Three teams linked to divisive goalie Stuart Skinner
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Per a new report from NHL analyst Frank Seravalli, there are at least three teams that could "make sense" for Pittsburgh Penguins goalie and pending UFA Stuart Skinner to be dealt to.
The Edmonton Oilers decided they couldn't wait any longer for Stuart Skinner to rediscover some consistency, and they shipped him to the Pittsburgh Penguins in December for Tristan Jarry and Sam Poulin.
Skinner has shown flashes of brilliance with the Penguins, but he remains a pending UFA at the end of the year, and his future in a Penguins sweater is anything but guaranteed.
Per a new report from NHL analyst Frank Seravalli, there are three teams that could "make sense" for Skinner to be dealt to.
The thought process was, is Stuart Skinner going to be the guy for the long haul? And it doesn't appear that that's the case I think there's a bunch of teams that were saying, if the price is right and if there are no strings attached, then yeah, maybe we could be a team that is interested in upgrading our goaltending position. One of those teams, I think, is the Montreal Canadiens. But there's another team I looked at-we just talked about the Ottawa Senators and how their goaltending has been poor-maybe if you put a guy in tandem with Linus Ullmark, the Sens make sense. And then maybe the other part would be, what about the Carolina Hurricanes? - Frank Seravalli
So far this year, Skinner is 19-12-5 with a .890 SV%.
Goaltender Stuart Skinner Is A Pending UFA
Skinner was part of the Oilers club that went to two straight Stanley Cup Finals in each of the last two years.
Even though he showed flashes of brilliance for the Oilers in the playoffs, like last year against the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Final, he faltered when it mattered most.
He's in the last year of his current contract with an AAV (average annual value) of $2.6 million.
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FEVRIER 27|158 ANSWERS Three teams linked to divisive goalie Stuart Skinner Will Stuart Skinner be traded from the Penguins? | ||
| Yes | 106 | 67.1 % |
| No | 52 | 32.9 % |
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