“The goaltending, it does get a lot of attention in Edmonton, for sure, I feel like that’s the question we get the most. Skinner, in particular, I think, has been pretty solid this year. He’s given us a lot of good performances.

I think Calvin probably hasn’t started this year the way he did last year, when he was really effective and won some huge games for us. We certainly want to see that version of him come back. But I think if there’s a positive from that side, Skinner’s trending in the right direction.

He’s shown us that he can win some games like that game in New York. I think we didn’t play well that night in Madison Square Garden. He got that win for us that night. Other nights, even the last game in Carolina, I thought he did stand tall under some pressure from a good team.

So I think what we’re looking for is our goaltending to be solid, and in conjunction with that, if our defence can manage the puck better, then I think we’re going to be more effective as a team.”

“The defence, they haven’t played a consistent game this year. And I think that’s probably the biggest disappointment so far. The play of our D is really important in getting the rest of our game going.

When we struggle to break the puck out cleanly, we end up disjointed a little bit. We’re not connected as a group. We’ve heard our players talk about that. It starts with the back and being able to be clean with the puck, sometimes underhandle it, move it, and get it going.”