A trade between Los Angeles Kings and Tampa Bay Lightning has been confirmed.

Trade Details
Los Angeles Kings Acquire: Peter Budaj · $1,025,000$1,025,000$1,025,000 Sum: $1,025,000$1,025,000$1,025,000 Change: +$1,025,000 Change: +$347,500 Change: +$345,000	Tampa Bay Lightning Acquire: Andy Andreoff · $0$677,500$680,000 (AHL/JR) Sum: $0$677,500$680,000 Change: -$1,025,000 Change: -$347,500 Change: -$345,000

Will Budaj be as good as this year? If he will be, then the Kings win this trade. If not, Tampa. It really depends on the performance of Budaj. In total I would say that this is a pretty solid trade for both with maybe the Kings getting a bit more out if it.

Budaj's numbers were pretty bad this year.. so at least we shed some salary?

Tampa shed cap but Budaj is bad so.....

Budaj had a .876 and a 3.77 this season.. he lost his backup job to Louis ******* Domingue.

Andreoff is an upgrade over Paquette at least.

It's common for goalies to play better in LA than they actually are due to their good defensive play (Budaj, Kuemper, Enroth, Scrivens), so I would be willing to bet that Budaj plays well enough to be the backup, assuming he stays in LA. However they may choose to use Campbell instead and Budaj could find himself in the AHL.

Wasn't Campbell a bust?

He was in Dallas, but he's put up pretty strong numbers since being traded to LA. He likely won't become a legit #1 goaltender, but he's earned a shot as the backup behind Quick.

Interesting. Budaj starting AHL maybe?

Maybe. Although LA does have a good, young prospect in Cal Petersen that they'd want to get a lot of starts. He put up decent numbers in 41 AHL games last year and he looks to be the heir apparent to Quick. Budaj is older and has less upside than Campbell, but in the event that Quick gets injured, I would assume they would prefer Budaj taking a larger load than Campbell. After all, he did it well two seasons ago and he's a more known quantity than Campbell. But if Quick is healthy, they probably want the younger Campbell getting spot starts to potentially groom him into a solid backup.

So long story short, it looks like Budaj will be more of an all-or-nothing guy. He's either gonna take over for Quick if he gets injured or he's gonna sit in the AHL in a backup/tandem role.

Not anymore

this aged well

This is kind of funny to look back on.

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