Every fans of the Edmonton Oilers knows there’s trouble in the nets with the Edmonton Oilers , with Stuart Skinner and especially back-up Calvin Pickard.

But the insecurity in Edmonton is having a negative impact with goalie development in the Oilers farm system.

Due to the uncertainty around whether or not Skinner and Pickard could get the job done this year, the Oilers acquired veteran NHL goalie Connor Ingram from Utah on October 1.

Heading into the season, the plan in Edmonton was evidently to have Skinner and Pickard in Edmonton, with veteran 31-year-old veteran AHL goalie Matt Tomkins signed to play in Bakersfield, presumably play about half the games and to work as a mentor to one of the younger goalies in the system, either Connor Ungar, 23, or newly signed Samuel Jonsson, 2

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