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

[Jared Dunn]

The managers also get paid to do a job too. Some players need to be put in the best spot to produce. Paying Dubois $8.5M and moving him to 3C is not the right management. Fans are thinking... but yeah, he deserved it! Well is that how you manage a guy you just signed 8x $8.5M? Think about it more

There are 23 players on a team, an organization bending over backwards to give a SINGLE player everything he wants no matter what so that he can be happy is a great way to piss off everybody else on the team. They tried him everywhere and he sucked everywhere, this isn't a rebuilding team that can afford to focus on the development of a few players, he was supposed to be their missing piece.

I have thought about it - and I think he is a big boy who should get up and do the work. For the record, I'd bet he'll have a better year in Washington and maybe never another year as bad as the one he just had, still a major win for LA to get out from that deal

 

[Dog]

Man hated in 4 NHL cities and he's only 25. Quite an accomplishment. Maybe adding city #5 to his resume.

He's the Oggie Ogglethorpe of the NHL except he can't fight lol.

 

[JKG33]

Call me crazy, but I'd rather trade a cap dump for Kuemper instead of a 1st rd pick for Markstrom.

Don't get me wrong Markstrom should be the better goalie, but I don't think they're that far apart

 

[Hodge]

Umm they gave up alot of the PLD.. and now they just traded away PLD for kemper lmao

Vilardi is the only remotely valuable piece they gave up for PLD and he can't stay healthy for more than half the season.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Wow, being traded for a cap dump…he must be really bad in the locker room, too.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Let's share a thought with all the Capitals defensemen if Ovechkin and Dubois ever play on the same line.

Controllers Disconnected all over!!!

 

[SensontheRush]

I think we can move past all the wishful thinking. This is obviously going to blow up in WSH's face... if they are looking to be competitive. Otherwise, they got their tank commander for the dark years ahead.

 

[Kocur Dill]

Kings are going to look very bad if Dubois plays #1C (20 min/game) and puts up 80 pts with Ovi.

On the other hand, Caps might look bad if Dubois continues his up/down play and doesn't show up game/game.

Which one would you bet on? I can see more of a rollercoaster ride

If PLD's booboo lip quivered at Tortarella chewing him out, just wait till Ovechkin gets tired of him...

 

[Caps8112]

Call me crazy, but I'd rather trade a cap dump for Kuemper instead of a 1st rd pick for Markstrom.

Don't get me wrong Markstrom should be the better goalie, but I don't think they're that far apart

Kuemper is done. Idk about Markstrom.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

I'm so confused right now.

 

[Jared Dunn]

Really don’t think this is bad for the Caps.

They were ostensibly paying 5 million for a guy that wasn’t even playing the majority of games, for a trade off of 3 million and some years you get an every day player. By the time the contracts no longer overlap the salary cap will have risen to a place where this isn’t horrendous.


Also the Caps are in a place now where they need to either suck hard or be great, middle ground doesn’t cut it. Taking big risks makes sense.


I like this more than acquiring Guentzel because that’s a move that makes them just slightly better, this is either boom or bust and they need to live in one of those two areas

I think from everything we've seen Guentzel at his best is better than PLD at his best... and at their worst, well...

 

[Bruce Granville]

He's the Oggie Ogglethorpe of the NHL except he can't fight lol.

That‘s the guy Canada refused to take back, right?

 

[HugeInTheShire]

I haven't been this shocked about a trade since Hall for Larsson.

 

[Habs Halifax]

If PLD's booboo lip quivered at Tortarella chewing him out, just wait till Ovechkin gets tired of him...

We will see how that unfolds. I think the results change when he plays 20 min a game and in a 1C role.

He looked fine to me for team Canada at the last WC's.

 

[brentashton]

Washington should have used that fancy new salary site they bought last week and checked PLDs contract numbers first.

Weird deal.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Don't get me wrong Markstrom should be the better goalie, but I don't think they're that far apart

Markstrom was 9th in goals saved above expected last season with +13,7. Kuemper was 75th with -4,8. They are very far apart.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Man I wonder if anyone has made a Capfriendly/bad contract joke yet? Probably not, it’s pretty high humor to come up with

 

[BLNY]

LA must have a Washington pee tape.

This x 1000 lol

 

[violaswallet]

I like it: he makes the Caps better offensively, which should help #8 break the record

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Washington can still trade PLD at 50% off for picks

thats a pretty terrible game plan dude your willingly going to retain 7x4.25m?

 

[trellaine201]

Caps don’t have much cap space, yikes.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Man hated in 4 NHL cities and he's only 25. Quite an accomplishment. Maybe adding city #5 to his resume.

4 cities?

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

I think from everything we've seen Guentzel at his best is better than PLD at his best... and at their worst, well...

Guentzel is 29, PLD is 25, that’s literally the point.


Guentzel’s best has likely passed him at this point, if you can get PLD to in arms reach of that in 4 years you’ve got a good deal.

 

[Habs Halifax]

I think we can move past all the wishful thinking. This is obviously going to blow up in WSH's face... if they are looking to be competitive. Otherwise, they got their tank commander for the dark years ahead.

Dubois was a point/game player with Connor on the Jets. Why can't he be that again with Ovi?

I don't think there is any "obvious" narrative we can predict on this. What I do know today is the internet hate bandwagon towards Dubois was shocked today. Imagine

 

[Mcnofool6110]

Oldie but a goodie. Always somehow relevant.