I have to reluctantly concur......even as he's standing on his head to make 10-bell saves, some posters are still picking holes in Silovs' game. Without him, there's no way they probably would have vanquished Nashville or lead the current series,
With the exception of the last game, the Oilers have controlled the shot-clock and the time of possession through the first four games. And he continues to give them a big edge in goal, no matter who the Oilers go to at the other end.
Why are people waiting for him to fail? There's no evidence that I can see that Demko would be doing any better.
Healthy Demko, or Demko right now?
I do agree that people have been delusional about the likelihood of Demko coming back healthy or being good in any capacity. It's not happening. If he does, it would likely be an act of desperation where he'll probably look worse than what we're getting from Silovs, I think. I would say to not even start thinking about that unless we somehow get all the way to the finals, and even then, it might be a longshot.
That said, while Silovs has been good (obviously better than the Edmonton goalies), and relative to expectations incredible, I wouldn't say that without context, he's looked like an outright dominant goaltender or anything, and the standard that we've come to expect from a healthy Demko (especially the unrealistically high bar he's set for himself in the playoffs) is still a lot higher quality goaltending than what we're currently getting, in my opinion. He's keeping us in it and that's more than you could hope for, though.