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

[Little Psycho]

No joke they had to get PLD on a gold star system and congratulate him on the bare minimum. Coaching staff got desperate and tired.

 

[Jumptheshark]

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.

If the smoke around him is true? He could be a massive cancer in the dressing room. First with the BJS there was a problem, he upset some people in the peg and now LA.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

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.

By all means, he may bounce back but that commitment from Washington only to get rid of Kuemper is bonkers. Small wonder LA wasn't going to buy Dubois out if a deal like this was out there.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

LA badly needed a starter and they now have one . And they got out of the PLD contract and exported the locker room cancer.

Doughty is happy now. I don't think him and PLD got along.

 

[kilowatt]

DOBBY IS FREE

 

[SpezDispenser]

This is fantastic for the East. Choke on that cap hit Washington.

Horrific trade. And as a Sens fan, I know all about horrific trades.

 

[BKarchitect]

Ummm people acting like the Kings didn’t also take back a 34 year-old goalie due $15.75 million these next three years and who had a 3.31 GAA and 0.890 SV% while thoroughly losing his job to a career backup.

The Kings didn’t just dump PLD for nothing…

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Caps are outta their minds wow... I can't believe they helped LA out this much taking that awful contract

 

[SEALBound]

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.

Jesus, when you put it like that...that makes me sad.

 

[DJJones]

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

Like playing a scoring winger in a shut down role and being surprised he's not effective. If he was a perfect player he wouldn't have gotten traded

Half way through the year with top 6 minutes and I'd bet the Caps are happy

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I could see PLD work in Washington. Kuemper though seems cooked, and you can’t hide goaltending.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

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.

I can’t imagine him ever “earning” that contract since he never really was an 8.5 million dollar player. Maybe he can make it look less embarassing though.

 

[mr figgles]

PLD placed on waivers for the purposes of a buyout, incoming!

Why not just buy out Kuemper?

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

So the caps shipped out Mantha and brought in another Mantha

 

[Regal]

The best ability is availability.

Not when you play like Dubois did

 

[Pongs21]

I laughed so hard that I ended up having to explain to my wife what was so funny.

 

[scholl]

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

who cares when trades are happening? These teams are not in the finals.

 

[Random schmoe]

Both of these guys have the talent to make this trade look ridiculously stupid for one side of the other down the road.

But as of right now, this Caps fan is less than pleased. I didn't think Kuemper's value was so low. Or, that they are dumb enough to think PLD with that contract had positive value.

 

[seanlinden]

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.

It's something in between.

The Kings kind of bent themselves over by trading for PLD in the first place and giving him that deal... now it gets percieved as a home run gettting out of it by taking on a 34 year old goalie with 3 years left at $5.25m.

Call me crazy, but I think this might actually be a home run for Washington.

Dubios is 25 years old. The cap is rising, and he's locked up through his prime. They get him while giving up a guy that might pass through waivers.

 

[BruinsJoe]

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

You re right he was Lindgren back up last playoffs, complet wahsed up goalie

 

[Dr Amazing]

Dubois becomes a 70 point player with the Caps and the Kings miss the playoffs.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

I get the trade for both teams.

Washington are hoping for a former #3 ovr pick will bounce back. He also plays an important role and Washington will most likely suck ass after Ovie retires.

PLD will have like 2-3 good years and after that he will demand a trade for the 10th time during his tenure in Washington.

He had 40 points this season, f***ing hell...

 

[Il Stugotz]

He should fit in well with the Capitals culture of complacency

 

[biturbo19]

I think this is going to work out well for the Capitals.

 

[PettersonHughes]

Caps fans where y'all at?
Curious to see what justification (if any) there may be for doing this. Kuemper behind Lindgren for 3 years would probably have been more palatable? Also in bringing in the cancer that is PLD, are they expecting him to be a vet that helps them somehow? Up the middle you guys had Strome - McMichael - Lapierre?? Is the plan to refurbish PLD into a #1 C somehow? Color me confused.