Quoting: JumboFett
Alright yo... Enough f#ckin around. What the hell happened to Skinner?? Like, I get he needs to be on a top-6 line, with excellent playmakers in order to do what he does best, finish plays with goals. So what's the deal? This downfall started in 19-20, what was the catalyst? Olofsson was on fire, so Skinner was demoted to Johanssen's line and couldn't gel with him? Help me out here, I don't watch a lot of Sabers hockey, but I watch a lot of Melody Martin, and she doesn't deserve to be this upset.
It’s this simple:
Our coach is p!ssed at him for some reason, so he won’t play him in the top6 where he belongs
Skinner is still playing well (based on his analytics),
but he’s not scoring points bc :
1- the system our coach has us playing is VERY defensive
Eichel has 2 goals, Hall has 1, need i say more?
2- he’s being used heavily in defensive situations
3- he’s playing on a line with borderline NHLers in Lazar & Sheahan- who just don’t have much offensive talent at all
In summary:
Skinner is still good,
but our **** coach needs to put him back with Eichel (where he scored 40goals) & open up the freaking offense
And yes.... he’s overpaid at 9mil & has no trade value whatsoever- we all know that