Penguins/NHL
Receives: G Tristan Jarry, F Sam Poulin
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PIT Receives: G Stuart Skinner, D Brett Kulak, 2029 2nd Rd Pick [/hide]
Trade Buzz: The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded goaltender Tristan Jarry and forward Sam Poulin to the Edmonton Oilers in-exchange for goaltender Stuart Skinner, defenseman Brett Kulak and a 2029 2nd-round pick. The Jarry era in Pittsburgh officially ends just as he had re-emerged as Pittsburgh’s #1 and was developing strong support inside the Penguins room through a surprise start to the season. Despite all that, at the end of the day Kyle Dubas was never going to shy away from trying to move Jarry in a legitimate hockey deal even if the move was going to be unpopular in the room. No salary was retained in the deal another staple of how Dubas has operated.
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Defenseman Brett Kulak | Age 31: Cap Hit: $2.75 MM | UFA 2026
Kulak, 31, a pending free agent has 2 assists and a minus-17 rating on the season. Pittsburgh adds another left D option to go with the likes of Parker Wotherspoon, Ryan Shea, Ryan Graves and Caleb Jones so something will have to give there and remains to be seen how all that shakes. The Penguins biggest need might be the Right D spot as Pittsburgh desperately needs to begin limiting Kris Letang’s role and transition him into a clear third pairing role.
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Goaltender Stuart Skinner | Age 27 | Cap Hit: $2.60 MM | UFA: 2026
Edmonton tried to do this deal with keeping Skinner and going with a Jarry/Skinner tandem but could not find a third team to make the money work. Skinner, 27, is 11-8-4 with a 2.83 GAA and .891 SV%. A save percentage under .900 has become a trend over the last two seasons, posting an .896 SV% last regular season, followed by a 7-7 record with a 3.00 GAA and .889 SV% in the Oilers run to the Cup Final. This is a netminder [hide] who has won a lot of hockey games on a high-flying Oilers team but how things go here is likely going to be different in the wins-loss column. What Pittsburgh decides to do here will be interesting. Does the Jarry trade open up a bigger run for Arturs Silovs to be the true #1 and see what you really have; 2. Does nothing change and it’s a basically a 50-50 competition between Silovs/Skinner for now? 3. Do they decide in the coming weeks to bump up the Sergei Murashov timetable and hand him the keys? [/hide]
Rumors: Canucks internally viewed Penguins as having key assets to get a seat at the table for star defenseman Quinn Hughes?