Post-Game Talk: This team has a problem in net

[foshizzle]

That’s why I don’t get why anybody can defend Skinner still. The Oilers are a top team. The defense has been relatively fine despite still needing a legitimate top four d man too. But goaltending? Holy f***. The fact that skinner can’t even be average is just stunning. Even average goaltending nets this team more wins and points right now.

It's purely because they like him. They chased Koskinen away who had similar numbers playing against a much worse defense. Same posters were likely calling for his head. Skinner gets a pass though

 

[CanadasTeam99]

I’m not saying it’s whatever.

I’m saying the biggest reason McDavid doesn’t have a cup is McDavid. Unless you think skinner should have let in less than 3 goals the rest of the series when we were down 3-2?

My whole thing is it's a grand scheme of things to put yourself in a best position to win

In those games, yes, I wish McDavid went crazy. I have PTSDY from it.

 

[Soundwave]

The team and front office was good enough to require him to play 1 game to win a cup.

lol, the team doesn't win a single round without McDavid.

 

[foshizzle]

2-9-2
.872 save %
-8 goals saved above expected.

Results against the top 10 teams. The teams that you'll play in the playoffs

 

[MessierII]

Lol, so Bob found a way to make saves. Stuart didnt. It's game 7- you either find a way or you don't. Bob found a way- Stuart didnt.

Stuart also posted a historic low for a winning goalie in the Vancouver series 0.833. He is amongst the worst goalies in the cap era to have played atleast 20 games in the cap era. How many goals did the Oilers score in game 6? Argue all you want, facts dont agree with you

The fact is your not gonna win many game 7’s scoring one goal. Averaging 1.5 GA a game through games 6 and 7 doesn’t really get much better than that. They still didn’t win.

 

[McAsuno]

lol, the team doesn't win a single round without McDavid.

McDavid and Draisaitl would have multiple cups if not for the Chiarelli and Holland regime. They made it to the SCF in spite of those shit management. Don’t forget Ken holland attempt for his “all in” last year was Henrique, Carrick, and Stecher. Utter dog shit.

 

[Soundwave]

It's purely because they like him. They chased Koskinen away who had similar numbers playing against a much worse defense. Same posters were likely calling for his head. Skinner gets a pass though

They like the fart sniffing fantasy of Skinner. They want it so bad. He's Edmonton born! Drafted by the Oilers! What a story it would be if he would pan out and become the next Grant Fuhr in their eyes!

They want it so bad that they plainly won't look at reality. The Edmonton media fuels this nonsense too by being a bunch of cucks that won't dare say anything. If Skinner was a starter in Toronto and he was 2-9-2 against top teams with a .874 save percentage in those games he would be getting TORCHED by the media there.

Same thing in Montreal if they had McDavid. Shit, if the Flames were lucky enough to have a McDavid talent, even their media would probably be asking some hard questions right now. Edmonton media? Hahahahahahahaha.

Clown show with the kiddie gloves treatment.

 

[MessierII]

Do you want to address this:

Then?

It’s a concern for sure but the season is far from over and a lot of those games were early in the year when the team was a disjointed mess in every respect.

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Ok a tad off topic, but why the in the hell did Dallas trade that Jonkic dude to LA. For a guy who doesn't watch a ton of basketball

 

[Soundwave]

It’s a concern for sure but the season is far from over and a lot of those games were early in the year when the team was a disjointed mess in every respect.

Is it a concern to actually do something about or just sit on our asses and play Russian roulette with the McDavid era with?

Because that should be a f***ing giant sized concern, if this was Montreal or Toronto or even Calgary in these circumstances, the media would be going ape shit.

That is dog shit goaltending.

 

[McAsuno]

Ok a tad off topic, but why the in the hell did Dallas trade that Jonkic dude to LA. For a guy who doesn't watch a ton of basketball

Cause they’re dumb worrying about Doncic’s weight. In nhl terms, it’s like trading MacKinnon for Malkin. I’m ecstatic for it as a lakers fan. Still wish the oilers could pull of a fleecing of that magnitude.

 

[MessierII]

Is it a concern to actually do something about or just sit on our asses and play Russian roulette with the McDavid era with?

Because that should be a f***ing giant sized concern, if this was Montreal or Toronto or even Calgary in these circumstances, the media would be going ape shit.

That is dog shit goaltending.

13-5-2 and .921 in his last 20 games coming into tonight isn’t though.

 

[Soundwave]

13-5-2 and .921 in his last 20 games coming into tonight isn’t though.

He's padding his stats against crappier teams, that's not going to be the case in the playoffs as the whole point of the playoffs is those lesser teams are not in the picture.

 

[MessierII]

He's padding his stats against crappier teams, that's not going to be the case in the playoffs as the whole point of the playoffs is those lesser teams are not in the picture.

Who’s playing against the good teams then? Remember when Vancouver swept us in the regular season last year? How did that work out? Skinners numbers have been trending up since the team woke up and started playing nhl hockey again.

 

[Soundwave]

Who’s playing against the good teams then? Remember when Vancouver swept us in the regular season last year? How did that work out? Skinners numbers have been trending up since the team woke up and started playing nhl hockey again.

Yeah the team is elite defensively so they can insulate his ass against more average teams. Against the better teams though ... as you said this is a cruel league ... you can't hide shit in net forever. He's getting exposed in those situations.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Well, the NBA version of the Gretzky trade (or the closest comp at least) just happened so I can't think about hockey for a while lol

I don’t follow the NBA at all, who would be the Gretzky in that trade?

 

[Keggatron]

Are Skinner Stans forgetting he hired a shrink last season due to crumbling under pressure?

The guy isn't far off from being a Jack Campbell mental disaster. He just has a better poker face

The thing is, Campbell was f***ing better than Skinner to start out last year. They just didn't want to waive Skinner because they knew no one would touch Campbell's contract and didn't want to lose Skinner to someone. What a f***ing gift that would have been. Who knows though, Skinner may have actually gone on and done well away from Schwartz like every ex Oiler goalie seems to.

 

[scotchtapejr]

How do you not understand the psychological turmoil Skinners play puts on his teammates?

I would wager that there is an internal dialogue in every Oilers player that for as much as they love Skinner or skin daddy, there are significant discussions over the lackluster play and heart breaking moments Skinner systematically afflicted on this team over the past 3 seasons. Privately and in their own mind.

I would parlay that with at least 25% of the current players on the team also believe Stuart directly cost them the 2024 Stanley cup championships.

Imagine having to work with that guy.

I would go up to Evan Bouchard at practice.

"Dude I was on hfboards last night and people were talking mad shit about you. Saying you're a bitch and apprehensive and you have shit for brains, bro."

"What?" He replied

"Okay but hear me out. Like we all know... That it's Stuart fault, right??"

Evan eyes begin to swell with tears and uncross for a moment as he suddenly achieves 100% complete mental clarity on his play - and Stuart's involvement in it.

"Bro. Like think about it. Remember when the guy just randomly started letting in the first shot of the game LMFAO."

Evan stifles a laugh.

"They think youre tentative?? Yeah hfboards look at the first few set of game for every season with Stuart as the starter. Connor and Leon play 3 preseason games. 5 preseason game. Doesn't matter how prepared you are Connie. Teams not gonna turn it around until we get use to playing infront of f***ing Stuart again haha. Why wouldn't you be tentative???"

"Imagine holding an opponent to 7 shots in a period and being down 0-3. Hfboards. Imagine it."

"Any way, good to chat bro. Remember, youre not worth more than 6x 6.75m, Evan. Don't you even dare."

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Cause they’re dumb worrying about Doncic’s weight. In nhl terms, it’s like trading MacKinnon for Malkin. I’m ecstatic for it as a lakers fan. Still wish the oilers could pull of a fleecing of that magnitude.

It makes no sense to me unless he asked for some trade behind the scenes. Came out of nowhere

 

[McTedi]

Any team who has just said "hey let's change things b/c they don't look good"

AKA Vegas. Florida makes a trade for Tkachuk

The point is "Hey things aren't really working, lets try something else"


Ok I am done with you lol..

If you like that have at her buddy. If bad goaltending floats your boat it's fine.

Vegas had all of the advantages and continue to reap rewards. Built their platform on an over generous expansion scheme. But to their credit they made some savvy moves.

 

[McTedi]

Vegas, Colorado, Pittsburgh in Crosby's prime years, Washington when they won, etc. etc.



That's 19 years ago, a lot of people here were either kids and didn't know what the f*** they were watching so they don't have an appreciation of that or they missed that entirely. Even if you weren't a kid, that's a long time ago, the memory dulls.

That I get ... there hasn't been a great goalie here in so long, most people don't even know what that would look like. They think this dog shit is some how pretty good. The media too.

The Avs are going to regret trading away Rantanen and Byram. Georgiev for Blackwood was a good move but the Avs have struggled almost as bad as the Oilers identifying goalies...they've run through their fair share.

Winnipeg is probably winning the West so we wouldn't be playing the 8 seed.

We will see I guess, some of us like our team. Just need some tweaks.

 

[Throttlehead]

13-5-2 and .921 in his last 20 games coming into tonight isn’t though.

Just imagine if we had a good goalie, that would be a .940

We play scared with Skinner unlike other good teams who have a legit goal tender. We dont allow a lot of shots and certainly not a lot of high quality shots. Those games (like today) where 1, 2, 3 cheezy goals scored in the first period put us at a huge disadvantage of playing our game, not to mention what it does to the spirit on the team. He just can't make a save when its needed the most, nor can he go 2 to 3 games in a row making saves he should save. We need a GD goalie and have always needed a GD goalie, we are not winning a cup with Skinner. Even our last run required the backup to get us out of the toughest series. If Bowman has a brain he'll not worry about another dman, go snag a top goalie such as Saros. With the cap going up its the perfect time.

 

[Senor Catface]

This blame management not Skinner is the dumbest thing I've heard.

Life isn't that black and white, you binary bland [redacted]. I can blame both at the same time.

Somehow two Skinner defenders have been more embarrassing than GMOilers' Skinner takes. Congrats.

 

[ThePhoenixx]

I’m not saying it’s whatever.

I’m saying the biggest reason McDavid doesn’t have a cup is McDavid. Unless you think skinner should have let in less than 3 goals the rest of the series when we were down 3-2?

I think you need to take a break, man.

Then maybe read this in the morning.

 

[Fishy McScales]

Trash. Another classic Oilers pickup.

This, HFOil, is classic Keith.

Whine, bitch and moan incessantly that the Oilers make no moves (even though they do).

And then when they do pick up a low-risk, high-reward type player, Keith complains about the player after TWO GAMES where I actually thought he looked pretty decent after more than a year out.