"I know it probably looks and seems seamless - and it did sort of fall into place - but there is always a lot of stuff moving in and out,"
"But overall, we were busy. And it worked out well overall."
"You could tell LA was in the market for a no. 1 goalie. And based on how things ended that season with Kuemper and Lindgren, it felt like Kuemper was a guy that we could potentially move. And it felt like if they were looking for a no. 1 goalie, would Dubois be a guy that they would move for him? And obviously the conversations between [then-Kings GM Rob] Blake and Mac went that way and that started fairly soon."
The Washington Capitals executed an aggressive retool last summer, acquiring four veteran players via trades over a few weeks. The club sought to replace lost center depth after departures of Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov and prepared to move on from one of its goaltenders. The first major transaction sent Darcy Kuemper to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Pierre-Luc Dubois. Team personnel described the process as complex with many moving parts, rapid negotiations and coordination with opposing general managers, and credited quick action for completing the Kuemper-for-Dubois deal.
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