Why the Kings Cant Afford your Proposed Goalie Trade

Created by: tryger

Team: 2022-23 Los Angeles Kings

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 21, 2023

Published: Feb. 21, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Kings won't waive Copley (17-3-1, .913%): As the Kings goalie with the most wins and reupped for next season, they won't risk losing him to waivers

Kings don't trade or waive Quick (10-12-4, .878%): As the Kings longest serving goaltender it would be an absolute insult to either trade or waive Quick so close to the end of his tenure with the LA Kings, especially after showing their team how well they treat long-tenured players a la Dustin Brown.

Kings are unlikely to move Petersen (9-5-3, 868%): The Kings have been reluctant to move a 1st, Petersen would already be back up if not for the strong play of Copley, I believe they will give Petersen another go.

Kings are unlikely to trade for an AHL goalie they can call up: Both Petersen and Vilalta are top-10 SV% goalies in the AHL, the Kings already have depth in goal, they just need one of Quick or Petersen to return to NHL 1A/1B level.

Lack of cap room/Chychrun Potential Trade: The Kings need to clear enough cap room to make a goalie trade, which would mean one of the above would need to occur to make such a trade work. The Kings will need to move Walker, Lemieux and/or Grundstrom to make a Chychrun trade work, after that how would they even have room for a goalie trade?

Buyouts

Dion Phaneuf: $1,062,500

Termination Fees

Mike Richards: $900,000

Buried

Cal Petersen: $3,875,000 ($5,000,000)
Austin Wagner: $8,333 ($1,133,333)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$78,010,000	$637,500	$3,900,000	$4,490,000

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kempe, Adrian $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Kopitar, Anze $10,000,000$10,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Byfield, Quinton $894,167$894,167 ($2,650,000$3M) LW, C RFA - 2
Moore, Trevor $1,875,000$1,875,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Danault, Phillip $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Arvidsson, Viktor $4,250,000$4,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Iafallo, Alex $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Lizotte, Blake $1,675,000$1,675,000 C RFA - 2	Fiala, Kevin $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW UFA - 7
Vilardi, Gabriel $825,000$825,000 RW, C RFA - 1		Kaliyev, Arthur $894,167$894,167 ($150,000$150K) RW, LW RFA - 2
	Kupari, Rasmus $863,333$863,333 ($350,000$350K) C, LW, RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Anderson, Michael $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Doughty, Drew $11,000,000$11,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Quick, Jonathan $2,900,000$2,900,000 G UFA - 1
Durzi, Sean $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Roy, Matt $3,150,000$3,150,000 RD UFA - 2	Copley, Pheonix $825,000$825,000 G UFA - 1
Edler, Alexander $750,000$750,000 ($750,000$750K) LD NMC UFA - 1	Walker, Sean $2,650,000$2,650,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lemieux, Brendan $1,350,000$1,350,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Anderson-Dolan, Jaret $750,000$750,000 C, LW, RW RFA - 1
Grundström, Carl $1,300,000$1,300,000 LW, RW RFA - 2

Top Comments

Feb. 21, 2023 at 12:01 p.m.

palhal

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Just looking at the cap for next season, Chychrun just might not be a luxury the Kings want to afford . Anderson just signed for 3.25m raise, Moore over 2m raise, and beside Quick no big expiring contracts.

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Feb. 21, 2023 at 12:02 p.m.

tryger

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Quoting: palhal

Have to reup Vilardi and Kupari as well. They would both need to take basically nothing and there would be no improvement in goal.

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Feb. 21, 2023 at 12:37 p.m.

GMBL

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Quoting: tryger

Have to reup Vilardi and Kupari as well. They would both need to take basically nothing and there would be no improvement in goal.

I wouldn't be surprised if Vilardi or Kupari would have been included in a Chychrun+Vejmelka deal if it was happening without Clarke. There's a rumor that ARZ wanted either Debrusk or Swayman + a 1st + one of a top prospect+ some other stuff.

I guess dealing Vilardi would make things easier for Blake but the overpay would be ridiculous and money would be very tight even then.

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Feb. 21, 2023 at 12:40 p.m.

tryger

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Quoting: GMBL

I don't love it, but it makes sense, the Kings forward group is stacked and more are coming. Vilardi has injury history and his value has never been higher.

Feb. 21, 2023 at 12:50 p.m.

GMBL

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Quoting: tryger

I don't love it, but it makes sense, the Kings forward group is stacked and more are coming. Vilardi has injury history and his value has never been higher.

Yeah, problem is the ask is probably higher for LA once they add Vejmelka and Petersen to the deal.

If it's Vilardi+Turcotte+a 1st+one of their RD prospects + a 3rd + Petersen for Chychrun+Vejmelka (Walker dealt elsewhere), might be worth it depending on who the RD is. If I was Blake, I would try to deal guys who do have a bit of an injury history in the past for Chychrun instead of their other prospects. The package is massive, but I feel like in this deal Arz would still want Clarke.

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