Less than a year after the Pittsburgh Penguins signed goaltender Tristan Jarry to a five-year contract worth nearly $27 million, they're entertaining the possibility of trading him.
The Penguins have let teams know Jarry is available, sources told The Athletic's Rob Rossi. However, the situation is reportedly fluid, and the club hasn't dismissed the notion of starting next season with Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic as its tandem in the crease.
Jarry has the right to file a 12-team no-trade list every season, so he can do that Monday when the NHL calendar flips to 2024-25, according to Rossi.
The ever-inconsistent netminder struggled this season, going 19-25-5 with a .903 save percentage in 51 games. He tied for the league lead with six shutouts. However, Nedeljkovic took his job down the stretch, as Jarry didn't appear any of the Pens' final 13 contests before they missed the playoffs for the second straight campaign.
Jarry inked his current pact July 1, 2023 as an unrestricted free agent. He's on the books through 2027-28.
The Penguins re-signed Nedeljkovic to a two-year deal with an average annual value of $2.5 million last Thursday. He was due to become a UFA on Monday.
Jarry has spent his entire eight-year career with the Penguins, who drafted him 44th overall in 2013. The 29-year-old has a career save percentage of .912 and has twice finished seventh in Vezina Trophy voting.
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Good riddance!
I get Jarry is frustrating as hell, but I really do not trust a Ned/Blomqvist tandem.
Pens fans need to go look at how bad Ned has struggled in the past prior to him doing well last year. Other than that outlier year with Carolina, he’s been at best an above average backup. Throwing him into the full time starter role in the final year or two of Sid and Geno’s career is just an insanely desperate, but also insanely dumb move.
If they replace Jarry’s cap and use it to find another goalie then it’s fine, but if they are thinking that riding Ned/Blomqvist is the move, then this team is in for a potentially dark year next season.
Im not as down on jarry as most. I dont like the idea of ned being the starter. Id like to see a goalie come back if jarry is on the movie. Rumblings that gibson is available maybe that plays into it. Also im just not sure who that is available is a viable upgrade.
It’s interesting that both Rossi and Yohe reported that the front office has been pissed off at Jarry for his stare down of Marcus Pettersson after the Dallas loss.
I remember seeing him shoot daggers at him and say something to him as he skated away, and that’s not the first time I’ve read that management was not happy.
That was the last game he started.
Trade him. Cant make the playoffs with him.
He’s not reliable. This sub treating him like hes a freaking star. This club needs a shakeup. Play the rookie. Cant be worse.
I’d feel better if this was coming from a more reliable source other than Rossi
Well if Talbot is available I’d take a Talbot/Ned tandem.
Gotta get a veteran goalie back. Cause Ned/Blomqvist is a heck of a gamble heading into the season.
Personally, I think that after resigning Ned, a Jarry trade is very likely. It seems like it would be a mutually beneficial move. It gives Jarry a fresh start elsewhere, and it gives Pittsburgh one of the following: 1: a draft pick. 2: a player. 3: cap relief. Pittsburgh needs to look in a different direction in terms of goaltending if they want to at least make the playoffs next year.
Just a thing to remember, available and being shopped are different things. To some extent, most players are “available” if someone makes an offer that’s too good to pass up. I’m not commenting about whether this is true or not, or whether it would be a good move. Just to remind that ambiguous wording is intentional and this doesn’t necessarily mean they’re trying to get rid of Jarry.
Fine with me, no hard feelings against the guy but he really hasn’t shown hes got what it takes to be the guy in a serious playoff run.
He’ll go win the Vezina somewhere else
That being said, good riddance.
Isn’t Rob Rossi news a little untrustworthy? Curious.