Skinner's play is Oilers biggest uncertainty in Stanley Cup Final

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After three rounds of playoffs in which he has been at times unplayable to the point of being pulled and at other times nearly unbeatable, Stuart Skinner is the biggest question mark going into the series that starts Saturday night.

has taken to reading books as a way of taking his mind off the sport of hockey and his job as an NHL goaltender of getting in front of frozen rubber disks fired at him at 90-plus mph.

“My job’s simple just because I’ve been doing it for a long time, so I’ve just got to keep the puck out of the net and do my very best to do that,” Skinner said Friday."That’s the pressure that I take on is just being able to do my job at a very high level.”during the second round against Vancouver. Upon returning, he has gone 6-2 with a 1.81 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage.

"He’s a good goalie," Bobrovsky said. “You’re not going to make the final if you’re a bad goalie. He’s a good positional goalie and I think he’s very composed and he has a good mind.” Handling the ups and downs taught Skinner a couple of things: namely that his teammates have his back and his internal ability to withstand adversity is better than he realized.

 

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