It seemed like an innocuous comment at the moment. But with the benefit of almost nine years, it proved to be insightful. During the Pittsburgh Penguins’ prospect development camp in Cranberry in June 2016,

Tristan Jarry is a talented goaltender who was mentioned as a candidate for Team Canada in the 2026 Winter Olympics as recently as last year. Alex Nedeljkovic is a scrappy battler on a two-year contract who has revived his career.

General manager Kyle Dubas said rookie netminder Joel Blomqvist will get a “prolonged look” in the net to build off of his debut earlier this year. Despite the small sample size, Blomqvist had quite the debut to build off.