Stuart Skinner Brutally Trolled by NHL Fans After Expressing His Desire to Become Goalie for Team Canada at 2026 Olympics: “He’s Delusional”

Stuart Skinner wants to represent his country, Canada, at the 2026 Olympics in Milan and finish the job at the Stanley Cup Final.

Stuart Skinner Brutally Trolled by NHL Fans After Expressing His Desire to Become Goalie for Team Canada at 2026 Olympics: “He’s Delusional”

Stuart Skinner (Image via NHL)

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Ahead of the 2025-26 season, Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner opened up about some big ambitions and goals of his for the upcoming campaign. During this, he expressed his desire to be the goalie for Team Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

After not competing in the 2018 and 2022 Winter Games, NHL players will be allowed to participate in the upcoming Olympics in Milan. While there is a still a long way to go for this, players have already started their preparation for this big event.

On Thursday, Skinner would join his teammates at the Downtown Community Arena for an informal skate. During this, the reporters would ask him about his goals for the upcoming year.

The 26-year-old would claim that his goal is to be part of Team Canada in Milan next year. He also expressed that he wants to return to the Stanley Cup final and finish the job.

For my goals this year, of course I wanna set the bar high. I wanna be the goalie for Team Canada at the Olympics, I wanna be able to get back to the Stanley Cup and finish the job.

Stuart Skinner told the reporters

Skinner and his team suffered another heartbreaking defeat in June this year. For a second year running, the Oilers ended up losing the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers.

The Canadian goaltender started in 5 of the 6 Stanley Cup Final games against the Panthers. He was taken off the ice after the first shift in Game 4 and did not start Game 5. With Calvin Pickard losing for the first time in the postseason in that game, Skinner was back in the next for Game 6.

He faced 23 shots on goal and was able to save 20 of them. However, he gave up three goals, which made things difficult for the Oilers. The Canadian outfit ended up conceding two more goals while leaving their net empty and lost 5-1.

Social media reacts to Stuart Skinner’s big goals

After suffering back-to-back heartbreak in the Stanley Cup Final against the same team, Stuart Skinner wants to complete the job and get over the line next year. Apart from that, he wants to be between the sticks for his national team in the Olympics.

Oilers' goaltender Stuart Skinner
Stuart Skinner (Image via Oil on Whyte)

His ambition of being the goaltender for his country led to several NHL fans wildly mocking him. Many brought up his performances with the Oilers in the past season and trolled him. One user wrote, “He’s Delusional” while taking a swipe at him.

Check out that and some more fan reactions regarding this development below:

Last season was one of the most struggling ones of his short NHL career. The goaltender had a .896 save percentage, the lowest he had in the past 4 years. Apart from that, he had a 2.81 Goals Against Average (GAA) in the 2024-25 campaign.

Stuart Skinner comments on teammate Connor McDavid’s contract extension

One of the biggest talking points for the Edmonton Oilers in the past few weeks has been the contract situation of Connor McDavid. The forward is in the final year of his contract and is yet to sign a new deal. On Thursday, Stuart Skinner would comment on this matter.

Stuart Skinner and Connor McDavid
Stuart Skinner and Connor McDavid (Image via TSN)

McDavid signed an 8-year, $100 million deal ($12.5 million AAV) in 2017. If he does not sign a new deal by the end of the next season, he will become an Unrestricted Free Agent (UFA).

While speaking with the reporters, Skinner hilariously claimed that he and his teammates have not chirped him yet about his new contract. He later mentioned that they are leaving him do his own thing.

We’re not really chirping him right now. Now that you say that, I’ll probably chirp him today. But, no, I mean, he’s in his own situation and we let him kind of do his own thing, obviously. It’s not really in our spot to lead him one way or the other. It’s certainly not mine. So, yeah, just trying to be as supportive as possible and do this thing this year.

Stuart Skinner told the reporters

A few days ago, McDavid expressed that he wants to win things in Edmonton. He would reflect on his comments in June earlier this year and mentioned he would not rush into deciding anything regarding his future.

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