Penguins Update: To Sign or Not to Sign…the Great Goalie Conundrum
I wasn’t planning to write an article today. I even told myself, “Buker you’re not going to write today. You’re gonna rest your brain.”
However, a statement made by our long-time reader and commenter Mike sparked a lively exchange in the comments section of a recent article. So I thought I’d toss something up on the blog to make it official.
I’ll start by posing a million dollar (or perhaps $6 million for 6-year) question. Should the Penguins re-sign UFA-to-be goalie Tristan Jarry?
A really tough question. Personally, I like Jarry and think he’s one of the better goalies in the league…when healthy. The numbers seem to support my opinion. Tristan’s ranked 17th out of 74 goalies who’ve appeared in at least 10 games in save percentage (.914), ahead of such notables as Darcy Kuemper (.910), Igor Shesterkin (.909) and former Pens Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray (.908 each.)
In goals saved above average (GSAA), a stat somewhat tied to workload, he’s 13th among the 73 ranked netminders at 8.67, again ahead of the others listed in the previous paragraph.