'Can we sell skinner?': Edmonton Oilers start Game 4 of Round 2 without Calvin Pickard
(Image via Getty: Stuart Skinner)
Edmonton Oilers
lost Game 3 of Round 2 against the Vegas Golden Knights and posted on their X, 'Game 4 goes Monday ��'. A fan commented, 'Pickard 6-0
Skinner
0-3' - meaning,
Calvin Pickard
has had 6 wins in 7 NHL postseason games while Stuart Skinner has had 0 wins in 3 NHL postseason games. Another fan wrote, 'Can we sell skinner?'
The fans couldn't have wanted Calvin Pickard more than ever now. But TSN's Hockey Insider Darren Dreger informed the world via the Edmonton Sports Talk, 'We've got the uncertainty of Calvin Pickard, who we believe is day-to-day. But I'm told that he's probably going to be at least a week. So, if that's the case, then the reality is that
Oilers
Nation has to just jump on the back of Stuart Skinner and hope that he can give them a level of goaltending that they can win with.'
An X user commented, 'So out for the rest of the playoffs', another said, 'How oilers of you to complain about your starter starting', and a third fan wrote, 'So, what you're saying is that it's potentially a career ending injury… Not Pickard's career, but Skinner's.'
Stuart Skinner versus Calvin Pickard battle is still on through Game 3 to Game 4
On May 11, when Edmonton lost to Vegas, an X account by the name of 'Joe' shared, 'Stuart Skinner just played the worst game I've ever seen a professional athlete play. The Oilers cannot let him play again. Under any circumstance.'
A fan reacted to it, saying, 'I said this before the playoffs started. I don't know how they win the series with pickard and then put this pylon in.. what the actual f*ck'
On May 12, the Edmonton Oilers released their Game 4 day schedule on X, and fans could not stop discussing their goaltenders, Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard. In particular, Stuart Skinner's presence and Calvin Pickard's absence. Fans expressed volumes of frustration.
'Playing with an empty net for the whole game would cause less anxiety than having Shit Skinner in there.'
'No Pickard again I cri'
'Skinner in net? Yeah I'm not watching thx'
'I'm scared for this game. ��'
'So no pickard for the rest of the series?'
'If skinners in net I'm not watching guys f**king garbage'
'Pencil in another loss. Skinner is tending again'
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