Edmonton Oilers Goaltending Controversy : Pickard or Skinner? | Daily Faceoff Live

Frank Seravalli & Tyler Yaremchuk discuss the Edmonton Oilers Goaltending situation.
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[@ripapa6355]

Don't be surprised when Pickard goes on a run and wins the Conn Smythe.

[@colnando]

bahahahahahaha!

[@joejones8810]

Pickard was hungry. He wanted this opportunity. Coaches knew that.

[@zigfield723]

If you really look at his come up, read that article in the athletic, you will see that Pickard just needed a chance to show what he can do under high pressure situations in the NHL. He went toe to toe with Lundquist at the world championships. He's got what it take between the ears for the playoffs

[@algrundau9441]

Skinner is a 26 year old, 2nd year goalie who just made 8 straight playoff starts and is a home town boy with extra pressure. Pickard is 31, rested, and has been very good all year....Skinner needs a rest. In goes Pickard, and he did very well. He deserves to start on Thursday.

[@jeremy85-85]

Skinner cannot preform in playoffs enough of the bs excuses ffs

[@algrundau9441]

@@jeremy85-85 2nd year goalie in his 2 consecutive second round (at least)_ ....Name me the last Canuck goalie to accomplish that in their first 2 years?

[@jeffsaulteaux635]

If Skinner needs rest at the most important time of the year, then he doesn't deserve to be a starter if he needs time to recover. Excuses for a goaltender that just isn't good enough

[@jeremy85-85]

@@algrundau9441 thank the oilers team not skinner your getting confused i think

[@algrundau9441]

@@jeremy85-85 No confusion at all...Skinner was a Calder Candidate and at the All-Star game his first year....Clearly other people think he is good. The Oilers had the 5th best G.A.A after Knoblach and Coffet took over, Skinner was a big part of that turn around...No confusion at all. He is a 2nd year goalie who made 8 straight starts in the playoffs and needs a rest..

[@Cserebogar22]

Pick needs to finish out this series. Canucks have always had skinners number. You want to win, knobs did what Woody wouldn't do last time....change skinner out for Soups. Knobs at least is smarter. Play pick n let it ride.

[@michaelbritton2331]

calvin has been around he has worked his ass off to get this opportunity.happy for calvin a great story.his teammates attest to his attitude and is liked by the guys a pro a guy you want around the locker room.great story Go Calvin

[@krrr427]

Pickard had better numbers than Skinner all season. Seravalli has an idiotic take.

[@ianlynnskates7940]

Backup goalie always has better numbers

[@dinonoce]

Picks had better start game 5

[@dannychoy6323]

Sadly, Skinner cracks under pressure. Pickard will give them a chance to win the series.

[@SkyHighSportsCards]

I'd leave pick in for the rest of the series , get skinner ready for dallas

[@fredsharpley7914]

Play Pickard in next mame

[@Ace96x10]

Pichard was the choice that should have been in the lineup far more then he was all along. I consider not using him till game 90 is bad coaching mistake. Better late then never.

[@camilan3813]

The point is pickard is experienced that skinner

I think you should definitely give skinner another crack at it......but I live in Vancouver lol

[@colnando]

I don't care who they put in. Pickard only got the win because Van had barely any shots. Under pressure, they are both losers.

[@JACKAL747]

Well when the HDC are 78-30 for Edmonton, yeah youre not gonna win many games. ​@colnando

[@TheChuckles1985]

Pickard DESERVES TO START GAME 5 #LetsGoOilers

[@darylwilliams7883]

Stuart Skinner is not intense enough for the playoffs. He might make a fine backup goalie, but he just doesn't care about winning enough to make the big saves. This is nothing new. We've been watching the Oilers outshoot and outplay opponents in the playoffs for three years now, only to be sunk by lazy goals or at least mediocre performance by Skinner in the second round, against stronger teams. Pickard is mentally tougher, at a tough time of year.

[@justdynee]

Going forward it's not where you want to be. Who will collapse in net because it will happen. Both guys in net's history sez so. Both Vancouver wins should have been Edmonton's. Skinner's fault. No more Skinner apologies or explanations. Pickard's in net next game. He only has to stop 20 tops.

[@Codyray17ify]

I believe the defence have embraced the Paul Coffey advice…..”jump up in the play, or make one or we’ll get someone who will “ a little too overboard..

[@burndog155]

Wow, I am surprised. Looks like Pickard will start Gm 5. Hope he can pull off a win.

[@dustintownsend8]

The thing with Pickard is that he's calm in the crease. Skinner on the other hand. Any small commotion in front of the net and hes flopping all over the place.

[@gavin7772]

I swear to god if Ken Holland doesn’t draft 7 goalies this year

[@OilRacki]

Skinner has been kind of the same all year. Eventually he hits a rough (SHORT) stretch.. usually he bounces back right away, but he has not in this series. I do believe he will be back, though. Pickard played good enough in Game 4... really what the team needed.. just average goaltending (that is not a critique at Pickard but rather that they have not been getting average goaltending). I'd give Pickard game 5 today too. My reasoning for that is two fold: 1) Pickard played well enough to get the game. 2) I don't think it's a good idea to put Skinner back in the net in Vancouver where they no doubt will be hexing him before puck drop and on. It shouldn't affect an NHL goalie, but I think it's added some nervousness for him. Depending on how game 5 goes, I may go back to Skinner back in Edmonton. He is still the guy.

[@parkersmith-gp9xb]

Petterson , is the new Marner

[@McBain-jv8ym]

Pickard played good last game BUT the whole Oilers team played A LOT better. The last game Skinner played, the team didn't play good in front of their net. So no help to Skinner. But last game, no matter what goalie was in net, the team played good defense.

[@burndog155]

Although Pickard deserves another start I believe Skinnerwill get the start. Players in front of Pickard tend to play much better defensively when Pickard is in net. Now that they have been reminded of the important acne and the fact that they can play defensively, they will be in a better position to limit dangerous chances with Skinner between the pipes. Not to take away from Pickard play but he had little more than routine saves to make in the night. Skinner is a better goalie when he gets help from those in front of him. Vancouver will be playing much better tonight. If Pickard starts he will likely end up looking nothing like he did in game 4. I say with a game off to rest mentally and with the team thinking defence that it should be a very close game, and likely low scoring. If one team runs away with it I believe Silovs would be the one to struggle. Should be a good game.

[@gamerse7en560]

Pickard and Skinner are both Phenomenal Goalies.

[@saifonlawrence2044]

Yes...in a ringette league.

[@chriswall1667]

Pickard until a loss

[@saifonlawrence2044]

Skinner can't stop a beachball

[@TayR0C]

Frank has a really low test voice.

[@jeremy85-85]

Damn well better be!

[@douglepong]

These guys don’t know anything. You don’t have to be a coach to know who sucks and who doesn’t.

[@natev580]

I think Pickard deserves the start on Thursday, but then you go back to Skinner in game 6. Ultimately Skinner is the guy who got the team to where they are now.

[@jeremy85-85]

Skinner lost his opportunity end of story

[@jeffsaulteaux635]

Skinner is a weak goaltender hiding behind a good team

[@jeremy85-85]

The canucks suck series would be over if oil had a real #1 pretty fkin simple

[@JakobKozey]

Wasn’t that good almost lost, on a game that you guys dominated all night

[@MajorCanada]

The Canucks were terrible and the Oilers won by 1 goal. Every time the Canucks needed to come back THEY DID this entire playoffs, against the #1 and #3 ranked offensive teams down the stretch. This is the first comeback where the Canucks did not take it to OT. The Canucks have been defending the lead for 2.5/4 games so far. Picard is a wonderful story, but the Canucks were dog water, and game 5 is not going to look like this.

[@algrundau9441]

Canucks were terrible because the Oilers outplayed them...Canucks were terrible vs Nashville....If Preds had a Powerplay, they Canucks would have won that series....Canucks have been badly outplayed in games 2,3 and 4 of this series...203 Shots in 10 games is an NHL record low...

[@coryhimmelspach1101]

Oilers were terrible and canucks could only win by 1 goal with terrible goaltending You are trash and so is your team

[@dinonoce]

Canucks would’ve been swept 4-0 if Skinner made at least one more save in games 1 & 3.

[@scooter29]

I totally agree

[@mkyhou1160]

Skinner would have let in 3 goals last night, and we would have lost in regulation time. He is why we haven’t won this series already, the shot clock has massively favoured oilers every game.