So should Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner take matters into his own hands when fallen on or hassled in the crease, when he keeps seeing Florida’s Sam Bennett or Matthew Tkachuk? Article content
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Grant Fuhr, as placid as they came when playing net, says goalies do have to send the odd message and it’s often in the form of some lumber to a tender area. We’re not talking going all Ron Hextall here, but we’re three games into the Stanley Cup Final and the annoyance on Skinner isn’t going away.
“You tell the officials but if they won’t deal with it, you do. I haven’t noticed Stu doing it but if you really want to get players, uh, undivided attention you tap them in the right spot, and a lot of that stops,” said Fuhr, who went through lots of