EDMONTON — This season is all about earning trust for Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner.

Trust from Oilers general manager Stan Bowman, as Skinner becomes an unrestricted free agent after this season.

Trust from the hockey world — and Oilers fans — two entities that are (to put it nicely) not sold on Skinner’s ability to provide championship goaltending.

But, most importantly, trust from his teammates. Belief inside an Oilers dressing room that houses a roster — and a captain — that is more than ready to win, that Skinner’s game can help them get there.

Because if he is not that goalie, then it’s time for Bowman to find that goalie. No more waiting for Stu.

Skinner’s “trust” season started in arrears on opening night in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames, as he coughed up a

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