'You can't just throw games away': Top NHL suggest quick fix for Edmonton Oilers

That’s when Ferraro suggested a move in net. “There might be something. I know Calvin Pickard’s a super popular guy and he makes $900 grand or a million dollars, but his season has not been very good. It’s one thing to say, ‘Oh yeah, he’s just the back-up.’ But the back-up’s got to play 25 times. You can’t just throw games away. He’s either got to stop the puck or they’ve got to think about something else, because it’s going to be way cheaper to do that than it is to try and find a legit starter, right? Because Skinner hasn’t had a great year either, but still doesn’t solve the problems in front of them. And there’s multiple ones. They don’t check like they did a year ago. They don’t defend like they did a year ago. And all that adds up into those really concerning defensive numbers. You can’t expect to score five goals a game. Like they have got wonderful offensive people, but man, they’re going to have to really figure how to cut that down.”