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Colorado Avalanche Could Solve Goalie Woes with a Trade

By Nadia Archuleta

SUNRISE, FL - DECEMBER 6: Fellow Goaltenders Philipp Grubauer #31 and Semyon Varlamov #1 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrate their 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center on December 6, 2018 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images)
SUNRISE, FL - DECEMBER 6: Fellow Goaltenders Philipp Grubauer #31 and Semyon Varlamov #1 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrate their 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center on December 6, 2018 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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DALLAS, TX – JANUARY 17: Jack Campbell #36 of the Los Angeles Kings tends goal against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center on January 17, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX – JANUARY 17: Jack Campbell #36 of the Los Angeles Kings tends goal against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center on January 17, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Age: 27
Current Team: LA Kings
Current Stats: 2.19 GAA, 0.931 % in 17 games
All-Time Stats: 2.40 GAA, .926 % in 24 games

The LA Kings, for all their woes, are another team that have ridiculous goalie depth. They continue to employ one of the best goalies in the game, Jonathan Quick. His current backup, Jack Campbell, is the player I’m considering for a trade.

Campbell’s is a tale of a career gone awry. The Dallas Stars selected him in the first round of 2010, 11th overall. However, as you see above, he has just 24 NHL games in seven years, and most of them coming this season with the Kings. I think he suffered a lot of missed opportunities.

Indeed, the Kings have him for cheap — $675,000 through next season. Combined with how well he’s doing, they probably don’t want to cough him up. How about Grubi and a prospect? I mean, his stats are better than Grubauer’s (3.38 GAA, .891 %), yet our big German is more expensive ($3.3 million for two more seasons.)

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