russ99
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- Jun 9, 2011
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It’s not high danger chances, is uncovered wide open looks, often rush chances and odd man breaks. Skinner has been bad, but this is well beyond “high danger” where a guy is covering someone in the slot and he still gets a shot off and beats the goalie.It’s ridiculous. All teams make mistakes. The difference is that other goalies can make saves.
Even when the Oilers limit high danger chances, Skinner lets the few that do happen in.
If the expectation is that the Oilers have to play error free hockey then we might as well pack it in.
Watch every goal against from the last two weeks and ask if this is a reasonable level of defensive attention from an NHL level skater group.
Not mistakes, systemic issues and getting caught up ice. I’ll forgive mistakes, but these are the same plays over and over, the league watches video and everyone knows how to get wide open shots on a shaky goalie.