said<\/a> on Friday. \u201cI know this year didn\u2019t start off the way that he or the team would have wanted it to, but I think, especially of late, he\u2019s been back playing his game to the level that he\u2019s expected.<\/p>\n\u201cThat\u2019ll be up to Stu and (goalie coach) Andy Chiodo and our performance staff and coaching staff and our whole group to support him, have him come in and play well. Obviously, I think if you\u2019re in his shoes, it\u2019s a lot to prove. I mean, they\u2019ve made the move to go away from him, and we\u2019ll give him the best opportunity we can to be at his best.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Skinner has gotten off to a slow start this season as he\u2019s 11-8-4 with a 2.83 GAA and a .891 SV%. Yet, he did help lead the Oilers to back-to-back Stanley Cup Final appearances, which Penguins head coach Dan Muse believes is a positive for the room.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t put a price on that type of experience,\u201d Muse said. \u201cTwo years in a row, too. It\u2019s a lot of it. So, yeah, excited for him and the opportunity here. I think the playoffs are so hard. To have been there and to have been through it and to be through that kind of a grind and to be able to learn from it, like, yeah, that experience, you don\u2019t have that in every single locker room. So, it\u2019s another guy here now coming in that has that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Skinner and Kulak were both granted non-roster status due to immigration. The Penguins are taking it day by day, so when both will make their debuts is uncertain.<\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh is set to return to the ice on Sunday at home against the Utah Mammoth at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n
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