Post by Los Angeles Kings on Oct 20, 2024 13:59:45 GMT -6
To Florida:
Rasmus Kupari
Robert Hagg
To LAK:
Kevin Bahl
Nikita Zadorov
LA Agrees. With $2M UFA signing Teddy Blueger sitting in the press box, we had 1 too many forwards in an ideal world. Kupari re-rating up to a 73 OV made him unable to go to the farm for another year, despite not requiring waivers. This made it difficult to give everyone enough ice time on the pro to continue to develop properly, with Lundell and Glass being the priority. We were also uncomfortable with Hagg being in the #6 slot, so an upgrade on him was necessary. Bahl fits the bill for us as we can farm him this year, and he has plenty of runway to develop into a solid defensive defenseman with 91 DF already and high PO. Zadorov, ratings wise, is an excellent bottom pairing defender and should be able to help on the PK. His salary is awful, but this year we have a net cap savings but subtracting a forward and farming a dman. Thanks to Jay for the easy talks, this came together surprisingly quickly.
Rasmus Kupari
Robert Hagg
To LAK:
Kevin Bahl
Nikita Zadorov
LA Agrees. With $2M UFA signing Teddy Blueger sitting in the press box, we had 1 too many forwards in an ideal world. Kupari re-rating up to a 73 OV made him unable to go to the farm for another year, despite not requiring waivers. This made it difficult to give everyone enough ice time on the pro to continue to develop properly, with Lundell and Glass being the priority. We were also uncomfortable with Hagg being in the #6 slot, so an upgrade on him was necessary. Bahl fits the bill for us as we can farm him this year, and he has plenty of runway to develop into a solid defensive defenseman with 91 DF already and high PO. Zadorov, ratings wise, is an excellent bottom pairing defender and should be able to help on the PK. His salary is awful, but this year we have a net cap savings but subtracting a forward and farming a dman. Thanks to Jay for the easy talks, this came together surprisingly quickly.
