In June of 2023, a handful of weeks after he took over as president of hockey operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Kyle Dubas flew to Edmonton to meet with goaltender Tristan Jarry, then a pending unrestricted free agent, at his offseason home.
From that encounter, Dubas felt comfortable enough to extend a lucrative five-year contract with a salary cap hit of $5.375 million to Jarry.
A little more than two years since that pact was signed, Dubas has sent Jarry back to Edmonton.
On Friday, the Penguins traded their talented but inconsistent goaltender to the Edmonton Oilers along with rookie forward Sam Poulin in exchange for goaltender Stuart Skinner, defenseman Brett Kulak and a second-round draft pick in 2029.
This transaction occurs with the Penguins scheduled to host the Oilers on Tuesday.
Skinner, 27, has played in 27 games with the Oilers this season and has an 11-8-4 record, a 2.83 goals-against average, an .891 save percentage and two shutouts.
The past two seasons, Skinner has helped the Oilers reach the Stanley Cup Finals.
Skinner is in the final year of a three-year contract with a salary cap hit of $2.6 million.
Kulak, 31, has played in 31 games and recorded two assists while averaging 17:42 of ice time per contest.
A left-handed shot, Kulak is in the final year of a four-year contract with a salary cap hit of $2.75 million.
Kulak and Skinner are each pending unrestricted free agents this upcoming offseason.
The transaction brings to an end a decade-long tenure for the 30-year-old Jarry with the club that drafted him in the second round (No. 44 overall) in 2013.
Installed as the starting goaltender to replace two-time Stanley Cup champion Matt Murray in 2020, Jarry was selected as an All-Star twice (2020 and 2022) while with the Penguins. But injuries and inconsistency derailed much of his time with the club.
Last season, in the second year of his current contract, the Penguins waived Jarry in January due to his struggles. After he went unclaimed, he was assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) before being summoned to the NHL club by March.
Jarry put those struggles behind him for the most part this season and was the club’s winningest goaltender in 2025-26. In 14 games, he had posted a 9-3-1 record, a 2.66 goals-against average, a .909 save percentage and one shutout.
Poulin was the Penguins’ first-round draft pick (No. 21 overall) in 2019, but he largely never lived up to that billing with the club.
In total, he has played in only 15 NHL contests over four seasons. So far in 2025-26, he has appeared in two NHL games and went without a point while averaging 13:49 of ice time per contest.
At the AHL level, Poulin emerged as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s top scorer this season with 20 points (nine goals, 11 assists) in 22 games.
Poulin, 24, is in the final year of a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000.