Penguins/NHL
Tristan Jarry was victorious Saturday Night in his Edmonton Oilers debut, stopping 25 of 28 shots in an Oilers 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Meanwhile in Pittsburgh they had an unbelievable implosion Saturday Afternoon; leading 5-1 with under 13 minutes in a game they were absolutely dominating and somehow allowed four unanswered goals en route to a devastating 6-5 loss in OT.
A mere 36 hours after the Tristan Jarry trade more details are emerging of the Penguins thinking:
– Pittsburgh and Edmonton got really close to a deal last week before talks were shelved for several days. The deal that almost happened last week did not look anything like Friday’s official deal. Edmonton had parameters of a To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”! have seen them keep Stuart Skinner and go with a Jarry-Skinner tandem moving forward. However, Pittsburgh walked away due to a lack of interest in acquiring Brett Kulak as Edmonton at the time also preferred consummating a deal that didn’t include Kulak. Something throughout this week changed. After what is believed to have been a five-to-six-day period of no trade talks, Pittsburgh was the aggressor To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!. Kulak, though, might not be a Penguin for long. Among the chatter is Pittsburgh shopping Kulak for a To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
VALUE CHART HIGH MARKS | CROSBY CAMP TO GO PUBLIC AGAIN?
On paper you could make the argument Dubas gets a B+ or even an A’ from a value chart standpoint for a goaltender who was on waivers last January. And a lot of his trades look good to great on paper from asset management purposes. Unloading Jarry’s salary and cap hit has been much of the praise locally, though, it really has much less meaning moving forward for a club that is going to have to spend close to $30 million next season just to get to the salary cap floor. With cap so high Jarry’s contract was meaningless. Even with the contract being looked as a poor investment to fans and pundits, Jarry’s popularity around the NHL obviously showed here and Edmonton wasn’t the only team to kick tires since the summer. Philadelphia, To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
While the Penguins front office might see Skinner as an admirable sell to the veteran core, that isn’t the case at all. You think the Sidney Crosby camp was frustrated in the summer, there is even more frustrations boiling right now. Pat Brisson To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Tristan Jarry traded to Edmonton