Skinner had 24 goals in 82 games TOTAL last season (and was a minus 27).
Anybody pretending now to know this summer that Skinner would score 24 goals in first 32 games this season is lying to themselves...and the rest of the board.
I, uh, didn't. Not sure where this is coming from.
He's shooting at nearly twice his career average, anybody expecting him to keep up this pace long term is absolutely mental.
However, 24 goals is still a hell of a lot in *this* league. Especially when you look at his most common linemates because Bill Peters pushed him down the line up constantly and played him with absolute plugs.
And I'm not gonna bash a guy with plus minus (ever, to begin with, because its an outdated, poorly-conceived and extremely misleading stat) who was on a team with one of those worst goaltending in the league. That's a horrible way to assess a player's true value.