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Penguins Update: In Tristan Jarry’s Defense

Related Topics: Antti Niemi, Tristan Jarry

Anyone who’s been following the recent plight of our Penguins knows that goalie Tristan Jarry is persona non grata in these parts. Public Enemy No. 1 and the anti-Christ all rolled into one. The root of all our evils.

In Jarry’s defense?

He has no defense.

Let me explain.

Step into the WABAC machine with me if you will to the start of the 2017-18 season. Following our second of back-to-back Stanley Cups, we experienced significant roster turnover. One of those changes involved paying the fledging Vegas Golden Knights a second-round pick to take franchise goalie Marc-André Fleury off our hands in the expansion draft.