In a recent piece in the Athletic, Sara Civian fielded a question about possible in-season trade targets for the Hurricanes to bolster their goaltending position.
She mentions Marc-Andre Fleury, who has loudly fallen behind Robin Lehner on the depth chart for Las Vegas, though the Knights might not want to move him until Lehner returns from his shoulder injury. Taking back James Reimer in a trade might alleviate that concern to some degree. Jesse Granger noted earlier this month that Fleury’s name has come up as the Knights try to clear salary cap space.
Civian also mentioned that she’s been “screaming” about Arizona’s Darcy Kuemper since September, whom she believes is underrated. Arizona reportedly is looking for a first round pick and an additional piece for Kuemper, who has two seasons remaining on his contract at a reasonable cap hit of $4.5 million.
