Friedman: Stuart Skinner didn\u2019t request trade, Oilers won\u2019t make \u2018lateral move\u2019 in potential goaltender swap<\/p>\n
Amid a week where smoke has billowed from the stove of Edmonton about a potential goaltending trade<\/a>, some of that timber is being held back from further ignition.As the Oilers continue to evaluate their goaltenders \u2014 Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard \u2014 with more than a few goaltenders available<\/a> on the market,\u00a0Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman threw cold water on the idea that Skinner had requested a trade.<\/p>\n \u201cSkinner has not asked out \u2014 that did not happen,\u201d said Friedman during a Headlines segment on Saturday night\u2019s broadcast. \u201cI think a couple people wondered if that happened this week, it did not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n The latest around the league \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n @FriedgeHNIC<\/a> covers it all on Saturday Headlines \ud83d\udcf0 <\/p>\n Friedman went on to applaud Skinner, who has had his name in the rumour mill for weeks, for attending the Oilers autograph session earlier this week, before adding that the team has no desire to make a \u201clateral move,\u201d or a move just for the sake of making the move.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Oilers have made enough calls, and teams call you when you\u2019re going through a bad week,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know the teams out there that kind of have extra goalies or goalies that are willing to move, like Columbus, Buffalo, Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd what I can tell is that Edmonton\u2019s position has not changed at all. They are not going to do it just to do it. They are not going to do what they believe is a lateral move. They would rather make no move than what they think would be a bad move or a panic move or a move just to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n It may not be what a contingent of Oilers fans have hoped for as the desire for a goaltending move to be made, but it does line up with what\u2019s been a consistent message from the front office, even with rumours of trades for Jordan Binnington<\/a> and Tristan Jarry<\/a> that arrived this week.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, it was reported by Frank Seravalli that he believes that the team wants to give Skinner and Pickard more runway until Christmas before a move is to be made, even though the team considered waiving Pickard and calling up Connor Ingram during their seven-game road trip.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, who could be available in the goaltending market is taking better shape. As Friedman reported, teams like the Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins are among the teams who could have a goaltender available.<\/p>\n Another team in the Chicago Blackhawks will be one to watch, though, as Laurent Brossoit<\/a> is making his return after missing the last year and half, Friedman reported Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s going to play next week in the American Hockey League on a conditioning stint,\u201d said Friedman. \u201cHe\u2019s a member of the Chicago Blackhawks. He hasn\u2019t played in a year and a half. He got hurt in the 2024 playoffs and hasn\u2019t played since.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the Blackhawks have given teams permission to talk to him, him. So you can understand what his situation is, what the exact surgery was, what the process is back and the Blackhawks don\u2019t really have room for him.\u201d<\/p>\n Skinner posting a shutout in the Oilers\u2019 4-0 win over the Seattle Kraken Saturday afternoon will surely dissipate some of smoke around the team, but any further losses will surely rekindle the flames.<\/p>\n Zach Laing is Oilersnation\u2019s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network\u2019s news director. He also makes up one-half of the Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report<\/a>. 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