{"id":345906,"date":"2025-12-13T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345906\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:46:08","slug":"nhl-updates-edmonton-oilers-explored-buffalo-sabres-netminder-before-acquiring-tristan-jarry-from-penguins-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345906\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Updates: Edmonton Oilers Explored Buffalo Sabres Netminder Before Acquiring Tristan Jarry From Penguins | NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tristan-jarry.jpg\" alt=\"NHL Updates: Edmonton Oilers Explored Buffalo Sabres Netminder Before Acquiring Tristan Jarry From Penguins\" title=\"Tristan Jarry at Penguins vs Blue Jackets\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Tristan Jarry at Penguins vs Blue Jackets Fans and critics alike were left shocked when the Edmonton Oilers pulled the trigger on the trade for primary goalie Stuart Skinner. Despite carrying the franchise to two Stanley Cup Finals, the 27-year-old was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in return for Tristan Jarry.But before they pulled this blockbuster move, the Oilers explored other goaltending solutions as well before settling for Jarry. And according to one prominent insider, Edmonton was also interested in a netminder from the Buffalo Sabres.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Sabres Missed Opportunity To Clear Goaltending Logjam With Alex Lyon<\/p>\n<p>The decision to trade for Jarry seems almost natural, seeing his stats this season. With a GAA of 2.66 and an SV% of .909, he seems like a clear upgrade from Skinner. However, Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman believes that Alex Lyon also came close to landing in Edmonton.In the latest episode of the 32 Thoughts Podcast, the insider revealed that the Oilers had also approached the Sabres to find if Lyon was the answer to their problem. Friedman clarified that the interest wasn\u2019t as serious as their pursuit of Jarry, but it might\u2019ve potentially served as a fallback option.\u201cI believe the Oilers poked around Alex Lyon. Not as seriously as Jarry, but it was there,\u201d Friedman explained. The insider made it clear that Lyon was surely on Edmonton\u2019s radar.But in the end, the trade with the Penguins opened up. And while the Oilers finally got their replacement for Skinner, the Penguins got a goalie who has shown hints of brilliance throughout the season while also securing D-man Brett Kulak.If the Oilers had settled with the Sabres, not only would they have had the chance to bring in the playoff experience of Skinner on the roster, but they might\u2019ve also snagged Kulak. The D-man would\u2019ve been a dependable name on the Sabres\u2019 struggling blue line.Additionally, while Lyon remains the primary name coming up in reports, rumors suggest that the trio of Ukko-Pekka-Luukkonen could also be available. According to Friedman, the franchise might be looking to offload a few of these names and free up cap space.All four goalies continue to fight for time on ice, and with the side struggling to remain in the playoffs so far, the abundance of goaltending talent isn\u2019t helping them. So a move to let one of the names go would\u2019ve proved to be substantial for Buffalo.Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nhl\/news\/nhl-updates-zach-hyman-powers-edmonton-oilers-past-detroit-red-wings-with-hat-trick-performance\/articleshow\/125936405.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Updates: Zach Hyman powers the Edmonton Oilers past Detroit Red Wings with a miracle Hat Trick<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tristan Jarry at Penguins vs Blue Jackets Fans and critics alike were left shocked when the Edmonton Oilers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[191254,64,63,191255,6581,3275,191257,575,71518,191256,4785,85,78794,191253],"class_list":{"0":"post-345906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-alex-lyon","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-brett-kulak","12":"tag-buffalo-sabres","13":"tag-edmonton-oilers","14":"tag-goaltending-solutions","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-trade-news","17":"tag-nhl-updates","18":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-stuart-skinner","21":"tag-tristan-jarry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}