Edited Apr. 24 at 1:47 p.m.
Quoting: Fjordy
He hasn't been very good this season, but I'll be interested to see where he plays next. I mean the line.
Skinner wasn’t the ONLY ONE who had a “down” season this year
We (quite obviously) went from a more wide open attack to focusing much more on defense
Last year we were 3rd in goals, this year 22nd
Obviously that’s bc A LOT more guys than just Skinner struggled a bit
Yet defensively, we went from 26th in goals against to 11th
Part of that was finally having a legit goalie,
but it also had to do with our style of play being more defensive
Again, most guys on our team had their numbers drop
I believe the offensive numbers will rebound bc we can start to open things up more now that we have faith in UPL
Idk how old u are, but Ruff has worked some magic with guys not known for their defense
Tim Connolly was never a guy known for his defensive effort
But by the end of his time with us, Ruff had him laying out blocking shots & he became one of our top penalty killers even- and was good at it !
Now obviously that doesn’t mean Skinner has it in him to take a similar path, but even if he doesn’t, (like i said) there’s been guys under Ruff who didn’t play defense that were plenty helpful to the team
A lot of the guys on our team- A LOT- have never even played for a good coach
And Ruff is a good coach
I’m excited to see what happens next for us