Yes! He’s actually a decent goalie ever since last season. Not worth the 4.5M in my opinion still, but still a good goalie. He would be a excellent backup!

Let's calm down a bit. He's a solid back up. Not bad. Nothing more, Nothing less,

He was an above average starter last year and a below average starter the year before*. And people are calling him a backup? LOL. Lets see whether he changes public opinion next year.

* Among 31 goalies with <41 GP in 2018-19 Koskinen was 24th
Among 30 goalies with <35 GP in 2019-20 Koskinen was 6th

Agreed. Part people don’t consider last year was only his second season in the league. No reason he can’t continue to build off of it. I really like kosk great work ethic

In which statistic?

All situations Sv%.

like this

http://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20192020&seasonTo=20192020&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,35&sort=savePct&page=0&pageSize=50

He's at least average, maybe better. Oilers aren't a good defensive team. Would a "name" goalie from another team fair much better as a Oiler starter?

Also 6th in 5v5 HDSV%, which apparently is more indicative of a goalie's skill level.

http://naturalstattrick.com/playerteams.php?fromseason=20192020&thruseason=20192020&stype=2&sit=5v5&score=all&stdoi=g&rate=y&team=ALL&pos=S&loc=B&toi=1600&gpfilt=none&fd=&td=&tgp=410&lines=single&draftteam=ALL

There are a handful that would inspire more confidence for sure, but not as many as most people on this site think.