The Edmonton Oilers face an organizational crossroad in net. After this season, both Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard are free agents. Neither Skinner or Pickard has inspired much confidence as a full-time NHL starter, but short of other options, the Oilers are running it back one last time. On this episode, host Nick Zararis lays out the narratives surrounding each goalie and why outside options like Carter Hart and Ilya Samsonov just aren’t realistic.
4:08 Stuart Skinner’s mediocre stats and expectations
8:42 Last chance for Skinner and Pickard
14:20 Calvin Pickard’s unlikely NHL journey continues
19:37 Analyzing potential external goalie options for Oilers
24:45 Ilya Samsonov as a possible alternative
DEBATE: How the Edmonton Oilers should manage Stuart Skinner | Why this is his last chance
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7 Comments
He’ll go on to win a Vézina with his next team.
I'm sure Hellebuyck winning the Hart had nothing to do with the voters making a point.
I was a proponent of the Flyers trading Hart a couple years back. They didn't and got nothing for him. Ha ha.
"I do not want a guy like that…" is how you reference Carter Hart. A guy like what? An 18-20 year old in the 2020s that had a freaky encounter? Welcome to the world, Nick. That's most young people out there today. If you're going to hold your NHL players to that standard, you're going to find it harder and harder to support the league because that's the way society is going. An argument can easily be made that Hart should have been representing his hockey club and the league in a better light but young dudes (and young women) screw up sometimes. If our friends and family all knew about our freakiest encounters and judged us the way you and others are crucifying Hart, your/our life and careers would be over, too. And I bet all y'all would be a lot less judgy then.
I can see now why you have no subscribers 😂😂
The Edmonton mainstream media has really shown who they really are over the last 3 years with Skinner.
You could not read a single article, or hear any narrative that was negative towards Skinner. Ever. He was protected.
When he shit the bed two years ago in the Finals, the media said "He will learn from this loss."
Has a completely mediocre season last year, crickets. Shits the bed in games 1 + 2 vs LA. Crickets.
When he finally completely fell apart in last year's Finals, the grumblings started. You could see their writers finally being negative. Then that really took hold. "RUN HIM OUT OF TOWN!"
Then guess what happens?
The Oilers' brass, PR officers & GM all let the media know that they have to run Skinner back because they can't afford/couldn't find a better goalie.
Guess what happens?
The narrative changes again!
– New goalie coach!
– New lessons learned!
– Skinner is focused! He said he's gonna make the Olympic team! 😄😄😄😄😄
– He just needs the support of the fans & his teammates!
To quote Mrs. Finkle from Ace Ventura:
"Stuart Skinner can die of gonnarhea & rot in hell!"
I'm so fucking sick of SS & his mediocrity & moustache.
You can't win or sign Mc Crybaby with Skinner as your goalie. Your team is worse than last year, and Vegas is WAY better
Skinner is only worth a million and no higher, he hasn't proven he deserves a higher salery, the oilers seem to play better with pickles in net compared to when skinner plays. The boys have no confidence when skinner starts