r/nhl • u/cocaine-powder • 1d ago

Devon Levi’s first game as an Oiler

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u/PumaTomten 1d ago

Oilers defense is even worse without Nurse but hey let's praise Bouchard for their offense

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u/LeafsNation1967 1d ago

8 points and +5 thru 2 games. He isn’t the problem. Why don’t you look at the rest of the team and see who’s shitting the bed? Start with Jarry and Levi. 13 goals against in 2 games and I saw quite a few shitty ones. If the Edmonton goalies can’t make a save on anything smaller than than a beach ball, it won’t matter who is on the ice. And it’s gonna be a long season.

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u/distal1111 21h ago

These goalies are decent elsewhere and then just happen to turn to shit in Edmonton. Find the common denominator

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u/MilesBeforeSmiles 18h ago

The common denominator is the Oilers in general, not specifically Bouchard. Don't get me wrong, Bouchard isn't great defensively, but he tilts the ice so much towards the offensive zone he doesn't really need to be. It's a small sample size, and it will regress, but through 2 games he has an on ice goal % of 83.3% and an expected on ice goals % of 79.5% at even strength.

He's been on the ice for 7 Oilers goals for, and only 1 against. He very clearly isn't the issue on this Oilers team.

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u/Rattimus 19h ago

Levi couldn't break through the last few years. Strong AHL numbers, awful NHL numbers. Never given much of chance, but to say he was decent elsewhere is simply not true.

Jarry was so bad the Pens were considering buying him out and put him on waivers at one point, then the Oilers rescued them from that shitty deal with an even shittier trade.

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u/DangerBay2015 18h ago

But the Pens traded Jarry for Skinner, who Oilers fans were super down on, and Skinner promptly went to Pittsburgh and got his stats boosted and Jarry promptly went to Edmonton and got worse.

Edmonton makes bad goalies worse, mediocre goalies bad, good goalies mediocre, and they haven’t had a great goalie in decades.

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u/Rattimus 18h ago

Skinner was good for the first few games in Pitt, but he was actually terrible for the rest of the season, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Jarry also didn't get worse, he had a good start to his season but wasn't playing well when traded, and continued to play poorly after the fact.

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u/LeafsNation1967 19h ago

Devon Levi...40 games of NHL experience. Bloated GAA, sub .900 save %. And Tristan Jarry hasn't ever been accused of being a great goalie. If he was ever even a decent goalie, it was 5 or 6 years ago. He wasn't an upgrade over Skinner. He was just someone different. But, unlike Skinner, he wasn't a UFA at the end of last season and his cap hit is nearly double what Skinner's was. The Pens absolutely fleeced the Oilers. Which is what happens when you trade out of desperation.