Do the Edmonton Oilers take a run at Tristan Jarry?
Michael Amato of Sportsnet:
Goaltending options are slim for the time being, with Pittsburgh Penguins Tristan Jarry the likely top goalie available. The Edmonton Oilers could possibly be one team still wondering about their situation. Will the Oilers resolve to run one other 12 months with Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard?
Limited salary cap space is one stumbling block for the Oilers, and so they’d must move some money around. Would they think Jarry is an upgrade, who’s coming off a subpar season? They’d be buying low on Jarry and will likely get the Penguins to retain some salary.
There have been highs and lows with Jarry last 12 months in 36 games. He had nine quality starts (SV% of greater than .900) in his last 14 games, but had 10 games where he allowed greater than 4 games. The Penguins also weren’t team defensively, in order that didn’t help Jarry.
If the Oilers could get Jarry’s cap hit right down to $3 million-ish, what would the fee be to amass him? They don’t have so much to supply.
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The Winnipeg Jets have some query marks, but they could possibly be done making moves for now
Scott Maxwell of Day by day Faceoff:
Michael Remis was on Day by day Faceoff Live talking in regards to the Winnipeg Jets. They’ve got some salary cap room, and there may be a hole of their top-six after the departure of Nikolaj Ehlers.
Remis notes their secondary scoring took an enormous hit with Ehlers leaving in free agency. Ehlers can be a loss on their No. 1 power play.
They added Jonathan Toews as a No. 2 center but there are some big unknowns on what he’ll bring after the long layoff. Gustav Nyquist had a down 12 months, but can he bounce back to his form from two years ago?
“I believe that is going to be it for now. From what we’ve heard, they’re not likely seeking to add. They do have quite a lot of cap space, so perhaps something could come up. They do have a lot of defensemen locked up, which is interesting. I believe they got nine under NHL contract. That’s after they sign Dylan Samberg, who’s got an arbitration date for week.”
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Remis adds that yes, they do have around $10 million in cap space, but that doesn’t include Samberg’s salary, and well as room to cover a few of Toews’ games played bonuses.
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