Oilers goaltending solution a disaster through first month of the season.

Criticism of the goaltending situation for the Edmonton Oilers has been a common refrain over the course of the past several seasons, one that the Oilers finally attempted to address early in October when they struck a deal with the Utah Mammoth to acquire goaltender Connor Ingram.

While Ingram was viewed by many as a potential solution, through the first month of the season the goaltending situation in Edmonton arguably looks worse than ever.

Starting goaltender Stuart Skinner, who has received the majority of the backlash in recent seasons, has actually been the Oilers best looking goaltender through the first month of the season. Skinner has appeared in 9 games this season and has a 2.52 goals against average and a .900 save percentage over that stretch, which isn't exactly great from your number one goaltender.

That being said Skinner has looked much better than backup goaltender Calvin Pickard who through 4 games this season has recorded an ugly 3.50 goals against average and an abysmal .846 save percentage over what is admittedly a very small sample size of games.

That of course now brings us to Ingram who was something of a gamble on the part of the Oilers, a gamble that does not appear to be paying off so far. Ingram has not played at the NHL level and instead has been with the Oilers American Hockey League affiliate team, the Bakersfield Condors, and the results have not been promising. Ingram has appeared in 4 games for the Condors thus far and has a 4.05 goals against average and a .848 save percentage in those 4 appearances.

The Oilers look very much like a team that still needs help at the goaltending position, and if they were expecting that help to come in the form of Ingram they may have to start looking elsewhere.