He has made two All-Star events, but the NHL has trouble getting goalies to play in those three-on-three mockeries.
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Jarry is hurt too much - five times in the previous 12 months as of season’s end - and he’s disappointed too often, not least when he blew the 2021 playoff series against the New York Islanders almost singlehandedly.
The re-upping of Jarry for too much ($5.375 million) and too long (five years) is not something I’d have done.
The Penguins now have four: Tristan Jarry, Alex Nedeljkovic, Casey DeSmith and Magnus Hellberg. Two Stanley Cups and a great soldier for the cause.) He played 546 regular-season games, 81 more in the playoffs. (Hats off to the departing Brian Dumoulin, by the way. Butcher and Smith both made NHL All-Rookie teams. So is Ty Smith, acquired from New Jersey in last year’s John Marino trade. But, at left defense, he’s blocked from an NHL spot. Solid and efficient, it’s surprising he has not made more NHL impact. My sleeper signing is defenseman Will Butcher, who won the Hobey Baker Award (college hockey’s Heisman) with Denver in 2017. Graves is good on the penalty kill, decent with the puck. He has been called a “shutdown defenseman,” but that terminology doesn’t really apply in today’s attack-first NHL. Graves is 6-foot-5 but doesn’t necessarily play big. Also, there’s nobody in the bottom six who can easily jump into the top six when somebody gets hurt.ĭefenseman Ryan Graves is a legit top-four defenseman and likely will partner with Kris Letang. A further shakeup might help but probably won’t be forthcoming. The Penguins’ top six has great talent but will be stale. Reilly Smith replacing Jason Zucker at wing is a lateral move. There’s better depth below the bottom six when injuries occur.
The third and fourth lines will spend far less time in the defensive zone. Lars Eller and Noel Acciari are efficient, pragmatic centers. New president of hockey ops Kyle Dubas has made quite an impact on the Pittsburgh Penguins roster during his brief tenure, and it feels like he’s just getting started.
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