EDMONTON — The Pittsburgh Penguins have sipped from the Stanley Cup on five occasions. They’ve also filed for bankruptcy twice. Whether in good times and bad times — and it’s hard to imagine that many franchises in the history of North American professional sports have produced such extreme peaks and valleys over the past few decades — one undeniable truth has always been that this is a franchise that is never, ever boring.
Advertisement This remains true, and perhaps more than usual, on their annual voyage through western Canada. The soap opera feel to Tristan Jarry ’s downfall took a strange turn on Thursday when coach Mike Sullivan announced that the struggling goaltender had been sent back to Pittsburgh to work with Jon Elkin, the Penguins’ director of goaltending. Jarry had been on this road trip but, after struggling mightily in two of his three starts this season, did not dress in Winnipeg or Calgary.
Alex Nedeljkovic started both of those games with rookie Joel Blomqvist serving as his backup. In an uncharacteristic move, Sullivan started the trip in Winnipeg by declining to name his starting goaltender two hours before Sunday’s game against the Jets . A couple of days later in Calgary, Sullivan explained that Jarry was getting extra work with goaltending coach Andy Chiodo.
Jarry’s work with the team was limited during the past few days because he was only present for one full practice, which took place on Monday in Calgary. The only other workout wa.
