As much as there has been talk about the Edmonton Oilers and their goaltending situation, nothing is concrete in terms of a trade. The Oilers might be looking at the market and scouting teams, but most reports from trusted insiders note that, unless the team finds a guaranteed upgrade and health is not an issue, the team will stand pat with Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard.
That hasn’t stopped the speculation. Anytime anything even remotely unexpected happens, social media users, accounts with “sources”, and the fan base tend to run with it.
That happened on Thursday night after Skinner gave a very long hug to Pickard after the Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 9-4. What was likely more of a long embrace because Pickard got scored on with just 4.5 seconds remaining in the game — and it ruined his chance to have an above-average-.900 save percentage in the game — fans assumed the long hug meant it was hinting at Pickard’s last game for the Oilers.