As soon as the dust settled on the Penguins’ season, general manager Jim Rutherford knew he had a log jam coming in net. Both Matt Murray and Tristan Jarry are up for new contracts, and both can utilize arbitration to do so, meaning the economic pressures on a cap-strapped team and a flat salary cap turned the writing on the wall into a loud pitch. Rutherford has managed from the angle of keeping goalie depth as long as he can, but now circumstances are going to dictate a change. We saw that on the TSN list of trade bait, with Murray at the very top.
Report: Penguins have “offers on the table” for trading away a goalie
