Ex-Penguin Jarry in a Tough Spot
It’s so easy to overlook the fact that athletes are very human, just like you and me, and that there’s a personal side to their lives that we rarely think about or consider. A point recently and poignantly driven home by Dan Kingerski of PHN when he interviewed defenseman Brett Kulak, who by all accounts was both ambushed and devastated by the trade that sent him to the Avs scarcely two months after his mid-December arrival in the ‘Burgh.
On the flip side of the deal that brought Kulak and Stuart Skinner here from Edmonton, former black-and-gold netminder Tristan Jarry is likewise going through a massive ordeal in his new digs.
Performance-wise, the 30-year-old native of Surrey, British Columbia, is melting down on a grand scale, not dissimilar to what he experienced here at the start of the 2024-25 season. In 15 games since joining the Oilers, he’s registered a 4.17 goals against average and .854 save percentage, with only three quality starts to his credit of out 13. The fact that Tristan actually has a winning record (7-6-1) despite his porous performance, a testimonial to the awesome firepower put forth by Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl & Co.
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