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Getting to know Tristan Jarry, Samuel Poulin and Spencer Stastney, the newest Edmonton Oilers
Samuel Poulin
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Ryley Delaney
Dec 13, 2025, 09:00 ESTUpdated: Dec 12, 2025, 18:24 EST
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The Edmonton Oilers have made a trade to change up their goaltending tandem.
On Friday morning, the Oilers traded Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak, and a 2029 second-round pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Tristan Jarry and Samuel Poulin. In a separate move, the Oilers traded a 2027 third-rounder to the Nashville Predators for Spencer Stastney.
With that being said, let’s get to know the three players coming in!

Tristan Jarry

Jarry was born in Surrey, British Columbia on Apr. 29, 1995. He played his junior hockey right here in Edmonton, spending parts of four seasons with the Western Hockey League’s Edmonton Oil Kings. He was a part of their 2013-14 team that won not just the Ed Chynoweth Cup, but also the Memorial Cup, the last WHL team to do so. Funnily enough, Jarry was teammates with Curtis Lazar and former Oiler Griffin Reinhart on that team.
The year before the Memorial Cup victory, Jarry was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the 2013 draft. His final junior season was in 2014-15, then turned professional to begin the 2015-16 season. With the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League, Jarry posted a .905 save percentage and 2.69 goals against average in 33 games.
In 2016-17, Jarry had a .925 save percentage and 2.15 goals against average in 45 games played, earning a game in the National Hockey League that season. He played 26 NHL games in 2017-18, but most of his 2018-19 season was spent in the AHL, where he had a .915 save percentage and 2.66 goals against average.
Finally, Jarry became an NHL regular for the 2019-20 season, serving as a 1B behind Matt Murray. In his first full season, he had a .921 save percentage and 2.43 goals against average in 33 games. He took over the starting job in 2020-21, posting a .909 save percentage and 2.75 goals against average in 39 games that season.
His best season by far was the 2021-22 season, posting a .919 save percentage and 2.42 goals against average, giving him a 12.8 Goals Save Above Expected, tied for the 10th-best in the league.
Jarry was solid in 2022-23, posting a .909 save percentage and 2.90 goals against average in 47 games, but continued to regress in 2023-24, as he had a .903 save percentage and 2.91 goals against average in 51 games. Last season was a tough one for the 30-year-old, as Jarry registered an .893 save percentage and 3.09 goals against average in 36 games, by far the worst season of his career. That season was so bad that he was waived early in 2025.
The netminder looks like he’s regained his form in 2025-26, as he has a .909 save percentage and 2.66 goals against average in 14 games this season. Jarry’s 9.8 GSAx ranks 16th in the league, and 14th in the league among goalies with 14 or more games played. For context, Skinner has a 6.9 GSAx.
Jarry carries a cap hit of $5.375-million and will be a free agent after the 2027-28 season.

Samuel Poulin

The addition of Poulin in this trade is an interesting one. The Blainville, QuĂ©bec native was drafted 21st overall by the Penguins in the 2019 after playing the majority of his junior career with the Sherbrooke PhƓnix. In his first AHL season, the 6’2”, 213 lb winger scored 16 goals and 37 points in 72 games, making him one of the Penguins’ top prospects.
Throughout his career, Poulin has had a cup of tea in each season since 2022-23, but has played just 15 games with two assists, including two games in 2025-26. That said, he’s been a productive player at the AHL level, scoring nine goals and 20 points in 22 games in 2025-26, after scoring a career-high 19 goals and 43 points in 57 games last season.
Perhaps with a change of scenery, things can be different for the 24-year-old. Look no further than fellow 2019 draftee, Vasily Podkolzin. Since being traded to the Oilers, he’s played heavy minutes alongside Leon Draisaitl and has blossomed. Hopefully, Poulin gets a look as a cheap option with some potential.

Spencer Stastney

The Kulak-era in Edmonton has come to an end. You have to give the left-shot defenceman his flowers since the Oilers acquired him from the Montréal Canadiens before the 2022 trade deadline, as he never missed a game for the team. 
Kulak played 295 regular season games, scoring 15 goals and 71 points in 295 games. In the postseason, Kulak played 75 games, scoring three goals and 20 points. Sure, the Oilers gave up the pick that was eventually used to draft Lane Hutson, but you make this trade every day of the week.
Unfortunately, Kulak was starting to regress in 2025-26. Through 31 games, the third-pairing defender had just two points with a -7. If the Oilers were going to trade a defender, it had to be Kulak, especially since his salary plus Skinner’s matched Jarry’s cap hit.
The Oilers made a separate move by sending a 2027 third to the Predators for left-shot defenceman Spencer Stastney. Drafted 131st in the 2018 draft, the 6’0”, 184 lbs defender spent four seasons at Notre Dame, scoring seven goals and 27 points in 39 games during his senior year.
His first full professional season in 2022-23 saw him score five goals and 13 points in 56 games with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals, with a goal and six points in 16 playoff games. Stastney also got a cup of tea in the NHL that season, playing eight games.
His 2023-24 season was mainly spent in the AHL, scoring five goals and 20 points in 44 games, but got a longer look with the Predators, scoring two goals and four points in 20 games. The Woodridge, Illinois native split his 2024-25 season between the AHL and NHL, picking up three assists in 23 NHL games, along with three goals and 17 points in 26 AHL games.
Stastny has spent the entirety of the 2025-26 season with the Predators, scoring a goal and nine points in 30 games. At just 25 years old, he has a cap hit of $825,000 and will be a restricted free agent after this season.
He’s Kulak’s replacement on Mattias Ekholm’s former team in a move similar to the Ty Emberson trade.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Oilersnation, FlamesNation, and Blue Jays Nation. Follow her on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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