On the pivotal play in last night’s game, Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner experienced vapor lock and surrendered the lead. It can’t happen, and it happens often in Edmonton. There are reasons for Skinner’s status as the No. 1 goaltender in Edmonton. He saved the day in 2022-23, but has delivered less impressively since. Stan Bowman made a small trade in preseason and we’ll see how much Connor Ingram can help as the days roll along.
I believe Stuart Skinner will have an NHL career of note. Increasingly, I am wondering if it will be with the Oilers. There’s a Devan Dubnyk vibe to the Skinner experience, and last night isn’t going to lower the temperature in the goalie room. I think we’re getting to the point where the Oilers and Skinner might be better off getting second opinions. It’s a tough job, playing goal in your hometown.
Draisaitl-McDavid-Frederic played 11:46 at five-on-five, 10-3 shots and expected goal share of 91 percent and 4-0 in HDSC. The five-on-five line that scored the goal was Mangiapane-McDavid-Frederic, the trio going 1-0 goals in 42 seconds of play. Connor McDavid was 0-2-2 in 26 minutes (including all game states). The captain had five shots, three HDSC’s, both good signs for a player who will need to shoot more with Hyman out.
Draisaitl went 1-1-2 in 24:40 in all situations. The goal was No. 400 in his exceptional NHL career. He is fourth on the all-time list, behind Wayne Gretzky (583), Jari Kurri (474) and Glenn Anderson (417). Leon had four HDSC.
Podkolzin-Philp-Kapanen were the No. 2 line, playing 9:58 together and going 7-3 shots. The line was 0-1 goals, Philp going dash two on the evening. The own goal was a flukey one, I’m not going to blame Philp on it and Skinner’s time to react was minimal. Generally pleased with the line, 55 percent expected goal share.
Mangiapane-RNH-Savoie went 1-2 shots in 7:31. The trio was 0-1 in HDSC and nine percent expected goals. I can’t see this lasting long and am not sure Jack Roslovic will be slotted here. The second line needs Leon Draisaitl. Mangiapane scored in less than a minute with McDavid. I don’t think 97-29 lasts October as a true line. Matt Savoie made some nice passes but needs more touches to have an impact.
Howard-Henrique-Tomasek went 3-0 shots in 6:13, 100 percent expected goals and 1-0 HDSC. Ike Howard had a couple of nice looks and you can see what he’ll bring when the game slows down for him. Howard had a HDSC, David Tomasek two. Tomasek also picked up a dandy PP assist on the Draisaitl goal. He’s a very good addition to this team. I think his two-way acumen may emerge with Roslovic in the fold and see no reason why Tomasek should be the one to come ouf of the lineup. I suspect it’s Kapanen.
Ekholm-Bouchard played 16:51, 15-4 shots and 1-0 goals. Music! 77 percent expected goal share and absolute money when with McDavid. I think the top pairing is back. Bouchard will take a lot of heat for the third goal against, but the goalie has the con in that situation and Bouchard’s job is to wait for a pass or clear imo. You could be critical for not offering a lane for Skinner, but that’s picking a nit.
Kulak-Emberson got second pairing minutes (12:07) but barely as the second and third pairs were faded by the coaching staff at five-on-five. 2-2 shots, 54 percent expected goals. Ran a clean slate and nothing diabolical happened. That’s the goal for a depth pair.
Nurse-Regula were not strong. They were 4-3 shots, 0-1 goals and 64 percent expected goals in 11:25. Nurse went walkabout at times, Regula played well enough but there was chaos. This may bring Troy Stecher back into the conversation on the second pairing. Jake Walman may also be close enough to be a factor in the coming days.
JACK ROSLOVIC
You’ll read much about his incosistency but Roslovic is a strong player when given an opportunity in an offensive role. I value the previous three seasons, that gives us a nice ‘established level of ability’ for a player we don’t know well. In the past three seasons, Roslovic has scored (five-on-five) 1.87 pts-60, 1.78 pts-60 and 2.1 pts-60. That’s a very good indication that he could thrive in Edmonton on a skill line. His expected goals have hovered around 50 percent in each of those seasons.
On the downbeat, Edmonton will be his fourth NHL team in the last four seasons. Why? Puck IQ has him playing enormous minutes versis elites in Columbus (40 percent in 2023-24, 48 percent Dangerous Fenwick) before settling in to a depth role with the Carolina Hurricanes last season. We’ll have to wait and get to know this player, but he is absolutely a find at this point in the season.
On the Lowdown today, we’ll talk about last night’s game, the Jack Roslovic signing, the Jays moving on and more! Bagged Milk from Oilers Nation will pop by and we invite you to join us. Noon to 2pm on Sports 1440 and You Tube.
It took Skinner 5 minutes to score with his new team. I can see him on a mission and scoring at least 25-30 especially if he plays with Celebrini.
Wow Flames are trying to bank points early playing Wolf back to backs to start the year.
Last Saturday, Marcus Laraque–yes, son of Georges–scored his first WHL goal. And to prove the apple didn’t fall far from the tree, he also got in a scrap.
He plays for Seattle, turned 16 in March and is already listed at 6’4″, 215 lbs.
Always loved George! He is still a passionate Oiler fan. Be very cool if his son eventually got drafted by Oilers!
We will have to keep an eye on that one
Clattenburg-Nicholl-Laraque
I’m on the East coast with a 6:30 wakeup so I went to bed after the second (1 AM). I was hoping to wake up to something like a 5-2 win but it was not to be. I just finished watching the game. So for my perspective I offer the following:
The Oilers have averaged over 3 goals for per game the past 6 seasons. Last night was not one of those nights. I expect they will recover and get back above 3 GF/game on average over the next 81 + games.
During the past 6 seasons, they’ve allowed under 3 goals against per game in 3 seasons (including the last 2 seasons) and over 3 GA/game in the other 3 seasons. Based on the last 2 seasons with this tandem and the improved defence, I expect they will recover similarly.
So on average we have a team in the Oilers where they have found success most of the time when the goalies have allowed fewer than 3 goals and the skaters have provided more than 3 goals. Neither happened last night but they earned a point. First point earned in 24/25 was in Game 4. First point earned in 23/24 was in Game 3.
The 3rd goal was brutal. Ok. When I first checked the comments on here I thought it was with 40 seconds left in the period, not 40 seconds into the period. That does not excuse the goal but it was not something they could not recover from.
The choice after a GA like that is for a team to move forward or fold. The skaters need to put the pressure on to score and the goalie needs to focus on the next save. After that GA, I don’t see an Oiler team deflated. Wolf make some great saves but there were also pucks mishandled by the Oilers at the Flames crease, some close chances shot wide, puck rolling off sticks, etc. that could have gone in. I see Skinner playing well and shutting the door the rest of the 3rd and in OT, making some strong saves, which continued into the shootout.
As a team, take the positives, work on the negatives, hit refresh and onto game 2.
Bowman has the “small ball” game that Holland was lacking in.
He sure does. He’s not waiting around. Bubble players have to perform to stay with the team, as if should be for one of the league’s best
Who starts next game Skinner or Pickard?
Stu will get another methinks
I feel sorry for all the fans (maybe that should be in quotation marks, “fans”) who are already hating the team for what is really just an extension of training camp. Me, I’m thrilled that Game 1 2025 didn’t go as badly as Games 1 2023 and 2024.
I also was very pleasantly surprised by the Philp line. Playoff Podz and Kappy showed me more than I’d expected, and I’ve been wanting to see more of Philp since last year’s few cameos. At times last night they were a treat. I look forward to more.
Gotta love it
Walman has been placed on IR opens up the roster spot for Roslovic.
Retro to when the season opened so he will be be eligible for Tuesday but won’t play on Sat.
Day to day to day to day………..
It’s not hard. Stuart Skinner has been not only above replacement but above AVERAGE three of the last four years. He has 14 goals saved above average in the past four years. By definition, a league average goalie has 0 GSAA over the past four years.
Skinner’s AAV is #40 in the league.
Goalies making twice as much as him: Gibson, Hill, Grubauer, Merzlikins, Jarry.
Goalies making more than him: Luukkonnen, Lankinen, Mrazek, Korpisalo, Brossoit, Soderblom.
Obviously better goalies making less than him: nobody not on an ELC.
Skinner has his flaws, as we all know. But on a cap-strapped team, he is very good value for money.
An unproven Skinner also rescued this team when Jack Campbell faltered.
We paid Jack Campbell $10M for -21.5 GSAA over basically one season. And another $10.5M for him to not play for us.
(We also paid a 36-year-old Nikolai Khabibulin $3.75M per year (out of a $56M cap) for -33 GSAA over four years.)
Let’s keep some perspective here.
Here’s some perspective, in three of the last four games that Skinner has played, he has be scored on by:
-A shot from the halfwall thrown on net (G6 of the SCF, an elimination game!)
-Inexplicably doing a 360 in his own crease and losing track of the puck (Vancouver this preseason)
-A shot from 100′ out where he gave up the rebound and did realize he had to play it out of danger (last night)
The issue that lead to these goals against did not result from the goalie coach, bad luck, or the defence.
These goals were scored on Stu Skinner because he does not process the game at an NHL level.
Full stop. To believe otherwise is lying to yourself.
Go back and look at the game 2 winning goal by Marchand or the game 1 winner against L.A . Any other good Goalie goes 10’s of games without allowing so called flukey goals with Skinner it’s every 2nd or 3rd game. Any other Goalie would get fired into the Sun. Why is the media covering for him? Why didn’t K.K start the better preseason goalie? The better playoff goalie? The better last years regular season goalie? Is somebody besides K.K calling the shots if not K.K better start to dummy up.
Among goalies playing over 30 games, Stu was 33/45 in GSAx last season.
Ie. Below replacement level.
He manages to do this behind one of the best teams in hockey.
Continuing with him as the starter has one end, which is that the Oilers will fail to win a Stanley Cup while having three of the best players in the game.
Those players for other teams has meant multiple Cups. Goaltending has torpedoed teams like Carolina
Skinner has the yips, Pitchers, Kickers, QB’s, Goalies, 3pt shooters, long history of evidence that the yips derail careers short term, long term, altogether.
1 game into the season and the Oilers goaltender is already providing ptsd for the team infront of him. It’s a toxic that sometimes has no cure but surgical removal.
Pete Aubry talked about how it’s hard for younger goalies as they round their games out, can’t shelter them
My concern is it is more of a technique thing. And what he’s weak at the Oilers often don’t cover off well. I have watched a lot of hockey, and good goalies look a certain way in the net and how they move, cover the net, make saves. Both of our guys often don’t look like that. They get sloppy positionally, Stu can have trouble moving
I think Pickard is more stable, but he is pretty wild in the nets at times
I’m optimistic about Skinner. He will be fine.
Last night the third goal is a communication problem. Better to learn that in game 1 than in the playoffs.
Very impressed by Tomasek and Howard. Both guys will stick.
Expecting more from Savoie, but it’s only one game.
I agree with your take on Tomasek, Howard and Savoie, but optimistic about Skinner??? That’s an interesting position!
If Tomasek and Howard look like real Top-9 contributors, that’s a big up arrow for the team.
The problem with the “communication problem” is that these two aren’t new to playing with one another, or on this team.
(+) If you feel a lot better having Connor Ingram on deck, especially after last night.
If you want a tell on what kind of night it will be for Skinner, watch for what I’ll call his “twitch drop”.
You might have noticed last night he was making to movements, not one, when he was going side to side on a good number of occasions. You can’t give these shooters any extra time, and it messes up your own flow too.
He doesn’t make that choppy move when he’s on. The problem is – “on” is not a reliable state for him.
And you need reliability from a goalie.
I’ve been a fan of Skinner since day one, and I still don’t think we should be giving up on him, but the kind of gaffes like the 3rd goal last night seem to happen a bit too often compared to other starting goalies.
My question for the group, are we homing in on these errors due to Skinner being the guy we see most and other goalies are making the same amount per season? Or is it really a case of him being more mistake prone than other starters?
I want to believe that he can keep improving and work out the kinks.
It’s weird. Previous Oiler goalies struggled and played better elsewhere. Talbot still playing at 38, the last two seasons over .900
But these days the team plays much better defensively. I think they need goalies that are more traditional head cases, and not so sensitive. Like Mike Smyth before his ankles gave out. It’s a tough market
Does the team really play better defensively? Or does the team just spend more time in the offensive zone? How many great defensive players do we really have, beyond Ekholm? Guys like Bouch and Walman operate (generally successfully) on the principle that the best defense is a good offense.
Going by high dangers allowed. They are also good at suppressing seam passes except against Florida
Amen LT
The 2nd line needs Draisaitl.
Hockey Gods, there you go. I blame it all on Gene Principe, where the heck was he? I mean I love Kyle B but Gene is the man on our local broadcasts and we sure missed him last night.
Finally someone with some actual analysis.
Be better Gene! Hotdog suit for a month as penance.
Given the fan base some hockey analysis would be welcomed. Feel good stuff is for non fans who aren’t loyal and don’t pay the bills
I would trust James Reimer to have won last night’s game.
Holland is doing work for the Oilers still.
Sounds like Kempe was looking for 10 million, but Holland was putting the squeeze on him so now Kempe’s camp wants closer to 12 million.
And he’s still defended around here. Could be ownership though
Reminders:
1.There are very few good goaltenders out there
2.Skinner is on a value contract
3.Bowman just procured Ingram, who has promise but needs some time in the AHL.
For sure, Skinner had a bad start. But nothing is changing in the short term. Let’s give him some rope.
How on earth is Skinner on a value contract?
He was replacement level two seasons ago, and sub-replacement level a season ago.
In fact, he was replacement level in the second half of his rookie season as well.
$2.6 million for that is a significant overpay.
There are also plenty of goalies kicking around that may not have the issues between the ears of Skinner.
Nobody outside Northern Alberta will touch Skinner other G.M’s have impartial eyeballs. It’ll take a sweetner maybe it’s time to call uncle Mikey or Billy the longer this drags on the more points we donate. You don’t know hockey if you don’t think Calgary isn’t fired up after stealing 2 points while being down 3-0 and dead in the water.
Not true Reja. Despite his recent on/off love affair in Edmonton, he would be picked up and enjoy plenty more NHL games.
I would view Skinner as a decent #3 center. You wish they were better and some games they are. Always looking for an upgrade but until then you got what you got.
Bowman will not be as patient as he was last year. We may find out sooner than you think.
Bowman needs to find a suitable target. So far, that’s been Ingram on a low-cost bet. I think they want a scoring winger at the deadline. Can they bring in two rentals? We’ll see. Depends on the goalies available I’m sure.
They may have just got one of the scoring wingers in Roslovic – Bowman did say it was the type of the player they were planning on targeting at the deadline.
Are Bowman can go the Sather route and go through 10 goalies in less than 2 years before he struck it rich with Moog. I do like the low cost gamble in Ingram who’s hungry and trying to make it back to the NHL. He knows if he plays well in Bakersfield he’ll get his opportunity.
Skinner is very much overpayed for what he brings
I can’t believe I’m putting this much effort into defending Skinner but here we go, since people seem to have no idea how rare guaranteed consistently good goalies are available.
Maybe not more flukey goals but there is several goalies who were so bad they didn’t get to play that were available.
Almost every goalie that has been available in the last 3 seasons has either been, unproven, going to be priced way out of the Oilers cap space, with their new team completely fell apart or has almost 0% guarantee they will be better than Skinner. Let’s compare them: All goalies traded from July 2022- Present
If resigned, the cap number will be in brackets for new contract.
Stuart Skinner 2.6 cap hit
Reg season GP: 175 SV%: 905 GAA: 2.73 GSAA: 11.1
Playoffs GP: 50 SV%: 893 GAA: 2.88 GSAA: -12.5
For Skinner to Average the following, he would have had to have done the following:
.910% 22 extra saves over the past 4 seasons, or .127 a game.
.912% 32 extra saves over the past 4 seasons or 0.186 a game.
.915% 47 extra saves over the past 3 seasons or .273 a game.
Following of the players have never played a game:
Gage Alexander
Ludovic Waeber
Ty Taylor
Cole Brady
Zachary Emond
How many of these goaltenders would you actually consider over Skinner?
John Gibson
Until last season, Gibson hadn’t been over 905 since 2019-20. Is 6.35 saves a season (50 games) worth 3.6 million more?
Chris Driedger
Went to Seattle and absolutely bombed in his first season with them, an argument to be made that maybe he is better but that is not a guarantee.
Spencer Knight
Has yet to be a starter, took personal time off and was also traded for a significant amount.
Yaroslav Askarov
Unproven, on the list by name only. Probably my top choice but did get traded for a lot.
Logan Thompson
There is a good argument for Logan Thompson, is he worth 3.25 more for 8 extra saves a season?
Linus Ullmark
Good option but so far out of the realm of affordable that it was never a real option.
Jacob Markstrom
First off, wasn’t getting traded to Edmonton, is 4 extra saves a season worth 3.6 million?
Darcy Kuemper
Had a terrible year in Washington, worse than any year Skinner has had, he is 35 now. Over his career, yes by far you would choose Kuemper, now not so much.
Casey Desmith
This is interesting and he has been run down over the years. He has way better numbers than I expected but also multiple teams have passed him over. Not sure why.
Anton Khudobin
Hasn’t played in the NHL since 22-23.
Jonathan Quick
Great career, not the same player anymore at 39.
Adin Hill
Had a total of 63 games under his belt that were okay to good numbers. He was a back up until the playoffs of 2022-23, Vegas didn’t plan on him being their starter, kinda fluked out on him.
Cam Talbot
Been there, done that. He is 37.
Filip Gustavsson
Had played a total of 27 games before being traded. Had a 905 save percentage before the trade. Since has had 2 good year and one year at .899.
Connor Ingram 1.95 cap hit
Reg season GP: 506 SV%: 910 GAA: 2.89 GSAA: 20.4
Playoffs GP: SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Ivan Fedatov 3.275 cap hit
Reg season GP: 29 SV%: 874 GAA: 3.29 GSAA: -17.4
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Arturs Silovs (Vancouver wasn’t trading with Edmonton) .85 Cap Hit
Reg season GP: 20 SV%: 886 GAA: 2.97 GSAA: -8.7
Playoffs GP: 10 SV%: 898 GAA: 2.91 GSAA: -1.6
Alex Nedeljkovic 2.5 cap hit
Reg season GP: 179 SV%: 903 GAA: 3 GSAA: -8.1
Playoffs GP: 9 SV%: 920 GAA: 2.17 GSAA: 3.3
Cayden Primeau .775 cap hit
Reg season GP: 55 SV%: 884 GAA: 3.69 GSAA: -30
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Petr Mrazek 4.25 cap hit
Reg season GP: 428 SV%: 906 GAA: 2.85 GSAA: -37.2
Playoffs GP: 29 SV%: 911 GAA: 2.43 GSAA: -0.4
John Gibson 6.4 cap hit
Reg season GP: 506 SV%: 910 GAA: 2.89 GSAA: 20.4
Playoffs GP: SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Daniil Tarasov 1.05 cap hit
Reg season GP: 65 SV%: 898 GAA: 3.44 GSAA: -9.7
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Kaapo Kahkonen 1. cap hit (1.05) 2nd trade
Reg season GP: 140 SV%: 898 GAA: 3.34 GSAA: -31.4
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Chris Driedger
Reg season GP: 67 SV%: 917 GAA: 2.45 GSAA:16
Playoffs GP: 3 SV%: 871 GAA: 3.7 GSAA: -2.3
Vitek Vanecek 3.4 cap hit (1.5) 3rd trade
Reg season GP: 188 SV%: 902 GAA: 2.83 GSAA: -13.7
Playoffs GP: 10 SV%: 834 GAA: 4.52 GSAA: -12.4
Spencer Knight (4.5)
Reg season GP: 96 SV%: 904 GAA: 2.83 GSAA: 0.4
Playoffs GP: 2 SV%: 933 GAA: 2.06 GSAA: 1.5
Ville Husso 4.75 cap hit (2.2) 2nd trade
Reg season GP: 145 SV%: 901 GAA: 3.05 GSAA: -14.8
Playoffs GP: 7 SV%: 890 GAA: 3.67 GSAA: -3.8
Alex Georgiev 2.924 cap hit (.825) 2nd trade
Reg season GP: 303 SV%: 903 GAA: 2.99 GSAA: -21.1
Playoffs GP: 20 SV%: 904 GAA: 2.72 GSAA: 0.1
Mackenzie Blackwood 2.5 cap hit (5.25) 2nd trade
Reg season GP: 252 SV%: 906 GAA: 2.96 GSAA: 0.9
Playoffs GP: 7 SV%: 892 GAA: 2.71 GSAA: -1.4
Scott Wedgewood 1.5 cap hit
Reg season GP: 155 SV%: 907 GAA: 2.86 GSAA: 1.8
Playoffs GP: 4 SV%: 892 GAA: 1.94 GSAA: -0.4
Justus Annunen (.8375)
Reg season GP: 52 SV%: 895 GAA: 2.97 GSAA: -8.1
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Yaroslav Askarov (2)
Reg season GP: 16 SV%: 914 GAA: 2.58 GSAA: 0.7
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Kevin Mandolese .775 cap hit
Reg season GP: 3 SV%: 916 GAA: 3.29 GSAA: 1.4
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Gage Alexander
Akira Schmid (.875)
Reg season GP: 48 SV%: 903 GAA: 2.73 GSAA: -1.1
Playoffs GP: 10 SV%: 924 GAA: 2.26 GSAA: 4.8
Logan Thompson .766 cap hit (5.85)
Reg season GP: 147 SV%: 912 GAA: 2.61 GSAA: 34.7
Playoffs GP: 14 SV%: 918 GAA: 2.4 GSAA: 7.3
Linus Ullmark 5 cap hit (8.25)
Reg season GP: 291 SV%: 917 GAA: 2.54 GSAA: 91.4
Playoffs GP: 16 SV%: 885 GAA: 3.28 GSAA: -8
Joonas Korpisalo 4 cap hit
Reg season GP: 303 SV%: 901 GAA: 3.05 GSAA: -60.1
Playoffs GP: 15 SV%: 922 GAA: 2.59 GSAA: 7.4
Jacob Markstrom 6 cap hit (Calgary wasn’t trading with Edmonton)
Reg season GP: 534 SV%: 908 GAA: 2.7 GSAA: -2.4
Playoffs GP: 31 SV%: 911 GAA: 2.88 GSAA: 4.3
Darcy Kuemper 5.25 cap hit
Reg season GP: 440 SV%: 915 GAA: 2.54 GSAA: 2.75
Playoffs GP: 40 SV%: 904 GAA: 2.89 GSAA: -3.6
Kaapo Kahkonen 2.75 cap hit 1st trade
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Vitek Vanecek 3.4 cap hit 2nd trade
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Devin Cooley (.775)
Reg season GP: 6 SV%: 870 GAA: 4.98 GSAA: -6.4
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Jake Allen 1.925 cap hit (1.8)
Reg season GP: 208 SV%: 907 GAA: 2.76 GSAA: -24.9
Playoffs GP: 28 SV%: 924 GAA: 2.06 GSAA: 7.4
Ludovic Waeber
Magnus Hellberg (.775)
Reg season GP: 26 SV%: 890 GAA: 3.08 GSAA: -8.6
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Malcom Subban
Reg season GP: 87 SV%: 898 GAA: 3.10 GSAA: -28.6
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Ty Taylor
Cole Brady
Casey Desmith (1) 2nd trade
Reg season GP: 190 SV%: 910 GAA: 2.79 GSAA: 22.3
Playoffs GP: 5 SV%: 915 GAA: 2.37 GSAA: 1.5
Casey Desmith 1st trade
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Mackenzie Blackwood 1st trade
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Cal Peterson 5 cap hit
Reg season GP: 106 SV%: 903 GAA: 2.96 GSAA: -14.2
Playoffs GP: 1 SV%: 800 GAA: 7.45 GSAA: -2.1
Dylan Wells (.75)
Reg season GP: 1 SV%: 923 GAA: 3 GSAA: 0.2
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Anton Khudobin 2.208 cap hit (3.33)
Reg season GP: 260 SV%: 916 GAA: 2.52 GSAA: 29.5
Playoffs GP: 27 SV%: 919 GAA: 2.63 GSAA: 7.5
Michael Hutchinson .75 cap hit
Reg season GP: 154 SV%: 902 GAA: 2.94 GSAA: -39
Playoffs GP: 4 SV%: 910 GAA: 2.75 GSAA: 0
Jonathan Quick 5.8 cap hit (1.55) 2nd trade
Reg season GP: 804 SV%: 911 GAA: 2.49 GSAA: -6.3
Playoffs GP: 92 SV%: 921 GAA: 2.31 GSAA: 21.8
Jon Gillies .75 cap hit
Reg season GP: 35 SV%: 891 GAA: 3.39 GSAA: -16.5
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Jonathan Quick 5.8 cap hit 1st trade
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Erik Portillo
Reg season GP: 1 SV%: 966 GAA: 1.02 GSAA: 1.9
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Zachary Emond
Keith Kinkaid .75 cap hit
Reg season GP: 169 SV%: 905 GAA: 2.91 GSAA: -31.4
Playoffs GP: 2 SV%: 804 GAA: 5.88 GSAA: -5
Michael Dipietro (.8125)
Reg season GP: 3 SV%: 771 GAA: 5.25 GSAA: -6.6
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Adin Hill 2.175 cap hit (6.25)
Reg season GP: 187 SV%: 908 GAA: 2.63 GSAA: 18.4
Playoffs GP: 30 SV%: 917 GAA: 2.41 GSAA: 11.9
Eetu Makiniemi
Reg season GP: 2 SV%: 906 GAA: 2.13 GSAA: 0.1
Playoffs GP: 0 SV%: GAA: GSAA:
Cam Talbot 2.66 cap hit (2.5)
Reg season GP: 533 SV%: 912 GAA: 2.66 GSAA: 45
Playoffs GP: 36 SV%: 915 GAA: 2.75 GSAA: 5.5
Filip Gustavsson .788 cap hit (3.75) (Just signed 6.8)
Reg season GP: 169 SV%: 913 GAA: 2.67 GSAA: 47.6
Playoffs GP: 11 SV%: 914 GAA: 2.53 GSAA: 5
Matt Murray 6 cap hit
Reg season GP: 274 SV%: 910 GAA: 2.8 GSAA: 0.9
Playoffs GP: 52 SV%: 920 GAA: 219 GSAA: 10.3
Ville Husso 1st trade
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Vitek Vanecek 1st trade
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Alex Georgiev 1st trade
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Awesome thanks. Not sure how old you are, but when the Oilers have won or got deeper than they should they have had great tending when it counts. Grant Fuhr had awful reg season games, Gretzky said GF was his goalie when the chips are down if he had a choice. Moog, Ranford, Joseph, Rollie. Bob was as average in the panthers first cup run, pretty good last one
Point being Stu hasn’t shown that against teams the Oilers struggle with
Play Stu until he lets in a goal and then yank him. Which goalie did MacTavish always play for OT was it Morrison are Garon. I have brain freeze today I can’t remember that loss last night pissed me off I took a shitload of ribbing from Flames hosers I used to work with.
“Give him some rope”
You are being generous but That’s probably looking at it from a one season (this season) approach. I’m sure many would suggest he’s had a lot of rope seeing he’s played here a few seasons.
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No Oilers on waivers today.
I don’t think they’ve registered the Roslovik signing yet and don’t practice until tomorrow. I think they can waive a player the same day as a signing for roster purpsoes so maybe its delayed until tomorrow.
Re: Skinner: Coffin, meet nail.
Skinner will bounce back from that.
That has been said on repeat for 2+ seasons now
Of course he will, he has his share of good games.but he’ll make the same mistakes often all season.
Home opening with a 3 goal lead – how many teams blow this?
Its not just a Skinner, or Bouchard, or Nurse.
Last two seasons the coaching rode along on McDavid and Draisaitl. There are sone new coaches on town and its time to get coaching.
These gaffes, let downs, and mistakes must stop. Endless cycle for a point shot. High risk plays vs patience. Stick checks vs body checks, Stick swinging vs dominating the front of your net.
By the way, Roslovic is the new J Skinner, doubt this coach even plays him. But coaching needs to step in here. There should be NO teams who get up by 3 goals and lose a home opener against their rivals.
First half of game looked great, last half a disaster.
First half showed what the team can be, last half what is.
Unable to get the winner in OT while on the PP?
If the Flames were any good the game wouldn’t have gone to OT. If not for their goaltender Oilers would have won. It’s not like we’ve never heard that before.
The Oilers don’t get goalied, they are not good enough at attacking or finishing 5v5. Or not nearly as good as they should be, especially with this D group. Thus Roslovic and his defensive warts. I think it may be in part tactics. One 5v5 goal against that team is not good
This is the Oilers we’re talking about. Losing games they should win.
They’ll get it together. Still, games like this are galling. It’s part of being an Oiler fan.
The problem is that they cannot do that when it counts most. It’s the thing that has to change to get where they want to get, the last step. They have yet to get fully there
They can beat teams like Dallas that don’t do the things they have trouble with. The Kings have given them a rough go, Panthers, they need to practice all season getting the puck to the right places regardless of whatever is being thrown at them
Let’s see here:
Had significantly worse first games the previous 2 seasons and went to the finals both seasons.
Roslovic is a younger and half the salary of a Jeff Skinner.
Chicken Little, it’s okay, the skies not falling yet.
Its Mister Little to you.
My point being that we continue around the merry-go-round of who to blame. Im saying the constant is becoming coaching who seem to not correct the repetitive issues.
Team comes through because of the top end, and will again. But expectations are high.
I’m not gonna get my shorts in a bunch over the miss cue.
That play was designed for it and a veteran player executed it to perfection.
If anything, our G settled the knuckle puck well.
Early season gaff, and he was sick during camp.
Get the cobwebs out and get back in the saddle.
There were a solid 5 minutes that the team got disjointed.
And some of our veteran players failed to make veteran plays.
ie, Nurse solo attempt.
I don’t think Bouch was moving the puck well either.
I also don’t understand why Mangiapanne was left out of the shootout.
How do you have all of Bouch, Howard, Savoie ahead of Mangipane that scored a nice goal behooves me.
Agreed you shouldn’t get your shorts in a bunch over a miscue.
But you should get your shorts in a bunch over a team that has three of the best players in hockey, with aspirations of winning it all, having a sub-replacement level starting goalie.
This team has an abundance of secondary scoring wingers, why in the hell are McDavid and Draisaitl paired together?
With Hyman being down slot as many of these guys as you can with the big 2 up the middle and see what sticks.
Howard has no fear in being selfish with shooting the biscuit, let’s see what happens when the games best are feeding him.
Mangiapane scores an absolutely beautiful marker, doesn’t get a shot in the shootout against his old long term squad? I like alot of what the coach does, but he doesn’t seem to be one that can read the tea leaves.
it was wild to hear their percentages in the shootout last night. Nuge 30%, Drai under 40%, McDavid less than a coin flip.
I would of had Mangiapane shooting 4th, great game by European Dustin Penner but definitely running Mangiapane out for that 4th attempt.
Is Mangiapane a good shootout scorer?
It’s a completely narrative based decision on my part, I’m running out the ex-player of said team with the sole belief is he will want to stick it to his former club.
Mangiapane coming back to the bench with a shootout goal in tow would be an excellent team chemistry building type of event.
My thoughts on Skinner have been known for years.
The bigger thing that pissed me off – what happened to the Battle of Alberta, man? This was a season opener against your supposed all-time rivals and it’s like they already agreed to head out for dinner after the game.
Hope Skinner missed his dinner!
It’s hard to get riled up when 1 team in a cup finalist and the other team didn’t make the playoffs. In the long run it’s not much of a comparison and it’s not competitive. When both teams are good, it’s a different story but right now, that’s not the case.
We finished 5 points in front of Calgary last year. What’s the difference besides saving 1.8 million if we change Goalies?
25-30 piunts maybe even higher.
Louie keep trying to stoke things….but agreed, pretty tame.
Maybe Ingram should leave left his suitcase packed. The funny part is if Pickard comes in and plays well he saves Skinners job more than his own. I don’t think Skinners contract is moveable so Pickard is going to be the odd man out no matter how good he plays and how below average Skinner plays. Pickard has feelings just as much as Skinner does and just because Skinner is a hometown boy should have no impact on Bowman doing the hard part of his job and essentially firing someone he may or may not like.
This doesn’t make sense. The money is roughly the same for the organization no matter who is up or down, both in terms of cap and dollars paid out. So it shouldn’t matter to the organization who goes down except waiver claim risk.
I don’t understand Skinner Cap hit will still be roughly 1.6 million if he’s sent down whereas Pickard can be completely buried or close to it.
Yes 1.6M of Skinners cap hit counts regardless if he is up or down. If he’s down the other two goalies cost approx 2M, so 3.6M. If he’s up the other goalie costs 1M so 2.6+ 1M is again 3.6M. So the cap hit is the same. The amount buried is the same regardless of who goes down.
If the Oilers send Pickard down, it opens up $1MM.
If the Oilers send Skinner down, it opens $1.150MM.
Skinner’s going to be in the KHL this time next season. No team in the NHL will touch him.
Should of dumped him this Summer with the new coach the new weight loss somebody got sold a bill of goods. Over the last 2 years there isn’t 1 goalie in the league that’s lets in more flukey goals. Watch his head he has trouble following the play. He needs to go on a camping trip with Bowman-KK up near Peace River.
It’s easy to “blame” guys for the end result and it’s not often the case, BUT the track record of Skinner and Nurse were on full display last night. 10 cent brains.
Nurse, with a 3 goal lead trying to deke through 3 guys.
Skinner, well we all saw it.
You can’t move Nurse so your only option is to GET A F*&^%ing goalie.
I don’t get the Roslovic claim. What they need are better two way players. Ones that can reliably play the system and still contribute offense. That’s not my impression of him, -10 on the Canes 3rd line TOI, 46-55 goal share 5v5
Roslovic bounced around because he doesn’t have a lot of jam to his game. Skill and speed when he’s allowed to do so. Not so good in the tough areas.
So not really what the team needed, but this point, sure, grab him and see what he can do. Still need some jam though.
Yeah, I agree. I think he’s too good to pass up. A guy near 2.00/60 for $1.5M? You take that all day, especially when you’ve got three good centers feeding him the puck.
For cap reasons, we had to let gritty guys like Perry/Kane/Brown/Arvy go. Those four, combined, got something like $18M this year. For $8.2M, a ~$10M saving, we replaced them with Savoie/Howard/Roslovic/Tomasek/Mangiapane. Not ideal in terms of fit, but pretty darn good in terms of cap management.
I presume we can pick up/trade for some grit at the trade deadline. Maybe we even pump and dump some of the aforementioned offensive guys (Roslovic/Tomasek?), whom we don’t all have room for, in exchange for a Perry type. (Possibly even for Perry himself, if the Kings somehow fall out of the race.)
Agreed, he sounds like a J. Skinner replacement.
He led Carolina in 5 on 5 points last season – that has real meaning.
That must be the like from Bowman, 19 5v5 goals. But as noted above, 46-55 goal share
Attribution is important. Carolina goalies have been a notable tire fire akin to the Oil.
Roslovic’s CorsiRel has been positive throughout his career, even if his expected goal +/- has been bad. Columbus wasn’t exactly a powerhouse during his time there.
Bouch will take (and is taking) heat from those that think he’s a terrible defensive player, lazy and/or soft – he gets blamed for quite a bit when he is either not culpable at all of down on the culpability list.
Ekholm looked like Ekholm last night and that is a huge huge arrow up.
Ekholm was able to jump off the ice immediately before the 3rd goal against was scored. He escaped a minus. And the pairing escaped a minus. And their expected goal share gets inflated a bit because of it.
I provided an analysis if Ekholm’s play based on my eyes – nothing to do with his expected goal share. In any event, I would suggest that taking hit on that play to an expected goal share is the exact reason why it shouldn’t be used in a one-game sample size – Bouchard got a minus and a hit to his analytics because his goalie essentially scored on himself.
If it’s not for the gaffe then Skinner has a good game and an unlucky .895 (through 3 periods)… but man oh man what a gaffe. Oh well.
I was going to go through every player, but I really just wanted to say that I was impressed with Howard’s almost compulsive attacking of the net and I loved his confidence to try and chip Wolf in the shootout. Takeaway from his NHL debut is that this kid is going to be a hell of a player if he can process the game at speed.
I hope they don’t send him down for Roslovic. He definitely didn’t look like it was his first NHL game.
It’ll be Philp he’s not a Bowman guy plus he doesn’t really do anything to impress.
A good start to the season for Skinner to quiet the noise is essential. It was volatile 24 hours ago and that’s definitely increased now. A very meh game plus a bad blunder was NOT what Skinner or the team needed.
This has real potential to snow ball – its one game but that snowball will gain momentum fast if it doesn’t turn around.
Sigh.
I’m starting to wonder about K.K he should of started the better preseason the better playoff the better goalie all of last year. Now if K.K doubles down and Skinner shits the bed again Saturday against another division opponent the mob will get worse.
Skinner has no business being a starting goalie on an NHL team.
For those who defend him, if the Oilers were to waive him today, which teams would submit a claim?
Why didn’t they pull the chute on him this Summer. I guess for 2.6 million they thought he was the best option. Bowman slow played it and knew a few Goalies would be on the waiver wire. Is Ingram the answer I don’t know but I definitely know a goaltender that needs 4 shutouts in a row just to get to .900 is not the answer.
Chicago, Buffalo San Jose, Pittsburgh and Columbus. I’m not defending him, but he’s 26, and costs $2.6M on an expiring deal. He’s not headed to Siberia from Edmonton.
Chicago, Buffalo, & San Jose have two equivalent or better goalies currently on their rosters.
There’s a case for the backup spot on Pittsburgh or Columbus, but Skinner is in no way a convincing upgrade for either of those teams.
Pickard was not better in the playoffs.
They get bounced by the Kings in short order without Pickard.
Stu isn’t back in the blue & orange without Picks bailing him out.
This is why Picks should stay on and Stu should be riding the bus in the Southwest USA.
I’m on not sure this is true.
I’m not here to throw shade on Picks, he stepped in and got those six straight win but he was above average in one of those games and, for the most part, “did just enough to win” – he made big stops but he let in bad goals. In fact, he was not good in game 3 and he let in back-breaker of a horrid goal in the third period – the Oilers outscored continued average goaltending.
The difference was how the Oilers played in games 1-2 and then beyond, completely different.
Pickard 7W-1L Skinner 7W-7L one of these records doesn’t look like the other. Could it be that Pickard made the saves when he had to or does it mean the Oilers try harder with Pickard between the pipes. I know Pickard’s no starting goalie and he actually surprised me of the timing of some big saves in the playoffs. Why did K.K start Pickard in game 5 the most important game of the series? We are all Oiler fans but I’ll never convince you that Skinner is just not very good. I guess once Ingram is up and running will get a opportunity to see which Average Joe is the Starter going down the stretch will it be Skinner-Pickard-Ingram or somebody else?
If you really value won-loss records then you cannot throw the vitriol of hate you do at Skinner for his regular season play. Which one is it?
I acknowledge their won-loss records and I spoke to substance in my post. Feel free to read it again.
Campbell 21W-9L
Skinner 26W-18L
Pickard 22W-10
I have no idea what your talking about. you do relize we have pretty good team. We’re talking Hockey here not life or death. If you don’t want anyone throwing shade on your boy Skinner get him to play better.
I don’t know what your post means – you take things on these tangents….
“My boy Skinner”? There it is again.
I talk about the potential for a guy like Howard to play some AHL games and you think I don’t like him or his potential and am cheering against him.
I don’t think Pickard is a plus goalie and its “my boy Skinner” – I’ve never really even been a Skinner defender just not an exaggerated hater. I have been very clear his last two season were not good enough and my hope is a bounce back to .910 this season. Last night was not a good start. I am very much hoping Ingram can get up and running.
Agreed.
Stu’s bouts of… indecisiveness always seem to lead to these chaos blunders. Move it or freeze it. He who hesitates is lost. Can new goalie coach work the indecision out of Stu’s game in time?
The new coach can do nothing to improve Stu’s hockey IQ.
Stu doesn’t have the hockey IQ to play pro hockey.
If Stu was 6’1″ he would have made a mediocre goalie at the Canadian university level.
The type of exaggerated comment that makes it clear a reasoned conversation is not available.
Just noting, Ingram didn’t play either exhibition game last weekend. Jonsson and Day split each. Jonsson was OK and Day was exceptional. Jonsson has since been assigned to Fort Wayne leaving Ingram, Tompkins and Day in the AHL.
I have no idea if Ingram starts on Saturday in game one, if he’s weeks away from playing or somewhere in between.
I read something about getting him ready to play, so it seems he’s probably going to work with Aubry to start
Centre depth will definitely be an issue if McDavid and Drai play together for most of the season.
I love RNH, and he had some good games at centre in the playoffs, but he is not good enough to centre the second line. Especially not with the quality of wingers this team has.
This was not a good morning for an east coast Oilers fan. Blue Jays celebrations, followed by the Oilers looking like an absolute wagon for the first half of the game lead to an overindulgence. 1 hour late for work today!!
My observations:
-Coaching staff had all the info available to them (Roslovic aside). If they break up the glimmer twins after 1 game, it’s not a good look in my opinion.
-I love Roslovic signing.
-Tomasek is a giant. Give him lots of opportunity.
-The term “second opinion” came to mind about Skinner today for me also, and I’m a fan. There’s zero chance he’s the #1 goalie going into the playoffs. We can talk all the bad bounces we want. As our gracious host here always stresses, trust the math.
I’m excited to see Roslovic join the fray. Hopefully, SB can work some more magic and get a late pick from NYI for Janmark.
My favourite part about the Roslovic signing is the fact that, while not a full time C in the NHL, he is a very good face-off man. As a RHS, that’s something this team has been lacking.
He had great numbers last year, but looking back farther, he’s never been a 50%+ guy in any other season.
I may have spoke too soon. His FO prowess was one of the reasons I was hoping we’d sign him all offseason
He is a below average faceoff man with a career 44.4% win rate. His stats are very similar to RNH (1.98 ES/60 vs 1.84 ES/60) other than he does not PK very much (only 0:27 / game career). I did not compare PP stats as Jack will not be getting any PP time in Edmonton.
A big-picture view is that the Oilers are getting a right-shot player very similar to RNH but for $3.5M less. Roslovic should immediately become the 4th line center, so goodby to Lazar and Philp.
Great work by Bowman and staff!
The good news is Skinner’s performance last night further dissolves the delusion that he is an NHL-calibre goalie.
Connor Ingram can’t get here soon enough.
The goalie with worse career stats than Skinner?
Hopefully, the riches on the wings will allow us to separate McD and Drais soon.
Skinner is not going to change at this point. He may have hot streaks over the course of his career, but will also continue to exhibit moments like we have witnessed over the past number of seasons.
I truly believe a number one goaltender will change the entire feel of this group. Imagine the swagger with an alpha in the crease. It would be fun to watch.
We definitely should find a way to lock up Kulak on a reasonable long term contract and after the first year find a way to dump the Nurse contract.
2 more years of pain before he doesn’t have a choice
The good news is, contrary to our fears, it looked like we had two third lines instead of two fourth lines.
The bad news is, it actually looked like we had three third lines.
That was absolutely a high stick on the 2nd GA.
Against one of the worst teams in the NHL, on opening night, the Oilers
Lost the 5v5 scoring battle.
Lost the goaltending battle.
Sounds too familiar.
Sure it’s only one game, but they all count the same.
Unimpressive. There can’t be any excuses anymore, given where they are. Boston still rolls despite everything. It’s about how you play as a team, and coaching
Next game.
The maddening part of sport is that luck is involved. Moreso in hockey.
First goal against, there was no danger. I don’t understand the Nurse blame. He had cover. Philp was in the right position. Hockey isn’t 100% ideal.
2nd, props to Zary and legality aside how the hell did any of that happen.
Then brain fart but the Oil hit some posts and had some great PP chances.
Hockey, in all its glory, is back. 30 you win, 30 you lose (with loser points included) and the rest is the difference between good and bad. Typically.
That may be the case for average teams that don’t have league top players. The Oilers do, more than one, and usually if that’s the case those teams are dominant and win Cups
It’s hard to tell why they can’t play normal structured hockey consistently. This was my concern starting last season with the coaches. They are well undershooting what they should be able to do every game. They should be a nightmare 5v5
They play to the corners in the O zone and find their own zone baffling to cover well. Ringing the puck around the boards and setting up point shots with no traffic is the lowest percentage way to play. Even with traffic. The only reason to cycle is to attack the net down low
It’s just the first game, but it looks like what they were doing before, which doesn’t work well against tight aggressive teams, the type they need to beat in the late playoffs. They should have hired Q
The first 30 minutes were exactly as you said. The Oil were completely dominant and full value for 3-0. Then oopsie and some luck and it’s just a fact when your goalie is booty you play more cautious. Even then they really didn’t give the Flames anything. None of those goals were vapor lock high danger moments.
It felt like game 7 Vancouver where it was complete driver seat hockey then 1 mistake or bounce and bang clench your bottom. When it rains it pours with this team, but they overcome it. Not like LA who admitted the coach did NOT tell them to back off in the 3rd periods and they still sat on their blueline and let the Oil back in games.
Coffee hit so apologies for tangents.
Agreed on all points. Lighting our hair on fire for a game where they got goalied a little by one of the best up and coming goalies is understandable.
The vapor lock on goal 3 is a small thing, but may be decisive on 74 leaving town.
Skinner would look good on the Islanders helping them obtain high drafts picks to further build up their young squad.
What a completely original experience that game last night was, unlike any Oilers game I’ve ever seen before, or would expect to see again. Goalie booted the puck, huh? What’s next, I wonder?
I’ve given Skinner a lot of rope and have defended him because I think his development curve has not been fair on the player… but man, his post game interview bothered me more than the flub itself. Read the room man. If Stu can’t tell us what happened is inexcusable then he doesn’t believe it himself and 97 left that money in the table for exactly the opposite result. Very, very angry at Stu this morning.
All he really needed to do was freeze the puck. I don’t know what he was thinking when he decided to move the puck to the corner.
I don’t buy into the development of a player needing to be so perfect or they’re ruined. The worst thing is rushing them and having expectations, but they can still do it, like Nuge who was like a kid getting pin balled around his first season
At the end of the day in any sport top league it’s hard to make it, and it’s up to the player to find what they need. I think Skinner philosophizes too much. I don’t like most players doing that. They shouldn’t let him talk to the media – show it on the ice where it counts
I mean we are in agreement, I am just more sympathetic for the years he spent being treated like the #1 Campbell was brought in for.
On goal 1, Nurse was the deepest oiler and did not maintain possession, all I could think was the coverage scheme is now broken and what a selfish play up 3-0 he thinks the game over. Sure enough flames come down and score a fluke, but it wasn’t a fluke. Players out of position trying to cover, facing wrong direction to get into play and not facing attackers to defend. What’s going through nurse’s head.
I was annoyed. Nurse wasn’t going anywhere with that biscuit.
100%
This level of puck management is coming from a veteran leader!!
The minute he turned it over I knew we were in trouble
Skinner should have been in a set position not daydreaming about the Olympics. How many flukey goals does Skinner let in compared to good good Goalies. Should have started Pickard he’s the better Goalie watch K.K be stubborn and double down Saturday.
I don’t see the goal this way at all.
Skinner was in position to take a shot from the player who made the pass. He was tracking the puck and going across to be prepared for a shot from the player receiving the pass. He wasn’t down because he was moving across and doesn’t want to give up the whole top of the net before a shot is even taken. He’s in a position to stop the puck when it’s deflected but just doesn’t react in time.
You can argue that he’s too slow to react on the play but that’s about all Skinner did “wrong” on that one.
Nothing!
Oil need to move a player off roster for Roslovik – assume Lazar wavied today so Roslivik can practice tomorrow (he’s playing Sat). Will need two more players gone by time Hyman is activiated (if noone else on LTIR) – Janmark and Stecher/Regula probably
Why don’t they just replace Kapanen with Roslovic? I don’t get what they see in Kapanen
They like his size & speed. He had the game winner on his stick but hit the crossbar. Bad luck. Lazar was the healthy scratch and one of these days Janmark could be moved.
He also turned the puck over twice at his blue line. Kapanen, at best, is a fourth liner
He has the look of a big fast skilled NHL player. But he’s 29, it ain’t getting better. I like the player type as well, but to take the next step, as a team they have to reduce those types of plays – killer in playoffs. Make the safe play, especially with a lead
I can’t see Lazar going out over Janmark.
Same player for half the cost if you trade Janmark.
If you waive Janmark, same player for 65% of the cost.
Janmark is on IR and can’t go on waivers now……..
They would need to waive Kap today as well then.
Kap >>> Lazar (but also $525K more – but that doesn’t matter at all right now – it will potentially though when Hyman is to be activated.
I really like the Roslovic signing and agree that at this point in the season, it is rare to “find” a 20 goal scoring, proven NHLer who gets his points at 5v5. Not sure why he was scratched in the playoffs, but it’s hard to see a downside to this signing at this point.
Oilers deserved two points, and the good news to me is that the Oilers didn’t give the game back by being dominated or anything like that. Foot off the gas pedal? Maybe. But all three Flames goals had a whiff of fluky-ness to them.
Majority of the time, that’s a win. Bring that level of play all season, hope to god between Skinner/Pickard/Ingram you can get anywhere close to average goaltending, and this team will win the division.
Because Rod The Bod deemed his defensive play not good enough
It’s his defense that must be a concern, which is why he wasn’t snapped up in free agency.
I think it was him digging in for certainty contract terms which is the reasons – he wanted a legit money for term deal, it didn’t come, teams spent their money and built their rosters while he dug in and now he has to settle for much less.
Hence the agent firing, I presume.
It looks the Canes trading Rantanen for Hall & Stankoven, and then adding Jankowski at the deadline, put the squeeze on Roslovic’s spot in the lineup.
Roslovic was able to stay a regular through the end of the season due to injuries to other forwards, but once the playoffs started and the Canes were at full health, it was only going to be one of Jankowski or Roslovic in the lineup.
In the playoff,s for the most part, on the nights where Jankowski suited up Roslovic sat.
Roslovic seemed to be the preferred player of the two until the Panthers series. Jankowski is a large man, and against the Panthers, Rod may have thought that his size would be more helpful in a bottom six role.
Roslovic is a huge get for this team. Now need one more top 6 forward and a goalie and we’re cooking