Campbell is the likely one to be traded. If Quick was 27, someone would take him. Nobody needs a soon to be 33 year old with many years on a contract. $7m actual dollars next year. Nobody needs that.
Q: Then why are GMs calling to inquire about him?
A: Because they know it takes 16 games to win the Stanley Cup and that less than 20% of all NHL goalies are capable of doing that.
The contract and age do not matter. Only 2 things matter: his health and if he's playing 95% of what his history has shown. PERIOD. Those are the
2 qualifiers. Health and playing to his capabilities.
Contract does not matter, because a similar contract will come back (PLUS a #1 pick or top prospect - this is what makes the Kings better)
There's actually no reason not to trade Quick for a very good offer. Wishing him to retire as a King is not one of them.
The ONLY reason to even consider keeping him, if there's a chance at a Cup in 2 years...and there's not.
If you don;t want to trade him - you care more about Quick and do not care about making the Kings a better team - because he's the optimum one to trade to get something back that makes the Kings better in the future. (DD would as well, but will not happen due to contract)
Only 2 tradable Kings can get a very good return: Quick and Muzzin. (these would as well: DD , Kopitar, Cal Petersen, Kupari, JAD, Clague...but they will not be traded)
Hagelin, Carter, Toffoli, Martinez, Brown, Kovalchuk, Campbell, Forbort, will not get a good return - at least good enough to make the Kings better. Some of them
will still be traded. IE: Getting a 3rd for Hagelin does not make the Kings better....getting a #1 or top prospect for Quick, makes the Kings better in the future.
The best time to trade a player is when they have peaked and just beginning to trend down. Missed that on Carter, etc. Quick will begin going down within
2 years and the Kings have 2 capable replacements. One year ago, they really did not. Petersen and Campbell have proved they can play and play now.
Campbell is better than the return you could get for him. Petersen would probably be in a short list of 5 not to trade.