Trade Deadline Report: Teams Have Called About Jarry, Blomqvist
On Saturday night, Hockey Night in Canada panelist Elliotte Friedman reported that other teams believed the Pittsburgh Penguins could deal a goalie before the March 8 NHL trade deadline.
The natural assumption was the potentially available goalie was pending unrestricted free agent Alex Nedeljkovic. However, on his Monday edition of the 32 Thoughts podcast, Friedman expounded on that topic, saying he received a call Sunday morning that opened the door much wider.
“But somebody said that this is not limited to Nedeljkovic, that I think teams have asked about (Tristan) Jarry,” said Friedman on the podcast. “I think teams have asked about (Joel) Blomqvist, who’s their top prospect, who’s played very well in Wilkes-Barre this year. So what I do think there is Pittsburgh has an extra goalie, and they will listen. That is not impossible, that a goalie moves out of Pittsburgh.”
You can listen to the full 32 Thoughts podcast here.
Until a rough outing Sunday, Jarry was tied for seventh in the NHL with a .916 save percentage. However, after the firewagon affair against the Philadelphia Flyers, in which he allowed six goals on 21 shots, his save percentage fell to .911.
Nedeljkovic also had a rough week, allowing a couple of soft goals in the 5-4 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
“I (soiled) the bed,” Nedeljkovic said after the game. His save percentage stands at .915 in 19 appearances this season.
The interesting new name is Blomqvist, who has been the No. 1 goalie with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and has a .918 save percentage. Jarry is signed for five years after this season
“There is an obvious caveat,” said Pittsburgh Hockey Now’s Dan Kingerski. “Any team can call about any player, and a GM will usually listen. To pry Jarry or Blomqvist from the Penguins would take a serious offer. Lost in the trade-talk fervor is the Penguins’ desire to make the playoffs. They believe they’re in it, and they’re not going to sell to appease the internet.”
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Penguins might be in the playoff hunt, but so is everyone else. they’re not a threat to win any more than one round at best. Move everything that’s not nailed to the floor.
Appease the Internet, appease the Internet, move Jarry, please!
IMO, he has the tools, but not the head, he’s unreliable.
Jarry needs to win a playoff series to prove himself…
So does the rest of the team.
Allot of these teams will be playing each other, and 3 point games will be a dagger.
If Jarry can bring in a nice haul then trade Jarry. This team is not a serious SC contender even if they squeak into the playoffs.
The thing about Jarry is there’s no in between, he play’s really good or pretty bad, inconsistent
Not going to trade to appease internet … classic 😂
Tristans numbers are good, except the most important one 16 wins and 21 losses.
I never look at a goalie’s wins and losses. That’s a team stat. For example, the loss to LA. Jarry was brilliant, but lost because the Penguins couldn’t put a second one behind Cam Talbot, who isn’t such a good goalie…
I’d trade Jarry in a NYC minute and free up $5+M per yr. Then use those $$$ to upgrade the D corps and/or get a legit scorer at F. The G of the future is Blomqvist, so let’s get on with it. Why this team sits on young talent the way it does is piss-poor roster management.
Blomqvist is an unproven at the nhl level.
Bloomer isn’t going anywhere. Ned is probably going for a pick. Jarry would bring a huge haul. Edmonton would be all in. He’s a homegrown hero with the Oil Kings and alot better than what they have now.
Keep Blomqvist. Trade Neds or Jarry if they can, whoever brings the biggest haul.
Trading Jarry makes the most sense – he would have high trade value and clear much needed cap space – the drop off from him to the other two is not as significant vs. the roster players they could get in return – and he has not proven the reliability needed to take the team through a tough playoff series. It would be the perfect move.
Yes trade Jarry while you can. The team wins more games under Ned and Blomqvist is the future (very near future and a stud Goalie that just may be able to win a Vezina before long). Get what you can for Jarry to set up next season, do your best to resign Ned as a bridge, (he should be able to be resigned for less than Jarry and move on. I don’t know who has called about Jarry, take the best offer, but minimum would be to try and deal with NJD for Simon Nemec, and either both or at… Read more »
You can only trade Jarry if it is truly an offer that can not be refused. The grass isnt always greener, and if you trade Jarry, then you are sending a bad message to your core. Jarry may not be all consistent all the time but he is among the top in the league…not the vezina group, but the one below it. If goalies were so easy to come by, and every prospect translated to NHL performance , then there would not be so many teams looking for goaltending this late in the season. A few times an all star,… Read more »
Jarry lost this team several games at the beginning of the season, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory on many occasions, forcing the team to abandon the higher pressure offense that had them averaging around 3 GF/60 minutes in October and early November to insulate Jarry. Even if Jarry was good enough to hold on and win 2 more of those games those 4 points would have our Penguins in a good position to not only challenge for the final Wild Card spot but 3rd place in the Metro. Jarry is not a good Goalie, particularly when the pressure… Read more »