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Stuart Skinner Bashes The NHL For Forcing Him To Leave The Game Against The Winnipeg Jets


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Tyler Ball
March 22, 2025  (9:19 PM)
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Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner speaking to the media during an interview.
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This evening a new interview with Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner has surfaced where he appears to call out the NHL for forcing him to leave the team's game against the Winnipeg Jets.

On Thursday the Edmonton Oilers were struck with terrible injury luck as Connor McDavid and Stuart Skinner were both injured and forced to leave the game against the Jets.
The injury to McDavid seems to be one that the Oilers are keeping guarded while what happened to Skinner is now known.
According to Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch Skinner was removed from the game by the NHL's concussion spotter who believed that the goalie had suffered a head injury.
In the days following the incident, it has been confirmed that Skinner did not sustain and concussion and ultimately did not need to be removed from the game against the Jets.
Now tonight Skinner has spoken to the media and called out the NHL and the concussion spotter for pulling him out of such a crucial game.

Edmonton Oilers Goaltender Stuart Skinner Calls Out The NHL

In an interview from practice today Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner did not hold back his frustration regarding being pulled from Thursday's game.
Skinner admitted that when the initial play happened he did get up a bit slow due to the adrenaline of the collision but that his head and body both felt entirely fine despite the collision.
I felt totally fine. I was just kind of shook up with the play. Obviously when you get knocked over, you got some adrenaline going so you just want to take a second. I took a second, got back up, totally fine.

Skinner then goes on to call out the NHL and the concussion spotters for not understanding what was at stake when making their decision.
When that happens, I have no control over it. It is what it is. It is really tough, it is frustrating for sure. It's five minutes left, you're playing the best team in the league. Potentially going into overtime, and it puts Calvin in a really tough spot.
The Oilers would go on to lose the game against the Jets in heartbreaking overtime fashion pushing them farther away from winning the Pacific Division.
Clearly, this call made by the NHL and the concussion spotters potentially impacted the outcome of the game when Skinner was pulled it will be interesting to see if Gary Bettman or the NHL makes a statement regarding what went into the decision being made.
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Stuart Skinner Bashes The NHL For Forcing Him To Leave The Game Against The Winnipeg Jets

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