Oilers pull Stuart Skinner for Calvin Pickard
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SUNRISE, Fla. -- Stuart Skinner was pulled again by the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday.
Sportsnet and TNT cameras caught Pickard and Skinner in a warm-up staring contest with Panthers backup Vitek Vanecek, which appears to have started when the Florida netminder went over to the centre-ice line to try to throw the Oilers off their game.
Following a Game 3 defeat in the Stanley Cup Final, Edmonton Oilers fans are unfairly blaming goaltender Stuart Skinner. Despite criticism, Skinner isn't the core issue; the Oilers' defensive system is failing,