Colorado Avalanche Could Solve Goalie Woes with a Trade

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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LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 20: Goaltender Cal Petersen #40 of the Los Angeles Kings watches warm-up before the game against the Vegas Golden Knights at STAPLES Center on September 20, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Cal Petersen

Age: 24
Current Team: Ontario Reign/LA Kings
Current Stats: 2.61 GAA, 0.924 % in 11 games (NHL)
All-Time Stats: 2.61 GAA, 0.924 % in 11 games (NHL)

If the Kings don’t want to send over their best backup, maybe they’d cough up their third stringer? Cal Petersen has played in 11 NHL games in his career, all this season with the Kings. And, as you can see above, his stats are good,

Interestingly, like Blackwood, his stats are lesser at the AHL level — this season he’s at 3.94 GAA and 0.891 save percentage with the Ontario Reign.

Petersen has one year left on his entry-level contract, valued at $925,000. Would the Kings accept Varlamov in trade? Sure — if we retained some salary. Might have to cough up a seventh-rounder, too.

Still, it really doesn’t seem fair to see how much goalie depth some teams have when we’re over here parched.

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