Wayne Gretzky had some criticism for his former group after their loss to the Florida Panthers within the Stanley Cup Last.
The Edmonton Oilers misplaced to the Panthers 5-1 in Recreation 6 at Amerant Financial institution Enviornment in Dawn, Florida, on Tuesday evening. The Oilers went with Stuart Skinner at goalie for Recreation 6 after he was benched throughout each Video games 4 and 5 of the sequence for poor efficiency. He stopped 20 of the 23 pictures he confronted, as Florida added two empty-net targets within the third interval.
Gretzky, who was a star for the Oilers for 9 seasons from 1979 to 1988, was crucial of Edmonton whereas speaking on Turner Sports activities after the sequence ended.
“Is that this our goalie or not? They gotta solidify that,” Gretzky mentioned of the Oilers. “You’ll be able to’t go into Recreation 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals and swap your goaltenders. That’s very uncommon that it’s ever occurred.”
The uncertainty on the goalie place definitely didn’t assist the Oilers. However that uncertainty stemmed from poor efficiency. So the problem wasn’t that they didn’t know who their goalie was; it was that Skinner carried out poorly within the Stanley Cup Last.
The Oilers have now misplaced within the Stanley Cup Last to the Panthers for the second yr in a row. Their final championship got here in 1990, which was two years after they traded Gretzky to the Kings.
