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Elliotte Friedman confirms Kyle Dubas won the Tristan Jarry trade
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Elliotte Friedman says Tristan Jarry's cap hit boxed in the Edmonton Oilers, and Kyle Dubas now looks like the GM who saw the trap first.
Jarry, 30, was Pittsburgh's 2013 second-round pick, 44th overall, and his $5.375 million deal runs through 2027-28. Dubas got that term off the Penguins' books in December.
That matters more than any headline.
Dubas did not just move a goalie. He moved risk, and he did it before the market got colder.
Edmonton sent Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak, and a 2029 second-round pick to Pittsburgh, while Samuel Poulin went out with Jarry. That is a real hockey trade, but the cap lesson is the story now.
"Oilers explored making a change at the deadline (goaltending) but were trapped by Jarry's contract.
They would have had to trade Jarry and it wasn't possible. Jarry and the Oilers are having a challenge getting used to each other."
- Elliotte Friedman
They would have had to trade Jarry and it wasn't possible. Jarry and the Oilers are having a challenge getting used to each other."
- Elliotte Friedman
Jarry arrived in Edmonton after posting a 9-3-1 run and a .909 save percentage with Pittsburgh. Since then, the Oilers have kept searching for stability instead of finding it.
His current Oilers line, 16 wins, 3.39 GAA, .883 save percentage, says this has been uneven. Friedman's "getting used to each other" line lands because the numbers already feel tense.
Tristan Jarry made Kyle Dubas look patient
Penguins fans can admit it, this is the kind of trade that makes you grin a little.
Dubas read the room better than Stan Bowman. He sold term before it became dead weight.
The on-ice fit was always tricky. Edmonton plays fast, trades chances, and asks its goalie to clean up rushes and broken coverage too often.
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, turned that contract into Skinner, Kulak, and a pick without public retention. That is asset management, not luck.
Skinner is now on the Penguins roster, and that alone tells you Dubas converted one bad bet into multiple usable pieces for the next phase.
The smart part is not that Jarry failed. The smart part is that Dubas no longer has to live with the downside.
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