The Penguins: to Sign or Not to Sign (or Should Not Have Signed)

This morning I happened to be talking to our good friend Rick Buker at our favorite fitness facility, Wright’s Gym and Krav Maga. As is our wont, the subject of our favorite flightless fowl came up. The discussion began focused on Rick’s most recent posting, UFA Will Butcher being signed by the black and gold and our team’s love affair with under-sized players.

I reminded Rick of a Defenseman I proposed as a FA signing several years ago, Oliwer Kaski.

We also discussed the poorly thought out signing of Tristan Jarry.

Rick suggested I turn our discussion into an article. Without further ado, Rick B and my Penguin Talk.

The Laziness of the Jarry Signing

Tristan Jarry Goalie

I am so sick of listening to the less than sophisticated defenses I have heard for Kyle Dubas’ re-signing Tristan Jarry – “Who else could he have signed?” What a ridiculous response.

Before I go any further, let us look at some cold hard realities. The average back-up goalie in the NHL plays between 15 and 30 games with 22 Games Played (GP sitting roughly in the middle of that range.

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