Los Angeles Kings: 3 insane trade packages for Connor Hellebuyck

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The Los Angeles Kings have had an incredible off-season for themselves. They might still have some work to do and they need their young players to be great but the good times are here.

However, there is one minor issue that people might point out when they are evaluating this team. That, of course, is the position of goaltender.

As fans can tell, they aren’t trotting Jonathan Quick out there anymore but that doesn’t mean they can’t find themselves a good goalie to play going forward.

Right now, the Kings have Cam Talbot, Phoenix Copley, and David Rittich as their goaltending options but none of them had a save percentage over .903 last season.

None of them are the worst thing you’ve ever seen but a great team would like an upgrade. One player that might be an upgrade is Connor Hellebuyck.

He is someone that the Jets might be looking to trade. If the Kings wanted to be that team for them, the return might look something like this:

The Los Angeles Kings would absolutely love to land Connor Hellebuyck.

The Los Angeles Kings only have their first-round pick in the first three rounds. They would probably like to keep it for that reason but they also are clearly in on winning now.

After making some huge moves over the summer, they need some help in the net. Sending a first-round pick for Connor Hellebuyck could be worth it.

Obviously, they’d be hoping the first-round pick they send away is very late in the first because that would mean Hellebuyck helped them do some winning. Along with a seventh-round pick, this would be a great trade for both sides.

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The Los Angeles Kings could be really good if they get Connor Hellebuyck.

Connor Hellebuyck is worth a decent amount but the Winnipeg Jets are greatly mistaken if they think they are getting this super-elite return for him.

The NHL is not built around elite goaltenders anymore. Of course, it is nice to have them but the last two Stanley Cup champions got slightly above-average play from their goalies and won it all.

There are a few teams that could add a goalie like Hellebuyck and go win though. You’d think that the Kings are one of those teams.

They might be willing to move some good pieces but may not have to touch their first-round pick in 2023.

A future second-round pick might be interesting to Winnipeg though as they try to retool their roster. They were elite in the first half of 2022-23 but then fell off a cliff before entering the playoffs.

Alex Turcotte was a very highly touted prospect drafted near the top of the first round but he hasn’t come along the way that the Kings had hoped.

Now, trading him away when the team is ready to win could be a good idea. The Jets would love to take a chance on a young talented prospect like that.

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The Los Angeles Kings could move a lot to get Connor Hellebuyck.

What if the Los Angeles Kings just have to give up some volume for Connor Hellebuyck? That could be the case as the Winnipeg Jets may be looking to move him for a ton of future assets.

He is a 30-year-old goaltender with only one year left on his deal. That does take down some value for him despite being about as good as any goaltender in the NHL for most of the last five years.

Alex Laferriere and Francesco Pinelli are both good prospects in the Los Angeles system right now. Neither of them was a first-round pick but they were a third and second-rounder respectively.

The future draft picks (third and seventh) would be on Winnipeg to take advantage of but that is how you rebuild.

Stockpiling tons of picks for these guys could really help them get the farm built back up so they can think about contending again in a couple of years.

It would be a blockbuster type of trade in the NHL if Hellebuyck was moved to any team. If he hit this great LA team, they’d be feeling really good about themselves coming into 2023-24.

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The Los Angeles Kings would absolutely love to land Connor Hellebuyck.

The Los Angeles Kings could be really good if they get Connor Hellebuyck.

The Los Angeles Kings could move a lot to get Connor Hellebuyck.

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