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2024 Stanley Cup Final Goaltending Matchup - Sergei Bobrovsky vs. Stuart Skinner
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Jun 8, 2024
In the final 2024 NHL Playoff Preview show, host Matthew Zator welcomes in Jacob Billington and Joey Ganzi to set up the 2024 Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers. In this clip, they take a look at the goaltending matchup between Sergei Bobrovsky and Stuart Skinner.
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So Stuart Skinner versus Sergey Bobrovsky. Obviously, Bobrovsky is much more veteran
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He'd been through this a few times and also was in the final last year. Stuart Skinner
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new thing for him, and he's been up and down throughout these playoffs. His save percentage
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still looks really bad, but he was really good against the Stars. Seems to have come into his
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own a bit. Jake, who's going to win this matchup? I mean, Skinner's obviously the underdog here
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Yeah, Skinner's definitely the underdog here. And I think one thing to look at is that Sergey
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Bobrovsky is the better goalie. I might lean towards Stuart Skinner in terms of being the
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better person that can make that one more save than the other goalie. So you take a 10-20 game
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sample size and Sergey Bobrovsky is always going to be the better goalie in this conversation
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But I think that Stuart Skinner is really good at just making one more save than the other guy
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I mean, Bobrovsky is too. They're both neck and neck. And I'm really just trying to make a case
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for Skinner here. But Skinner is very good at just making as many saves as he needs to. And
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that's kind of how he's adapted to playing since Calvin Pickard came in for him. And now you look
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at his resurgence since, and he's been great. His numbers haven't been great, but he's been
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getting all the wins. He's been making all the saves that he needs to. So he's bounced back
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really well. And he just kind of, you want to make every save possible, but he knows when it's time
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to like, okay, I really have to make these saves now. Yeah. Joey, I mean, Bobrovsky obviously wants
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to atone for his final last year because he wasn't that good, as good as he was before
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Um, how is this matchup going to go? Is he going to just play better than Skinner and just be the
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reason or one of the reasons that the Panthers win it all? I do agree that Bobrovsky is the
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better goaltender in the matchup. Um, it really comes down to how he handles certain scenarios
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I mean, he's been in the same exact situation before. He's been through the playoff gauntlet
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and he has a decent defense in front of him. I think he's definitely going to come out
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victorious in this matchup, but I don't think it's going to be as easy as people make it out
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to be. I mean, you have to still deal with McDavid, Dreisaitl, Evander Kane, Evan Bouchard
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Darnell Nurse. It's, he has to deal with an offensive gauntlet one more time. And
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like I said before, it's, it's only fitting for that to be the final one for the cup final
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So I do think Skinner will play just as good as he has to, especially with
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you know, with what's at stake, but I think Bobrovsky is just going to barely edge him out in this matchup for sure
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