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

[DFAC]

What the **** Washington?

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

One step closer to the Habs for PLD!

Imagine trading the MTL 5th overall for PLD 50% retained and the Wsh 17th pick

 

[Little Psycho]

How much Cap-space is Los Angeles getting in this deal.

Do they have space to add free agents

 

[CycloneSweep]

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.

He’s Peter Chiarelli bad.

 

[PuckNut]

I was just thinking this and I think NHL teams are basically sending a message to the Leaugue thinking what most of us are probably thinking........

Why is it June 19th and there's still potentially two more SCF games?

So they're getting down to business.

Plus, if the series goes to seven it’s a huge crunch to get everything down prior to July 1. Teams can’t really wait.

 

[golgoXIII]

They say buy low , so now PLD value his at zero but for me i think it's a good bet for DC the guy is only 25 and have already 3 60pts season i'm pretty sure he will bounce back . He is not as bad has everybody say.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Caps got nothing back for taking contract nor any retention by LA

Wow, Blake did great to get out of his mistake

WTF are Caps thinking?

 

[kevsh]

Hear that Caps fans, PLD is "excited" to be going to Washington!

but I feel they could've given him a little more time...

His no-move was kicking in July 1st. It was now or he's a King until the contract expires. And by all accounts everyone, except Washington apparently, have seen enough.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Wow Rob Blake just saved his job. I'm shocked he was able to move PLD with zero retention.

What is Washington smoking?

Jeremey Roenick is losing it right now lol

 

[Crazy8oooo]

I like this for Washington. They’re on a downswing and soon to be forced into a rebuild. If PLD works out for them, they get a player who is still a young piece to become a good 1-2 down the middle along with Strome and avoid a full rebuild. If he doesn’t, well, they just go rebuild anyway. Good risk for Washington IMO.

 

[OVO16]

As bad as PLD has been, the dude is only 25 yrs old. Why are we giving up on him this earlly

I actually think the Kings got bent over.

 

[SI90]

Whoaaaaaa!! WSH yikes. PLD can’t stick with a team

 

[S E P H]

Kuemper doesn't help the Kings with their goaltending problem lol. He's worse than this year's version of Georgiev.

 

[HuskyBruinPride]

Everyone is cheering LA for getting out of the contract. Buy watch PLD bounce back next year and actually earn his contract. I wouldn't write him off after 1 bad year.

 

[DJJones]

I like this for Washington actually. PLD was dead the moment they treated him like a 3C.

Sure he's a Diva but give him minutes and opportunity and he's a good player. I liked him in Winnipeg

 

[CycloneSweep]

I like this for Washington actually. PLD was dead the moment they treated him like a 3C.

Sure he's a Diva but give him minutes and opportunity and he's a good player. I liked him in Winnipeg

They treated him like a 3c cause he was playing like a 4c

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803502343172030825

 

[Oilslick941611]

Wow Rob Blake just saved his job. I'm shocked he was able to move PLD with zero retention.

What is Washington smoking?

Jeremey Roenick is losing it right now lol

No Rob Blake didn't save his job, he made the PLD trade in the first place, then signed him long term before he played a game... then traded him a year later. Blake is cooked.

 

[frederixx]

This dude needs to be in boring cities without distractions to get the best out of him

Like Columbus and Winnipeg?

 

[OVO16]

Everyone is cheering LA for getting out of the contract. Buy watch PLD bounce back next year and actually earn his contract. I wouldn't write him off after 1 bad year.

Exactly my thoughts.

 

[stewy04]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803504667080663478

As an Oiler fan yep! Point night!

 

[Fig]

Caps got nothing back for taking contract nor any retention by LA

Wow, Blake did great to get out of his mistake

WTF are Caps thinking?

Do what you can to get Ovi’s record , figure the rest out later?

 

[The don godfather]

Caps did very well here.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Wow.

I know Dubois sucked this year but at the end of the day, there's been more good than bad in PLD's career. He can bounce back for sure, just like he did with the Jets after the first year.

The Kings better have something good up their sleeve for the cap space otherwise this whole situation turned into a major disaster.

For the Caps, Backstrom/Kuzy era is over. Someone has to play center, and top 6 centers will never be easy to get or cheap no matter what. It's easy to forget PLD is only 26 years old, so he actually fits in the Caps plans age-wise pretty well.

 

[BonMorrison]

Poor Connor McMichael and/or Hendrix Lapierre.