Report: Penguins make Jarry available for trade

Less than a year after the Pittsburgh Penguins signed goaltender Tristan Jarry to a five-year contract worth nearly $27 million, they're entertaining the possibility of trading him.

The Penguins have let teams know Jarry is available, sources told The Athletic's Rob Rossi. However, the situation is reportedly fluid, and the club hasn't dismissed the notion of starting next season with Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic as its tandem in the crease.

Jarry has the right to file a 12-team no-trade list every season, so he can do that Monday when the NHL calendar flips to 2024-25, according to Rossi.

The ever-inconsistent netminder struggled this season, going 19-25-5 with a .903 save percentage in 51 games. He tied for the league lead with six shutouts. However, Nedeljkovic took his job down the stretch, as Jarry didn't appear any of the Pens' final 13 contests before they missed the playoffs for the second straight campaign.

Jarry inked his current pact July 1, 2023 as an unrestricted free agent. He's on the books through 2027-28.

The Penguins re-signed Nedeljkovic to a two-year deal with an average annual value of $2.5 million last Thursday. He was due to become a UFA on Monday.

Jarry has spent his entire eight-year career with the Penguins, who drafted him 44th overall in 2013. The 29-year-old has a career save percentage of .912 and has twice finished seventh in Vezina Trophy voting.

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