Tristan Jarry Clashing With Oilers Teammates

Edmonton Oilers goalie Tristan Jarry

It appears that Tristan Jarry has once again not been endearing himself to his Edmonton Oilers teammates. 

Elliotte Friedman noted on his 32 Thoughts podcast Monday morning that "There's a lot of talk out there about Jarry got into it in practice with some of his teammates."

Noted Oilers insider Bob Stauffer originally revealed that, on his Oilers Now podcast on Friday. 

“There’s some extraneous things that have me quite concerned with Tristan. I can read between the lines of what was going on the ice yesterday in practice. There seemed to be some salvos flying. (And) I didn’t like that Jarry, when the Oilers lost 7-3 to Minnesota (on Jan. 31), talked about how the team is playing defensively in front of him,” said Stauffer. 

Then Friday night, Jarry went out and surrendered another five goals on 31 shots for an .839 save percentage in another disastrous outing, a 6-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. 

This latest practice incident that Stauffer and Friedman referred to isn't the first time that Jarry's practice 'look' has been under the microscope. Just last week, he was getting noticeably "lit up" in the morning session by his teammates. 

"I watched practice yesterday, and I know it's only practice... But I was watching drill after drill and Jarry was getting lit up," said Jason Gregor.  "I haven't seen a goalie give up that many goals in a while."

That seems to carry over into the games. Jarry now has a woeful 3.96 goals-against average and .862 save percentage over his 13 games with Edmonton.

We often talk about how a coach can "lose the room." It seems like that's the case with Jarry and the Oilers right now. 

The good news is that Connor Ingram stepped in and backstopped them to a much-needed 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, with a .923 Sv% for the game.

The Oilers are 30-25-8, clinging to third place in the Pacific Division. They are four points up on being out of a playoff spot, but in the glass-half-full department, they are also only three points back of the first-place Anaheim Ducks. 

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