Before jetting off to Italy to play for Germany at the Winter Olympic Games, Edmonton Oilers superstar Leon Draisaitl went off on the state of the organization.
He specifically took a shot at the inability of the team's substandard goaltending to stop shots.
"I think at some point the goalies are going to have to make some saves," Draisaitl said.
Edmonton has done a speed run to the “make a save, dude” portion of the Tristan Jarry experience pic.twitter.com/skJBthk9bE
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Through 58 games this season, Edmonton, a team that's been to the past two Stanley Cup final series, has allowed 191 goals. That's 25th in the NHL, as is Edmonton's 3.29 goals against per game. Each of the seven teams below the Oilers in this department would be missing the playoffs if the season were over today.
Oilers Goaltending A Complete Mess
On December 12, the Oilers swapped goalies with the Pittsburgh Penguins, bringing in Tristan and sending Stuart Skinner packing. However, while Skinner has won eight of his last 10 decisions for the Penguins, Jarry has remained a netminder lost in the wilderness.
Since returning from an injury, Jarry has won just three of his past eight starts. He's allowed at least four goals in each of his last four starts. In all of those games, Jarry posted a sub-.900 save percentage. Twice, his save percentage was .750 or worse.
"I do like Swiss Cheese on my pizza," was Calgary Flames forward Ryan Lomberg's assessment to reporters of Jarry's performance as the Flames beat the Oilers 4-3 in the final game for both teams before the Olympic break.
Speaking once at a coaching clinic, former Oilers netminder and long-time NHL goaltending consultant Jim Corsi was asked what percentage of team success was built around good goaltending.
"I don't know the answer to that," Corsi replied. "But I do know that bad goaltending is 100% of failure."