There’s little doubt Jeff Skinner is in his coach’s doghouse.
The winger signed by the Edmonton Oilers this summer to a $3-million contract to play among their top-six forwards was a healthy scratch for his team’s game Sunday, a 5-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
Not only that, Skinner – a 363 career goal-scorer who has notched 30-plus goals in a campaign six times over his 14 seasons in the National Hockey League – hasn’t been a regular alongside the likes of star centremen Leon Draisaitl or Connor McDavid in more than a month.
Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said Monday it was Skinner’s “turn” to be a scratch and didn’t say if he would be back in the lineup for Tuesday night’s New Year’s Eve game at home against the Utah Hockey Club.
“He hasn’t had the confidence …