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

[nturn06]

What an awful trade for LA, giving up a maybe for a no.

The gained cap space seems to be the best asset in this trade.

 

[Osprey]

Darcy Kuemper was benched from the All Star break, until the playoffs. Lindgren played on back to back nights, playing Kuemper was never a consideration.

The Kings just acquired a goaltender making $5.25m for 3 more years. He is absolutely unplayable. Whatever the Kings fans thought about their goaltending, this makes them worse.

This year was the first sub-.900 SV% year of Kuemper's career and Talbot and Rittich both experienced significant boosts this year (.015 and .020, respectively) after joining LA.

Chances seem good that he'll rebound next year, even if it's not enough to be worth his contract,

 

[FrozenKing18]

What an awful trade for LA, giving up a maybe for a no.

That's a maybe for 8 years and a no & gone in 3 years

 

[KingsOfCali25]

What an awful trade for LA, giving up a maybe for a no.

They are both horrible but LA got $3m of cap space and 4 less years out of the trade. Plus, gave them a goalie that played well for them before. Opened a Center spot for Byfield.

 

[MCR74]

How many trades before Dubois lands in Montreal?

 

[PanniniClaus]

This is some cap dancin... Sounds like a Bee Gees tune..

 

[Zarzh]

They are both horrible but LA got $3m of cap space and 4 less years out of the trade

But their timeline is now and you aren't getting a PLD quality player for 3 million, even at his worst.

 

[kingsholygrail]

They could throw him as a forward out on the ice for all I care. PLD was next level atrocious, even after the team did everything they could to get him going.

Hiller implemented a star system FFS.

It should have been banana stickers instead of gold stars.

 

[capfit9]

what a huge fail by Rob Blake, essentially traded Iafallo, Vilardi, Kupari & 2nd for Darcy Kuemper while also paying $8M SB to PLD.

 

[Not The One]

I don't understand how some are calling this is a bad trade for Washington. Dubois didn't lose his talent in LA, its painfully obvious how he was miscast as a third liner with limited linemates.

For the Caps they are getting their 26 year old 1st line C for a cap dump.

 

[Tuggy]

What the hell Capitals...

 

[Telos]

They got an unplayable, overpaid goaltender.

I get Kings fans are happy they got rid of PLD, but this spiking the football is ludicrous. You paid a premium for an asset, then acquired a guy we refused to play.

Washington was desperate to get rid of Kuemper.

You underestimate the desperation and frustration of PLD. They both can be a relief to get rid of, but to blow that deal on PLD, watch him glide and do nothing all season knowing he is locked for the next decade with a NMC with a logjammed roster and no cap room.

PLD has a net negative effect on the roster and morale of the team and game because everyone knows he isn't trying and that he doesn't care. It's one thing when someone is trying and failing but when someone is purposely sabotaging all efforts of the team and just having a front row seat to every goal scored against it is something else.

He could have been traded for anything and there would be dancing in the streets.

 

[boompuffboom]

rob blake should be fired. No way he just keeps his job after this. haha no way!

 

[Royale With Cheese]

But I honestly think he takes a lot of unnecessary heat in terms of the player he actually is. He's a good center that can put up elite numbers. He's just a guy that doesn't try all the time and that pisses people off.

We’re going to need you to show us your work on this part.

 

[Gurilla]

What was the point of buying capfriendly and then making this trade

 

[TK 421]

LA was like Neo in the Matrix dodging bullets they themselves fired at their own feet!

 

[TerminatorBlue]

rob blake should be fired. No way he just keeps his job after this. haha no way!

Why he just fixed his biggest mistake. He just traded a player people thought was untradeable.

 

[Kimota]

Makes me think the Caps were interested in Dubois for a while but because he had a limited number of teams he was interested in going, they could not do anything about it.

 

[Lockin17]

Im sure Dubois will bounce back with the Caps... good play by WAS.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803554512596034000

 

[gvineq]

If that's true, what a shit show for LA. We'll wait for the return but I feel they could've given him a little more time...

More time? They gave him plenty of time and opportunity to prove his worth and people typically had to check the stat sheets after games to see if he even played. He literally went multiple games against Edmonton without a single shot on goal despite playing over 10 minutes each game.

The only thing more time was going to do was make him harder to trade.


The guy was so invisible in the playoffs I got banned from the Kings reddit board for jokingly asking if Edmonton fans had kidnapped the guy, during his third or fourth game in a row with no shots on goal.

I think one of the mods over there had/has a huge crush on PLD because any negative posts/observations about the guy was met with "yeah well everyone else also sucks but PLD is doing his best.

 

[Czechboy]

They got an unplayable, overpaid goaltender.

I get Kings fans are happy they got rid of PLD, but this spiking the football is ludicrous. You paid a premium for an asset, then acquired a guy we refused to play.

Washington was desperate to get rid of Kuemper.

Is kuemper not good anymore? I thought he was a pretty good goalie?

 

[BamBam1031]

If the Kings offered Iafallo (and his $4M per) and Kupari to your team, which player(s) would you offer up as fair value?

 

[CanadienShark]

Washington is... Wow. That's a bold move and very risky.

 

[SML2]

What do you think the issue actually is with this guy?