Confirmed Trade: [WSH/LAK] Pierre-Luc Dubois for Darcy Kuemper (no salary retained)

[MileHighCapsFan]

It’s not nearly as crazy as people are making it seem but I suspect most aren’t interested in actually learning why the Caps might take this gamble (and yes, it’s certainly a gamble even looking at it optimistically) and would rather just scream about PLD’s contract as if they are the ones breaking the news that it is expensive.

100% agreed. It's a gamble. But our depth at C is Strome, McMike, Hendrix... with nothing in the prospect depths (mostly all wingers). He auto becomes the #2 while bumping everyone else down.

 

[TGWL]

The get out of your bad contracts day to be remembered. Need to get this done before capfriendly goes down.

 

[Xoggz22]

I actually think, this is not bad for WSH.
Has anybody seen their cap structure on capfriendly?
They are effing old. And so many of these contracts will run out soon.

Trading away their old goal tender is a good thing.
They are gonna be a young, rebuilding team very soon.

That PLD contract will never hurt them, because of their cap structure. Go to capfriendly, as long as you still can.

Yes, old and declining and bring in a cancer. that's not typically how teams turn it around. They tend to want to dump contracts for picks or prospects that will have a little horizon. PLD is not the answer and I'm so glad to see him back in the Metro.

 

[bossram]

The Kings have a history with Keumper and helped turn his career back around.

Kuemper was in the Kings organization?

 

[Gaud]

Dubois and Ovy sounds like a physically huge duo, though. I guess the caps feel he will play better there? Seems to me like they gave a gift to LA, though all that stuff they gave for what is basically Kuemper now is horrendous.

 

[KingsHockey24]

LETS f***ING GO BLAKE.

 

[Sky04]

Is it just me or is it very odd that so many trades are happening while the finals are also still happening?

You find it odd trades are happening 10 days before free agency?

 

[YP44]

It's a win for the Kings but it stills looks terrible. In effect, they traded Vilardi, Iafallo, Kupari, and a 1st for Kuemper.

How is Blake still employed?

Also, poor Caps. It's gonna be a long mess after Ovechkin retires

it was a 2nd wasn't it? But still pretty bad optics. how Blake has a job is beyond me,

 

[Gaud]

Out of interest did PLD have to agree to this trade?

that only kicks in july 1st

 

[KingsHockey24]

Kuemper was in the Kings organization?

He went 10-1 with a 2.10 GAA and .932% with three shutouts as an LAK.

 

[Smif]

are the caps gonna buy him out?

Why wouldn't they have just bought Kuemper out instead??

 

[The Red Line]

I don’t really like this for either team, weird trade.

 

[Xoggz22]

He's older and it's a 66% buyout. If they complete it fast enough, PLD is a 33% buyout.

Unless the SC final goes to 7 games. Then....bye bye 33% opportunity. Come on Oilers! Make it 7!

 

[KingsHockey24]

It's a win for the Kings but it stills looks terrible. In effect, they traded Vilardi, Iafallo, Kupari, and a 1st for Kuemper.

How is Blake still employed?

Also, poor Caps. It's gonna be a long mess after Ovechkin retires

Last time we traded Kuemper it was for Tobias Rieder lol.

 

[91Fedorov]

Even at 2/3 it‘s still way less money

Darcy

2024-25	$4,000,000	$5,250,000	$2,000,000	$916,667	$2,916,667	$3,083,333	$2,166,667
2025-26	$2,500,000	$5,250,000	$2,000,000	$916,667	$2,916,667	$1,583,333	$3,666,667
2026-27	$1,750,000	$5,250,000	$2,000,000	$916,667	$2,916,667	$833,333	$4,416,667
2027-28	$0	$0	$0	$916,667	$916,667	-$916,667	$916,667
2028-29	$0	$0	$0	$916,667	$916,667	-$916,667	$916,667
2029-30	$0	$0	$0	$916,667	$916,667	-$916,667	$916,667

PLD

2024-25	$8,000,000	$8,500,000	$3,250,000	$1,130,952	$4,380,952	$6,869,048	$1,630,952
2025-26	$8,100,000	$8,500,000	$3,250,000	$1,130,952	$4,380,952	$6,969,048	$1,530,952
2026-27	$7,100,000	$8,500,000	$2,000,000	$1,130,952	$3,130,952	$5,969,048	$2,530,952
2027-28	$5,850,000	$8,500,000	$1,000,000	$1,130,952	$2,130,952	$4,719,048	$3,780,952
2028-29	$5,830,000	$8,500,000	$1,000,000	$1,130,952	$2,130,952	$4,699,048	$3,800,952
2029-30	$5,810,000	$8,500,000	$1,000,000	$1,130,952	$2,130,952	$4,679,048	$3,820,952
2030-31	$6,810,000	$8,500,000	$0	$1,130,952	$1,130,952	$5,679,048	$2,820,952
2031-32	$0	$0	$0	$1,130,952	$1,130,952	-$1,130,952	$1,130,952
2032-33	$0	$0	$0	$1,130,952	$1,130,952	-$1,130,952	$1,130,952
2033-34	$0	$0	$0	$1,130,952	$1,130,952	-$1,130,952	$1,130,952
2034-35	$0	$0	$0	$1,130,952	$1,130,952	-$1,130,952	$1,130,952
2035-36	$0	$0	$0	$1,130,952	$1,130,952	-$1,130,952	$1,130,952
2036-37	$0	$0	$0	$1,130,952	$1,130,952	-$1,130,952	$1,130,952
2037-38	$0	$0	$0	$1,130,952	$1,130,952	-$1,130,952	$1,130,952

It would be better for the years they're trying to get the most out of Ovie. Just a hunch.

 

[ShootIt]

PLD is the new Mike Sillinger.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Holy hell. Teams will never learn to just cut your losses and buy a dude out or trade him with something attached to it.

Both of these teams somehow decided to trade for another horrific contract and be in the exact same position.

 

[SmytheKing]

Listing the assets he traded for PLD and saying it's for Kuemper somehow makes the trade even more comical.

Even funnier when you consider the Kings had Kuemper and they gave him away so they could sign Cal Peterson who they had to trade assets so they could get rid of his contract too.

 

[um]

A day or 7 years, mate?

Tbd.

 

[Buddy The Elf]

A lot of bad takes here. I'm going to wager that at least 95% of Kings fans are fine with this trade ignoring the assets squandered to get PLD in the first place. I honestly hope PLD figures it out with the capitals but I won't be holding my breath. If Kuemper contributes at all it will be a win for the Kings. People crapping on his play forget that the Kings made the playoffs last year with Cam Talbot and Dave Rittich/Phoenix Copley as their goalies. What's the worst that can happen?

 

[Prairie Habs]

The get out of your bad contracts day to be remembered. Need to get this done before capfriendly goes down.

If PLD doesn't work out in Washington they can just say he only had 1 year left on his deal. Who else would know? The league proved with the dadonov thing that they don't.

 

[Dog]

LA saved millions of dollars by trading that disaster of a player.

 

[jetsforever]

That is insane for both LA and Dubois

 

[Oddbob]

Is it just me or is it very odd that so many trades are happening while the finals are also still happening?

You do realize it is June 19th already and the next game isn't until the 21st right? Very small window before UFA and draft happens. Maybe teams wait if the Cup is over by the 10th or something, but not when there is less than 2 weeks to do stuff before the new seasons contracts, etc, start. Trading during the Finals being an issue is really a fan made up thing.

 

[Rafafouille]

You also have to remember the Kings had Kuemper and basically gave him away for free to sign Cal Petersen whom they had to pay to get of last year.
So its Vilardi, Iafallo, Kupari, Durzi, Walker, Grans, 2nd round pick, paying salary retention to Columbus for Provorov all just to end up with a guy they gave away for nothing in his prime in Kuemper.
It is insane Rob Blake still has a job.

You got the timeline wrong. That was a long time before Petersen's big contract. At the time they moved Kuemper to get Jack Campbell up in the NHL. Campbell and Petersen were splitting time in the AHL. Kuemper Trade gave the backup spot to Campbell and the AHL starting spot to Petersen but it was unrelated to a contract as Petersen was about to start the second year of his ELC.