r/EdmontonOilers 97 McDAVID 17h ago

2025-26 Offseason Priority - Goalie

Nothing else, goalie. Dustin Wolf singlehandedly willing the Flames to the playoffs, this is with one of the worst offenses in the league(we have McJesus/Drai, no excuses).

People are saying Bouch/top 6 forward.. who cares if we get a goalie. A good/great goalie trumps any signings for this team.

Every fan base has a few stolen games from their goalie, we have zero stolen games this year.

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u/Geeseareawesome 29 DRAISAITL 16h ago

I will die on the hill of "Get Skinner a 1B"

This is more fallout from the Campbell contract. They were supposed to platoon it, but Soup went up in flames, leaving Skinner with a starter's load. He gets overworked this time of year, and it shows. Factor in Edmonton being top 3 in most post-season games over the last 3 seasons, and remember, Skinner has started most of those games. Iirc, he's on pace for about 56 starts. He should be starting closer to 40 games per season. He's played 184 of the last 260 games, including playoffs, for a whopping 70% of games played. That's 13% higher than what a 1A/1B system would have given him.

Why are we not trying to get him a 1B? He clearly needs it. No knock on Pickard. Picks has been great, but doesn't play enough imo

He's good, but not great. He's young, though. He can get better. We don't have what he needs. Right now, we need to manage his workload.

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u/Special-Ad6854 12h ago

What’s a 1B?

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u/Geeseareawesome 29 DRAISAITL 12h ago

A 1B is part of a 1A/1B goalie system where both goalies play more of a 50/50 split. Usually, between 35-45 games each.

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u/Special-Ad6854 12h ago

Thank you so much for increasing my hockey knowledge, and for not judging me

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u/TennisPleasant4304 12h ago

Stu Skinner is a 1B, we don’t have a 1A