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bodsbods9090
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You played the second best team in the league....
I know it's sarcasm but man, that was bad.
Greenspace
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Binnington trade rumours - We'd have to absorb $6m hit for this year, have to give up Skinner, maybe 2 other players (Kulak maybe, Henrique?), for a goalie that is 36 out of 37 in stats last 10 games. Not sure it's worth it.
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Oilers linked to Blues in potential Skinner for Binnington trade
<p>The Edmonton Oilers’ goaltending situation has become untenable. They entered Tuesday night’s game against the Dallas Stars with a team save percentage of .866, the second-worst mark in the league, which only got worse as the team got embarrassed in an 8-3 loss. Edmonton reportedly wants to...
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Greenspace
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"The Edmonton Oilers leapfrogged the Boston Bruins to become the fifth-most-valuable team, and are now worth $3.1 billion. The Oilers have hockey’s biggest superstar in Connor McDavid and were in the Stanley Cup Final the past two seasons. Not only did the Oilers post a record year across all revenue verticals, including sponsorships, premium seating, food and beverage, and merchandise during the 2024-25 season, they began a new local television deal with Rogers this season that could pay the team well over $50 million annually, depending on advertising revenue."
Gronk!
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The_Cat
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Oilers beat Seattle 4-0!
archited
Senior Member
Savoie - McDavid - Hyman
Podkolzin - Draisaitl - Mangiapane
Henrique - Nugent-Hopkins - Janmark
Clattenburg - Lazar - Frederic
Ekholm - Bouchard
Nurse - Regula
Kulak - Emberson
Skinner
Pickard
Not exactly how I would have lined them up but close enough for positive results -- the star centres have their own wingers and the results underscore the means.
Podkolzin - Draisaitl - Mangiapane
Henrique - Nugent-Hopkins - Janmark
Clattenburg - Lazar - Frederic
Ekholm - Bouchard
Nurse - Regula
Kulak - Emberson
Skinner
Pickard
Not exactly how I would have lined them up but close enough for positive results -- the star centres have their own wingers and the results underscore the means.
TravellingChris
Active Member
Jarry is worth pursuing as neither Skinner nor Pickard have what it takes to get this team over the hump in a Cup Final. Skinner is now 0 for 2 in the Finals, the series last year being particularly unforgivable because the Oilers had home ice advantage in the Cup Final for the first time since 1988.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Stu earned a shutout vs Seattle on Saturday, so there's no need to push the panic button just yet.
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
According to one of the big, legit insiders (Elliotte Freidman), the shutout doesn't change the Oilers stance on dealing him.
Greenspace
Senior Member
Skinner is a great #2.
TravellingChris
Active Member
The problem for the Oilers is that no team in the modern era has ever won the Stanley Cup with a tandem of what amounts to two NHL #2 goaltenders. Skinner and Pickard would both be serviceable backups for an NHL team. Neither has what it takes to be a reliable #1.
The vast majority of Stanley Cup winners have had a goalie who was able to stand on his head and steal games that the team shouldn't have won. Guys like Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy, Marc-Andre Fleury come to mind. Skinner has never been that guy.
Skinner has had two consecutive Stanley Cup Finals in which he has made it clear that he is incapable of outplaying the other team's goaltender.
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
In the first three games of the series for sure. But by the time games 4, 5, 6 & 7 roll around, he is like those goalies you mentioned...but by that point it's too late for the team to come back from what's happened at the start of the series. His stats in games 4-7 are unreal. But it's usually too little, too late.
IanO
Superstar
32 shots, 0 goals.
Keep Skinner, trade the lot!
Keep Skinner, trade the lot!
Gronk!
Senior Member
The Oilers could have had Wallstedt. Yet another lost opportunity at the draft table in a long line of lost opportunities (Shane Doan, Zack Parise, Matthew Tkachuk, etc).
www.sportsnet.ca
Impenetrable Wallstedt shows Oilers what could have been
Jesper Wallstedt looked impenetrable Tuesday in front of a fanbase that's begging for an upgrade in goal. How good would the Oilers look today with Wallstedt pushing Stuart Skinner for the No. 1 job?