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Kings trade Quick to Blue Jackets for Gavrikov, Korpisalo

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick reacts after New York Rangers' Vincent Trocheck scores a goal during an NHL game, Feb. 26, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick reacts after New York Rangers' Vincent Trocheck scores a goal during an NHL game, Feb. 26, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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 The Los Angeles Kings achieved their goal of adding a quality defenceman near the trade deadline. It came with a heavy cost.

The Kings acquired defenceman Vladislav Gavrikov and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets. In return, Los Angeles sent two-time Stanley Cup winning goaltender Jonathan Quick, a conditional 2023 first-round draft pick and a third-rounder in 2024.

鈥淛onathan Quick is a two-time Stanley Cup winner who has been an outstanding goaltender in our league for a long time and this deal provides us with draft capital that will be valuable as we move forward as an organization,鈥 Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said in a statement. 鈥淚t鈥檚 never easy to trade players like Vladislav Gavrikov and Joonas Korpisalo as they have been exceptional Blue Jackets, but given our current position these moves were in our club鈥檚 best interest."

The first-rounder is conditional on the Kings making the playoffs, as expected. If they do not, Columbus gets a second-round pick from L.A. each of the next two drafts as part of the trade completed late Tuesday night and announced Wednesday.

Quick backstopped the Kings to their Cup titles in 2012 and '14. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 2012 after recording three shutouts in 20 starts. He also allowed only seven goals in the six-game finals victory over the New Jersey Devils.

Quick is in the final season of a 10-year, US$58 million contract but had been supplanted as the Kings No. 1 goaltender by Pheonix Copley. It's unclear if Columbus will keep Quick or flip him to a contender before the trade deadline Friday.

The 37-year old Quick had started three of the last six games. He made 16 saves in last Friday's 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders to pick up his 370th career win, which surpassed Tom Barrasso for third place on the wins list by a U.S.-born goaltender in NHL history.

He is 11-13-4 on the season with a 3.50 goals-against average, .876 save percentage and one shutout.

Quick 鈥 a third-round pick by the Kings in 2005 鈥 also holds the franchise records for goalies in games played (743) and shutouts (57).

Gavrikov has three goals and seven assists in 52 games, but has not played since Feb. 11. He was expected to be dealt last week to the Boston Bruins before that fell through.

Gavrikov was among Columbus' leaders in ice time. He also is a left-handed shooter and a quality penalty killer, which are two areas where the Kings have been lacking.

Los Angeles is tied with Vegas for most points in the Pacific Division with 76. The Kings got to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2018 but lost in seven games to Edmonton in the first round. They have not won a postseason series since winning the Cup in 2014.

Korpisalo had won three of his last four starts along with posting a .921 save percentage. He made nine starts for the Blue Jackets during the 2020 playoffs.

Copley is 18-4-2 since making his debut on Dec. 6. The wins are tied with Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy for the most during that span, but Copley's .899 save percentage is 24th among 31 goalies who have played 18 or more games over the past three-plus months.

Korpisalo's .915 save percentage since early December is ranked 11th. His overall record this season is 11-11-3 with a 3.17 goals-against average and .913 save percentage.

Gavrikov and Korpisalo are also in the final year of their contracts, and are expected to be unrestricted free agents at the end of the season.

Quick's trade leaves captain Anze Kopitar and defenceman Drew Doughty as the only remaining players from the Kings' Cup-winning teams.

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