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Oilers mailbag: Edmonton likely to ride with Skinner, no guaranteed better options out there

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Oilers fans want a better goalie than Stuart Skinner or someone to put more pressure on him when he stumbles.

Skinner has been very good since the end of October and has been on a heater for three months .

The fans want John Gibson from Anaheim , and so does Pittsburgh UFA Karel Vejmelka in Utah .

The Ducks would have to eat 40 to 50 per cent of Karel Vejmelka’s $6.4 million AAV for a trade now to fit it into the squeezed Oiler cap and for the two more years .

Utah has no salary retention spots open so would need to bring in a third party.

Jake Evans is still attractive, depending on the asset or assets going back, Montreal may be trying to include winger Joel Armia for a first-rounder .

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