EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers had pondered a change in goal for some time, and on Friday, they made it happen.

The Oilers on Friday acquired Tristan Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins in a trade for Stuart Skinner , the goalie who helped get them to the past two Stanley Cup Finals. Edmonton also acquired forward Samuel Poulin, while sending defenseman Brett Kulak and a second-round pick in the 2029 NHL Draft to Pittsburgh, but the key focus for Oilers general manager Stan Bowman was in goal.

“I think it’s not so much a comment on Stuart Skinner, it’s just really maybe time for something different here,” Bowman said. “But I think we wanted to make sure that the person we were bringing in, we felt confident.”

And though the trade went down Friday, a change to Jarry was something

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