Tristan Jarry trade continues to age poorly for Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers know goaltending issues all too well from the last several seasons, and the struggle to find a bona fide starting netminder has plagued much of 2025-26, even after an attempt to improve the situation with Tristan Jarry.
Yet, a few months into Jarry’s tenure in Edmonton, the Oilers and general manager Stan Bowman might already be regretting the deal, which saw the netminder and forward Samuel Poulin head to Edmonton and Stuart Skinner, defenseman Brett Kulak and a second-round draft selection in 2029 head to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On a recent episode of Daily Faceoff Live, co-hosts Tyler Yaremchuk and Carter Hutton broke down where things stand for the Oilers and Jarry at this point.
Tyler Yaremchuk: I’ll lay a ton of the blame here at the feet of Stan Bowman. I think everyone recognized that it felt like a panicky trade for the sake of making a trade. If it were Stuart Skinner straight up for Tristan Jarry at 50% retained, and the money was all equal, I’d sit there and say who the hell cares to make change for the sake of making change. The fact that this was a deal where they gave up Brett Kulak, and the Pittsburgh Penguins were able to flip him for a couple of pieces back. The fact that you gave up the second-round pick in all of this as well, and then you had to go spend a third-round pick to get Spencer Stastney, because you had to cover for the fact that you just traded Brett Kulak, is just multiplying their issues here.
With Jarry, this isn’t a guy who’s played two games and is maybe struggling to adjust to his new surroundings with a new system, like he’s coming out of a three-week break after already having a month before that, where he was getting accustomed to things. It’s just inexcusable to be that bad and to hear him sit there after and get asked by the media about how he feels about getting pulled and to kind of sit there and say, I guess maybe he could have seen through a couple of screens better. Like, there just seems to be no accountability either, and it’s very frustrating.
Carter Hutton: That is another factor when it comes to Tristan Jarry, and I think a reason in Pittsburgh where he rubbed a lot of people the wrong way when you’re trying to fill in for Matt Murray and before that, Marc-André Fleury, one of the most loved, revered guys with the success he had and his media availability and his friendliness and the way he humanized that side of the game.
I think with Tristan Jarry, you don’t get that. So it’s harder for people to gain that connection when it is like a tough game. I think a little more accountability at times, and when you show that human side of you and emotional side, you can win people over quicker, but at the end of the day, nobody cares how Tristan Jarry answers the media’s questions.
You can catch the rest of the Oilers segment and the entire episode of DFO Live here…