Kyle Dubas on why Penguins waived Tristan Jarry, attempts to trade him

[@dhunter1133]

I feel terrible for Jarry. He was anointed as the Pens' future before Matt Murray had even experienced his dramatic fall from grace. Those kind of expectations came very close to killing Flower's career back in 2013 and they have basically finished Jarry's.

[@Michael-hq1iq]

dubas gave Jarry a big contract with term when a 1 or 2 year deal was a whole less risky

[@marksieber4626]

Sorry to see a guy lose his job. Happy to see penguins finally making any kind of move. Hope he can prove his critics wrong.

[@raymondnesbitt8751]

He will be okay, and have another role somewhere else making millions. I can't feel bad for millionaires lol

[@PrimeRacingNetwork]

​@@raymondnesbitt8751 nobody wants him He's terrible

[@curtismuise3300]

One of the worst GM's

[@serotoninlight7269]

Dufas isn’t a good gm this coming a leafs fan

[@The_Doom_Abides]

We all know he has it in him to be an allstar caliber goalie as we've seen him be that twice. Just think he needs a fresh start elsewhere where he can go in being the back up and work towards taking the net from the starter.

[@tiogoala7654]

Dubas does NOT know goalies! He made the position a revolving door in Toronto. He never did find a good starter in Toronto. It's a common theme in the NHL these days, generally goalies are giving up goals on the first 5 shots against early in a game.

[@scottl.1568]

Serious question -- Would Pittsburgh have been any worse off today had they just brought Fleury back 4 or 5 years ago?

[@Mateusofchrist]

Slightly better playoff performance if I had to guess

[@serotoninlight7269]

As a leafs guys . This guys has no clue on what he doing

[@brandonsitch6264]

Jarry will be an ahl goalie making 5 mil wow.

[@theGENIUSofART-understood]

welcome to life under dubas. was the same in toronto

[@dondonaldson1684]

Same with Jack Campbell when Oilers waived him.

[@jimc2384]

Not if another teams claims him. Lets hope they do.

[@loganocota]

the hardest position in pittsburgh sports is starting goalie. first with murray being a backup. fans wanted him over flower (at the time) and he did. then fans started hating him over jarry (backup to murr at the time). jarry became starter then now is hated more over his backup ned.

[@craigbyerly8808]

Really? I think the quarterback of the Steelers is wayyyyy more important. And harder. They are a global franchise. I love hockey. But the pens are small time compared to the Steelers.

[@Annie_M246]

I know some are seeing this with joy. I agree it need to be done, but I can't take glee with anyone's failure. (OK, maybe Tom Wilson). For those calling Malkin and Letang 2nd liners, strap on the skates, put yourself thru what they have for years, deal with ungrateful "fans" who think they should be running the NHL...then get stuffed. No one really cares what you think.

[@jamefishin3333]

Thank you, I see that exact garbage comment below. If you’re going to disrespect Malkin and Letang, just get out of here. Two of the most legendary penguins.

[@jfkst1]

Malkin and Letang ARE 2nd line players now. That's not an insult at all look at their ages to be able to play that well is still a testament to their ability. 90 plus percent of players are retired by now.

[@brianbarefoot6574]

People are expressing their opinions and frustrations, just like you just did. You don't like their opinions so I guess the only opinion that matters is yours. So I guess I could say to you....get stuffed, No one really cares what you think.

[@BlueAgaveStudios]

@@jfkst1 Fans just can't accept the new reality.

[@jfkst1]

@@BlueAgaveStudios I know it's infuriating. Most of them just want a simple retool and think it's going to be a snap of the fingers for the team to be back as playoff contenders. It's insane delusion that's going to make the organization worse overall.

[@TheBearGuyCanada]

Its a start.....definitely a late start.....but its a start. I just hope this means more is to come. There is so many things wrong here and there is zero chance of any playoff run let alone making them. The team consists of one star, a couple second liners, a bunch of third liners.......and then east coast players. The defense is made up of guys that need a solid stay at home defenseman to insulate their risky play and the team has no one. The goaltending.....well enough said. The real news I want to hear and won't.....Sully is fired. Fire this man and get his toxic vibe gone! They could go 0-36 to finish, but if he is gone the year is a success.

[@scottconrad4719]

A star who is clearly showing his age in the defensive zone. They got nothing. Nothing in WBS either. But lets' not forget who signed Jarry.

[@TheBearGuyCanada]

@@scottconrad4719 , to be honest, why is Sid required to be so great of a two way player? Stars on other teams get a pass whereas Sid has spoiled this team with being so responsible. Is he showing his age or losing passion out of watching horrible goalies letting in fluff?. With that said, Rust is not good in his own zone, and neither is Rakell......so to expect Sid to button it all up and pick up after the Letangs and Karlssons.....thats lofty expectations. Watching the games, Sid is making incredible passes that aren't being finished and if he was on any other team, would most likely be top five for points in the league. To expect anymore from him is unrealistic, especially on this team. As for Dubas, his body of work speaks volumes, he builds soft teams that can't take the grind, especially in the playoffs. Then you have a coach who doesn't like big and mean, hell he didn't play the big fella that scored last night, Olesiak, he never used Ryan Reaves, but give him a Connor Sheary or Domink Simon and look out! I mention these two, cause they were another two clowns that Sid had to drag along with him, are they even still in the league? We all like to blame Hextall for crippling this team and he has, JR for trading every pick away for decades, but I am waiting for ONE significant move Dubas has made to better this team! That move should be firing Sullivan and turning the page of Malkin, Letang, Rust, Karlsson, and I dare say Crosby. Let 87 finish his career playing elsewhere to highlight how bloody talented he is with other talented players. You watch the Four Nations Cup, you won't recognize the guy with 87 on his back, he will shine!

[@c.9914]

​ @TheBearGuyCanada The man was getting into fights even in the last pre-season. Cup dreams are long gone, as are the hopes of seeing them be built to last a few rounds, at least get out of the first, or even make the playoffs. More about not wanting to see them slough through another season of getting whooped, losing in embarrassing, repetitive ways, during notable games, and having it all be for naught.

[@TheBearGuyCanada]

@@c.9914 Are you talking Reaves? never too early to set the tone, teams quickly learn liberties are not to be taken or there’s consequences. It’s something that is missing on this team. Even Crosby getting cross checked last game, someone should have stepped up in that game. But no one did, no one does, and not sure there’s anyone on team that could fight their way out of a wet paper bag, unless Sid has to fight too.

[@c.9914]

@TheBearGuyCanada I meant Cosby having to do that, too. Similar to what you mentioned in that last line. Though they do have to be disciplined to avoid retaliation penalties.

[@c.9914]

Hmm. Seemed like the last few games were giving him (another) chance to prove himself.

[@lp3078]

BRING IN THATCHER DEMKO OR BETTER YET JOHN GIBSON

[@kevinhirtle9754]

He will probably be bought out in the summer

[@alchemical.fitness]

Dubs had a difficult time keeping smile off his face with prospects of having Tristan get claimed lol..not a chance with that deal$$$

[@MikeS29]

Time for Ron Francis to do the same with Grubauer

[@95PoundMole]

2:18 Signature Signigns/Moves: Jarry, Graves, Karlsson. 0-3 swing and a miss booboo lip at 2:21. Why in the holy heck should Pens fans trust in this garbage or the "this year will be better, Sid!" Massachussets owners that kiss Sullivan's crusty smelly rings daily?

[@hellobnice]

bout time took enough with 1 goal on 3 shots shit

[@stevestruhar2100]

He still gets paid so don't feel to bad

[@bryanb7050]

Thank god. Should have happened a LONGGGGGGGG time ago

[@inflintity]

His body language, his eye contact, says what I’ve been saying and what Toronto fans have been saying all along. He’s not about logic or anything hockey for that matter, he approaches the job with only mathematics and when it comes to hockey, luck. People want to dog on the Penguins goalies, they were the absolute most consistent players on the whole team. The best goalie in the world wouldn’t make a difference.

[@XEX3Z]

Most consistent? They’re the most consistent at giving up goals in the opening shots of the game and not coming up with timely saves. .880s save percentage at $5mil AAV is waiver worthy

[@BaconTaco412]

yeah he consistently let goals in on the first 5 shots of the game and consistently incapable of providing a quality start 😭its no wonder the Pens gave up so easily every single game having this clown in ur net is straight up demoralizing.

[@earlviney5212]

Well what are you going to say when the leafs get eliminated again? So much for their great GMs.

[@inflintity]

You guys are insane, are you like his kids or something? I can say I would choose Dubas that you love so much over you as GM.

[@inflintity]

There is absolutely no argument any of you can win as to what good has this GM ever done. And if you pull the argument he inherited this mess, OK, what has he done to make it better? Nothing, he’s only made it worse.

[@alchemical.fitness]

Pens should trade assets and rebuild properly. Gino, Sid, Karlsson, Letang gone..then they'd have some good draft picks and young pieces and can look fwd to a new era of Pens hockey. Jarry is untradeable atm IMO..same for Karlsson unless he retains big in both scenarios

[@TheFlamingPike]

I think Sid calls the shots just like Mario used to call the shots, not the GM. Besides, they have no-trade contracts ( at least, Crosby and Malkin do, from what I know ), so it really is up to the players to decide. So yeah, they have to try and convince those guys to lift their clause and go elsewhere, of course, and it would be best for everyone. But I'm not sure everybody is willing right now. They're still in the playoffs race as we speak, and I don't think Crosby would submit unless they were tanking hard.

[@theGENIUSofART-understood]

joel can 'have a go at it?' is that your plan. holy crap.

[@bstar777777]

What else is he supposed to do at this point? The season is over, so may as well see what Blom can do, it surely can't be any worse.

[@tomcatsportscards1819]

Exactly....what would you like him to say other than that, He's going to have a fair shot to play some games moving forward. You don't have to commit to any one player as you rebuild!

[@jimc2384]

Joel and Ned can do as good or better than Jarry. He is making over 5 mil a year. He needs to stop pucks. He has not. He has had plenty of chances over the last 4-5 years. Time to move on from Jarry.

[@theGENIUSofART-understood]

Because you are throwing a young goalie into the deep. because if jarry has been waived, he loses trade value. because if he's playing and 7-7, someone will be interested because ned really isn't a num 1.

[@Mateusofchrist]

​@@jimc2384exactly

[@kissed61]

This classic Toronto Dubas, spending resources to cover for mistakes

[@cpark49]

Kyle Dubas is a complete embarrassment to the sport.

[@brandonsitch6264]

Tristan. Is not a good goalie. The way he moves is not nhl like he struggles to be consistent and lets in to many weak goals. Can’t fix that

[@ardenherman4176]

Dubas is not a nhl G.M. period. Ahl material only.

[@GreekboyyD]

He’s a 🤡

[@dennismcconaghy5515]

When does Dubas get on with a real re-build in Pittsburgh?

[@alexracco1618]

Dubas probably want to get Matt Murray back to win the Stanley Cup

[@dondonaldson1684]

He is available.

[@Hillywillbilly]

Jarry one of the worst goalies to ever play in the nhl …. Can’t believe he stuck around this long after that islanders series a few years ago

[@c.9914]

@Hillywillbilly Team has had problems, that position being a big one of them. Curious to see what he would do elsewhere.

[@paulchow4684]

DUFAS the clown lol how many years Dufas has left or is he gonna get fired before that lol worst GM in the league besides the sabres

[@kanenufc873]

San Jose do us a favor...

[@1pbdecoded1pb]

The Sharks have Yaroslav Askarov. They are good.

[@scottconrad4719]

All in an attempt to clear salary. Both he and Ned equally stink and their stats show it. Ned most likely gets claimed because of his salary and term. In any, this clown speaking signed him and IMO that was a fireable offense.

[@Bhutchin09]

This is in no way an attempt to clear salary. It saves the team next to nothing unless he gets claimed. And Ned isn’t being waived. I wasn’t a fan of the jarry signing but you also have to understand there wasn’t some robust goalie market

[@HutchIsOnYT]

@@Bhutchin09 get out of here with your reasonable takes. this comment section is meant for raging boomer takes only

[@1pbdecoded1pb]

Whatever. When or If Blomqvist fails or cools down or whatever you simply bring Jarry back up. This is actually PERFECT. The Pens have 4 goalies and all should be routinely sent to WBS and back looking for who is hot. Why? Jarry will always clear waivers going down and coming back up.

[@davidsmith-zb1id]

You are in trouble Pittsburgh with Dufus in charge. Draft choices are as good as gone with this guy in charge

[@Bhutchin09]

He’s done nothing but acquire prospects, young players and many draft picks. I’d suggest you actually know what you’re talking about before making statements

[@michaelfreeland2791]

Funny. We are accumulating more and more picks now. Educate yourself

[@BlueAgaveStudios]

@@michaelfreeland2791 A salty and typically misinformed Leafs fan.

[@willie9397]

@@michaelfreeland2791 toronto fans just cant let go can they, the difference between TO and Pit, this core has made it to the finish line 3 of 4 times lol

[@GreekboyyD]

Yep. Dude is a straight up 🤡 but FSG gave him the job telling him he couldn’t do a full rebuild.

[@paulchow4684]

EK was your biggest mistake how u gonna fix that

[@Mateusofchrist]

Dude EK has been the biggest Pens bust and worst defenseman in the last 5 years. Turnover machine, bad passes that no one anticipates and don't ask him to make a hit or block a shot. He turns into a stick figure and holds his stick out and they shoot off the rush and dust the goalie. Every time. Grzelyck and Karlsson are the WORST Pens D pair. They're better off playing Graves and St. Ivany when he gets healthy. Never should've lost Matheson and Marino. Better players and WAY less money.

[@ModMokkaMatti]

Can't you just get rid of that Dubas fellow? Why is he still there?

[@GreekboyyD]

Dubas 🤡🤡🤡

[@jakesmith6233]

Good luck finding someone to take on his contract, especially with how awful he's been this season.

[@jtruong416]

About TIME!!! 🎉🎉🎉 playing game with EMPTY net will have better results!! If teams can get 2 goals out of one shot this is the perfect goalie to keep in net!!

[@johnmassung]

What took so long, eh? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@earlviney5212]

Now get rid of Ned and bring up Larson.

[@jamefishin3333]

He needs more development I think

[@theGENIUSofART-understood]

Just look at Dubas's body language and tone of voice. Sounds so unsure of himself. Calls a press conference because they are going on a road trip and then a break? what? for what??? then he's shruggjng his shoulders like a six year old. Dubas, i've been following you since 2018 in Toronto. This nonsense has to stop. You've not brought toronto or the pens forward one step. That's the truth. you need a sidekick with a god strategic head, in the mould of cliff fletcher, to help you make decisions. For example, you don't put jarry on waivers. You hold on to him, in the ahl is fine and you sign a solid goalie at 3-4 million who gets you a consistent 900 + and doesn't get injured, like a martin jones. You let ned and blom take the other 32 games. You play jarry against some crap teams, 4-5 games total. Then the team feels better about what is in net and knows how many goals they need to win. You then package jarry with someone like eller(you traded him for A THIRD????? to a division rival,?? wtf?) but yes you package jarry with someone, even a prospect, for a second pairing, stay at home d who blocks shots and shuts it down in the third period. Then your goalies have at least some protection some of the time. You have to think strategically and for the long term not this fiddling about and reactionary thinking. hit me up. i'm a toronto boy and i can help you out. (i'm also a university of cambridge graduate, no dummy, so i'll get you settled and get this team going)

[@PeterDimitra]

The Pittsburgh team not only has a stupid coach, but also a stupid GM. For some reason, Jarry was accused of all sins and they couldn’t even exchange him!? This is a lost team, these are lost fans.

[@theGENIUSofART-understood]

Just look at Dubas's body language and tone of voice. Sounds so unsure of himself. Calls a press conference because they are going on a road trip and then a break? what? for what??? then he's shruggjng his shoulders like a six year old. Dubas, i've been following you since 2018 in Toronto. This nonsense has to stop. You've not brought toronto or the pens forward one step. That's the truth. you need a sidekick with a god strategic head, in the mould of cliff fletcher, to help you make decisions. For example, you don't put jarry on waivers. You hold on to him, in the ahl is fine and you sign a solid goalie at 3-4 million who gets you a consistent 900 + and doesn't get injured, like a martin jones. You let ned and blom take the other 32 games. You play jarry against some crap teams, 4-5 games total. Then the team feels better about what is in net and knows how many goals they need to win. You then package jarry with someone like eller(you traded him for A THIRD????? to a division rival,?? wtf?) but yes you package jarry with someone, even a prospect, for a second pairing, stay at home d who blocks shots and shuts it down in the third period. Then your goalies have at least some protection some of the time. You have to think strategically and for the long term not this fiddling about and reactionary thinking. hit me up. i'm a toronto boy and i can help you out. (i'm also a university of cambridge graduate, no dummy, so i'll get you settled and get this team going)

[@GreekboyyD]

Dubas is a straight up 🤡

[@robsavage9440]

Get over yourself, armchair GM... real foolproof plan there...😂🤣🤣