The LA Kings announced recently that team has made a trade to acquire a goaltender as the Kings needed a goaltender due to Cam Talbot becoming an unrestricted free agent on July 1st.
The Kings traded forward Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Washington Capitals for goaltender Darcy Kuemper.
Kuemper has played for the Kings orginazation before, as he backed up former Kings goalie Jonathan Quick in the 2017-18 season. As he only played 19 games with the Kings before he was traded to the Arizona Coyotes.
He is entering his 11th season in the NHL. Kuemper started out with Minnesota in the 2013 season. In the 2021-22 season he won his first Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche.
He signed a five year deal with Washington in 2022. Coming off his second season with Washington Kuemper put up good numbers for the Caps as he 30 games and went 13-14-3 and had a save percentage of .940
He brings a veteran role to the team and will probably be the starting goalie for the 2024-25 season and will be backed up be David Rittch.
Darcy’s 🔙
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