A deal that likely made each goaltenders happier
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins goaltending swap. Each Stuart Skinner and Tristan Jarry were ready for a change of scenery.
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Ron McLean: “What about Stan Bowman? What was his pondering?
Friedman: “Okay, so obviously, night, we’re watching Tristan Jarry make his debut. Lots of you for Edmonton against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
And I feel it was pretty easy, like, one in every of the things talking to a few of the Oilers today is that, , Stuart Skinner could he was in a very good streak, by the best way, when he got traded, however the moment it went bad, or he had a rough game, or anything like that, all of the old questions and concerns got here up.
And it was weighing on Skinner. It was weighing on the team. It was weighing on the organization. And I feel everybody here felt it was just time. And I feel ultimately, Stuart Skinner would probably agree it was just time. Like, it was weighing on everybody an excessive amount of.
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The thing that made Edmonton comfortable with Jarry is that he apparently, behind the scenes, made a really clear, Ron, that if he knew his time in Pittsburgh was getting tight, and he made it clear he desired to go to Edmonton. He has a spot outside of Edmonton. He comes back there in the summertime. He played Junior there. And the Oilers did their research into him, and so they felt they were comfortable with him, because he’s an, he’s an Edmonton joyful guy.
The thing about (Brett) Kulak is that, I don’t think they desired to trade him, but that they had to do it to make the cash work. And that was type of like the ultimate step, but it surely was a giant shocker. You can tell those players were surprised. I heard Skinner was woken up with the phone call yesterday that he was going to be traded.
And the funniest story I heard today was from Adam Henrique. He said that Kulak, it was his responsibility on the road to make the dinner reservations. So the players were like, I do know Lulak has been traded, but will we still ask him to make our reservations tonight in Toronto?”
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