I love how Jarry is very much an awkward interview. Edmonton media going to eat him alive pretty soon
I was listening to CHED last night, as I like to do after an Oilers loss, and they were already lamenting over Skinner and throwing Jarry under the bus.
I am not sure there is a market anywhere in the NHL harder on goalies than Edmonton.
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It never has been the goalie, but they've also managed to downgrade the position. Jarry simply isn't a good goalie. He wasn't in Pittsburgh the last few years. I don't know why the Oilers felt he was an upgrade.
Just a baffling decision to make that trade.
Just shows the organization's complete lack of insight into what their actual problems are. It's not the goaltending, it's the top-heavy roster construction and the total sacrifice of team defense to pursue individual goals. As you said, there was nothing wrong with Skinner, but they blamed it all on him, so in their minds, replacing him with anyone else would result in success, because they thought that he was the problem.
Skinner has become much more likable since he left Shelbyville, and outside of my anti-Oiler bias, he's clearly a legit starter in the league. Is he a top 5, probably not, but he's in the top 15 or so.
In fact, I think it's pretty clear that without Skinner in the past 2 seasons, that team doesn't even sniff the bridesmaid spot. He was pretty solid for them.
I'm a big fan of Jarry. Hearing that he has gotten into it with a few Oilers players in practice makes me laugh.
And the Oilers had a chance to get him off waivers for free months earlier, but instead decided to spend assets to get him. How is that Jarry's fault?
I don't even think Jarry is a good goalie, but he isn't as bad as he looks on that Edmonton team. They hang all their goalies out to dry, and add pressure on them with McDavid and Draisaitl glaring at them after every goal.
I'm a big fan of Jarry. Hearing that he has gotten into it with a few Oilers players in practice makes me laugh.
And the Oilers had a chance to get him off waivers for free months earlier, but instead decided to spend assets to get him. How is that Jarry's fault?
I don't even think Jarry is a good goalie, but he isn't as bad as he looks on that Edmonton team. They hang all their goalies out to dry, and add pressure on them with McDavid and Draisaitl glaring at them after every goal.
I said previously - while Edmonton hasn't had great goalies, their goalies haven't been useless either. They are just made to look bad.
Skinner has become much more likable since he left Shelbyville, and outside of my anti-Oiler bias, he's clearly a legit starter in the league. Is he a top 5, probably not, but he's in the top 15 or so.
In fact, I think it's pretty clear that without Skinner in the past 2 seasons, that team doesn't even sniff the bridesmaid spot. He was pretty solid for them.
the first cup they lose to FLA, they give up 2 goals in game 7 and Skinner is to blame, not the rest of the team that don't show up including the glitter twins. I always found Skinner to come across as likable, nice that he escaped that dump.
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A cousin of mine had that book! Bob Edwards was a real character. And he knew No Good when he saw it.
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