Stuart Skinner commits some gut-wrenching goaltending.
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DK, are you ever going to have an episode dedicated to how awful the first line, specifically our captain, has been in the defensive end almost the entire season?
Not a real contender. Trade whoever…
Skinner is a great Beer Leaguer. No business between the pipes of a serious NHL franchise.
Bad timing to say this but he needs more starts. Especially recently, he played Sunday 1/25 and then didn't play again until Saturday 1/31. And then a couple days later on Tuesday. Wayyyy too many days between starts to get a real rhythm
The Penguins were better team frustrating .Skinner not good ,but by way Jarry not playing well in Edmonton either. The Penguinsbbest goalie is in Wilkes -Barre and we all know it they have 4 goodlines defense been better im no expert But i think Murashov could be very very very special
I’ll say it again, goaltending is about rythm and consistency. Hard to get into either if you’re playing every other game.
I’ve come to the conclusion that when a fanbase is split on whether a goalie is good or not, he’s probably just not that good. Some great goalies that backed a lot of bad teams come to mind. Lundqvist, Price. Their teams weren’t always great but you never doubted the goaltender.
Need to pull Skinner when he's having a bad game.
Put the Lisotte line out to start overtime. Pens go out there looking like they expect to lose. Get an immediate charge. And put Chinachov and Kindel on the #1 Power Play. The future is here.
Can we stop over glorifying Skinner? He had a good run, as every goaltender at some point in the season does. Dont forgot Silvos started the season with a shutout and everybody thought he was a God or something. Skinner isnt bad by any means but hes really no better than Jarry. Theyre both hit and miss at every point in the season and can run a streak and lose a streak at any point, but theyre no Dominator. Stop over glorifying this guy, hes a middle of the run goalie at best. Dont forget before this streak, all the talk of goaltending was moving Jarry to make room for the youth to have an opportunity. Suddenly this Geezer comes in and has a few decent games and everybody is thinking Stanley Cup finals. Need I remind everybody that Edmonton blew two cup finals because theyre overrated and their goaltending sucked? This guy is not God, now maybe you see hes only a mere mortal. You can all glaze over this guy but I'll never be sold on him. He should be quality trade bait at best.
Thank you DK. I couldn't agree more. Deep breath, I hope they dig even deeper and use the players that get it done. Great show DK
Kulak is horrible!!!
Neither goaltender is consistent and it will be the major problem if they miss the playoffs.
I am really worried that this season is going to go. “poof“. And go up in smoke. You know like The penguins will turn into what everybody predicted they would be. Last place.
Rakell is a much bigger issue than goaltending. And Crosby also didn't play well. Skinner was screened on one goal by his own teammates. And the OT goal was a breakaway. There were other goals that were simply well placed shots. Good goaltending never beats a perfectly placed shot ever.
I don't think it is being talked enough about how poorly the top line is playing defensively this season. I know people hate the +/- category, but this is pretty telling and also not a fluke…
— The Rakell-Crosby-Rust trio has combined for 39 EV goals, and they are a combined -1 on the season
— The take your pick on rotating wingers around Malkin with Mantha/Brazeau/Novak/Chinakhov have combined for 53 EV goals, and they are a combined +34 on the season
— The Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari trio has combined for 24 EV goals, and they are a combined +28 on the season
That was Edmonton Skinner.
Only positives are Braz scoring, Kindel still great, Chinny being a steal, and they're up 1 pt with two games in hand on NYI.
As long as they get a point or two against Buffalo, no matter how, I'll forget these two last games happened.
They need this break (just like they did in December)
Jarry is doing the same right now he just got pulled acouple nights ago. I don’t regret the trade at all at. Hopefully Silvos can keep playing well
One thing I’ve noticed quite a bit over the last couple of games is that Malkin has turned into a turnover machine. The whole team is playing a bit different.
They sent Geno , so you should send Chinny. I agree!
Hey DK, I agree and disagree at the same time. I see some lazy play and bad habits creeping back in their games while back in their own zone. I do agree with some bad goals are getting in, but the other teams are getting some great looks and timely looks. It was another night of watching the first line defend instead of produce besides the garbage goal. This team rides the high of their first line and where are they, this was a much better game by the captain but Sid has not been good for about 5 games, he just hasn't put in the effort or been good enough. Sure having Rust go cold and then suspended hasn't helped, but having Rakell bring absolutely nothing to the games, especially over the last five has killed the line. He lost every battle, lost every possession, flubbed every pass and shot, and seemed to be pushed down on the ice at the conclusion of every play? What value is he out there? If Dubas wants to pull the trigger on trading Rakell, he should but any takers? The team has taken subtle steps backwards lately, and it's chiseled away at my belief that they can hang with a top team for a seven game series. Hoping to be real wrong, but I'm calling out the Olympians on the team who are mentally already in Italy!
I think y’all overreacting just a bit. As typical pens fans do. We were 13-2-2 in the last 17 games coming into the game against the Sens we had a bad night there it is what it is and then tonight I do somewhat understand the frustration tho since there’s so many good teams in the east and Columbus has been on an absolute heater lately I get it. Seems like nothing ever good happens against the Islanders tho. Everytime.
DK I agree with you…I don't think this has anything to do with Skinner, they did it with Jarry and all goalies this year. I think the better goalie is Skinner, Silovs is not a #1 goalie, he's a great back up, Skinner has more ability to be a #1 (whether he is quality or not that is a different question). The fact that you don't just let him be #1 speaks to not treating this season with the intent to win….winning has happened and it has been a by product of career years of half of your roster (all cast aways of other teams) and solid years by your vets….but I Continue to believe that the plan is not to win, winning happens great. That for me is an issue
I think Skinner is way better than Jarry. He's very calm in goal and not flopping all around and he can stop more shots when he isnt playing great just because of his size. I think you can blame the Defense in general much more than Skinner. Pens have a bunch of marginal D men. Even Karlsson is a liability out there at times. as is Letang