Stuart Skinner’s own teammates now accused of trying to push him out of Edmonton!

After another chaotic night in Edmonton, a growing number of fans, and even some pundits, are starting to wonder if the Oilers are actively making Stuart Skinner look worse. It sounds outrageous… until you watch the tape.

Skinner was pulled after giving up four goals on eight shots against the Dallas Stars last night, but the story goes far beyond his stat line. On the Stars’ third goal, cameras caught two Oilers defensemen casually drifting toward the bench for a late, lazy line change at the absolute worst possible moment. Dallas walked in untouched, and Skinner was left to deal with yet another uncontested chance.

It was so egregious that fans immediately took to social media with one collective reaction: Do these guys even care anymore?

Skinner has been inconsistent, sure. No one is pretending he’s lived up to expectations this season. But what’s happening in front of him has crossed into something else entirely. Missed assignments, blown coverages, late changes, zero urgency: it’s becoming a pattern, and it’s making the starting goalie look like the fall guy for a team that can’t defend to save its life.

By the time he was pulled, the Oilers looked defeated, disconnected, and, frankly, disinterested in helping their own netminder.

Whether it’s poor structure, fatigue, or something deeper inside the room, the optics are brutal. And the message fans are reading loud and clear?

After the game, captain Connor McDavid looked down and helpless, saying:

“Um… I really feel like goaltending is a team thing,” the captain said. “Tough for our goalies to look good when the group in front of them is not playing well. I don’t really care who it is, when the team in front of them is is not playing up to their standards, then it’s tough for a goalie to look good. I felt bad for both of them tonight.”

If Edmonton keeps playing like this in front of him… it might not just look like they want Skinner gone, it might become reality.