... He's fourth overall in the league in save precentage in the last 11 weeks thats almost three months... So all but three goalies are below average?

He’s actually worst in the league, he just had the worst playoffs a goalie can have.

Not my fault Skinner is a fraud

 

[SupremeTeam16]

He’s actually worst in the league, he just had the worst playoffs a goalie can have.

Not my fault Skinner is a fraud

Uh oh little bitch is mad Skinner had a good game hahaha

 

[Sra1974]

Its almost as if I posted that at the time of his 2nd goal. Might want to check your common sense.

And save percentage is an incomplete metric at almost any point in the game until the final whistle.

 

[AM]

On occasion stu is frustrating. I’m pretty sure he frustrates himself sometimes.

He is young for a goalie and if he takes a step the sky’s the limit for him.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Lol, he's a big reason the Oilers beat the Stars to make the finals, and was one win away from being a cup winning goalie....

And to call him a below average starter is delusional... He's fourth overall in the league in save precentage in the last 11 weeks thats almost three months... So all but three goalies are below average? Yes the bad start tanked his stats, but since then hes been average to above average at times.

Yeah, if you ignore all his bad games he looks better than he is.

He almost single handedly lost us the Vancouver series.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Skinner was fine last night. Not sure what all the complaining is about today.

 

[OilerTyler]

Skinner was fine last night. Not sure what all the complaining is about today.

People complain when Skinner has a good game. Check the PGT for the Red Wings game.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

People complain when Skinner has a good game. Check the PGT for the Red Wings game.

I mean there's a contingent that blamed him for the loss to Vegas where we didn't score. And yet some people say that finishing scoring chances isn't an issue for this team...

 

[Sethual]

Pickard should have played against the Bloos and Skinner against the "weak" Chicago Blackklocks.

Why would Skinner be afraid of a bottom feeding team? He's amazing against them! Oh but the Bloos are at the bottom too and he struggled. Pathetic goalie.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Pickard should have played against the Bloos and Skinner against the "weak" Chicago Blackklocks.

Why would Skinner be afraid of a bottom feeding team? He's amazing against them! Oh but the Bloos are at the bottom too and he struggled. Pathetic goalie.

He struggled? In what regard?

I do agree though that Pickard shouldn't start against the Blackhawks because his numbers against them this year are really bad.

 

[K1984]

He struggled? In what regard?

I do agree though that Pickard shouldn't start against the Blackhawks because his numbers against them this year are really bad.

He played and allowed more than zero goals.

Anything other than a shutout for Skinner appears to be the only thing acceptable for some. Even then I'm sure some insane mental math would get trotted out to explain why he still sucked despite the shutout. "One hit the post!" or some moronic bullshit.

 

[bobbythebrain]

Pickard should have played against the Bloos and Skinner against the "weak" Chicago Blackklocks.

Why would Skinner be afraid of a bottom feeding team? He's amazing against them! Oh but the Bloos are at the bottom too and he struggled. Pathetic goalie.

He doesn't pick his games...coaches do

He also didn't struggle

Pathetic post more like it

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

He played and allowed more than zero goals.

Anything other than a shutout for Skinner appears to be the only thing acceptable for some. Even then I'm sure some insane mental math would get trotted out to explain why he still sucked despite the shutout. "One hit the post!" or some moronic bullshit.

When we beat the Kings 1-0 the narrative was "Well the Kings can't score anyway". It was eye-rollingly stupid.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Have to give him some credit last night. Also few missed empty nets. I was listening to Gregor little while ago

He was ripping us for saying we need an upgrade on either goalie. Then he lists off stats since November.

Never once does he post the stats against top ten or playoff teams

 

[OilerTyler]

He played and allowed more than zero goals.

Anything other than a shutout for Skinner appears to be the only thing acceptable for some. Even then I'm sure some insane mental math would get trotted out to explain why he still sucked despite the shutout. "One hit the post!" or some moronic bullshit.

Yeah, the standards are incredibly high around here. I posted in the PGT after the Red Wings game about how Skinner finished the month of January with a .921 save percentage and people still complained about almost every goal that he let in. Is he supposed to be putting up a .970+ every game?

There also seems to be an idea around here that any save percentage below .900 in a game is a massive failure. If Skinner puts up a .890 he is "garbage". Do people not realize that the league average save percentage is around .900? No goalie puts up an above average performance every night and anything below average isn't automatically terrible.