{"id":478173,"date":"2026-02-16T08:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478173\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:36:08","slug":"jarry-isnt-nearly-as-good-as-skinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478173\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jarry isn\u2019t nearly as good as Skinner\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time to dig into this week\u2019s Letters to the Editor<\/a>. Want to join in the fun? Details about how to reach out are at the bottom of the article.Fix the blueline<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to be very smart to see the Oilers issues have been with their defence all year.<\/p>\n

The new goalie Tristian Jarry isn\u2019t nearly as good as Skinner. He looks awkward. Five players can\u2019t win every game, so whoever the defence and goalie coach is may need to be replaced with a better coach. Forget about the wingers, work on your defence. That\u2019s what tin games.<\/p>\n

We got good scorers, but why can\u2019t the Oilers staff see this when fans can see it\u2019s a weak defence? Not one of these defencemen skate very fast, and other teams skate around them very easy. They have no hitting and just trying to get their sticks on pucks. Sad.<\/p>\n

Doug Young<\/p>\n

(There are lots of elements of Edmonton\u2019s game that needs to be improved.)<\/p>\n

Fire them all!<\/p>\n

I have been a fan of the Oilers for 50 years. I was born in Alberta but now live in Ontario.<\/p>\n

The Oilers drafted the best modern player 10 years ago, Connor McDavid, and since have had very poor management, drafting and coaching, leading to 10 years of frustration. By now, with the players they have, they should have won at least two cups. McDavid should\u2019ve had two cups.<\/p>\n

The most glaring mistake made by management is not drafting a top-end goaltender. The final game of the last two Cup finals saw the Oilers give up eight goals. How could you give up eight goals?<\/p>\n

The coaching this year has been awful. Once the Olympic break is over, the Oilers need to fire all the coaches and bring in a group of true professionals.<\/p>\n

Roman Caruk<\/p>\n

(Now\u2019s not the time to $FireTheMall.)<\/p>\n

Oilersnation wants to hear from you, the reader, in our new weekly \u201cLetters to the Editor<\/a>\u201d segment. Letters can be emailed to Oilersnation\u2019s managing editor Zach Laing (zach.laing@bettercollective.com<\/a>), titled \u201cLetters to the Editor.\u201d Please include a letter up to 200 words, including your name, place of residence (city, town, province, or state). Your letters may be edited for length and\/or clarity. Letters must be submitted by 6 PM MT Saturday night to be considered for feature on Sunday mornings.Zach Laing is Oilersnation\u2019s managing editor, and The Nation Network\u2019s news director. He also makes up one-half of the Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report<\/a>. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing<\/a>, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.ARTICLE PRESENTED BY bet365<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to dig into this week\u2019s Letters to the Editor. Want to join in the fun? Details…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-478173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}