Confirmed Signing with Link: [WSH] G Darcy Kuemper signs with the Capitals (5 years, $5.25M AAV)

[Divine]

I'm surprised a proven starter only got 250K more than Campbell despite playing over double the games and consistently putting up much better numbers.

Maybe teams were wary because of his eye injury?

 

[Midnight Judges]

As a Caps fan, I hate this deal. I just don't think Kuemper is very good although admittedly I base that on limited viewing.

Hope I'm wrong.

Looking at his stats over the past 4 seasons - .920% ish, - maybe he's better than what I've seen.

 

[CapsFrontOffice]

The Caps actually had a pretty good defense last year. If the goalies had league average play they'd have won like 8-10 more games and probably beaten the Panthers.

I just don't even know how to reply to this.....
"The Caps actually had a pretty good defense last year"
I could not disagree more

 

[vippe]

As a Caps fan, I hate this deal. I just don't think Kuemper is very good although admittedly I base that on limited viewing.

Hope I'm wrong.

Looking at his stats over the past 4 seasons - .920% ish, - maybe he's better than what I've seen.

As a Caps fan - I like this deal, he's a lot better than you give him credit for. He was the best goalie on the market, and the Caps got him signed to a good deal.

 

[Puckstop40]

A short what?

Tenure*

 

[Drakon]

I just don't even know how to reply to this.....
"The Caps actually had a pretty good defense last year"
I could not disagree more

You're just factually incorrect then. By pretty much every metric they had a top 10 D.

 

[ijuka]

This is way too risky. Kuemper was terrible in the playoffs. And will his eye recover? If not, that's 26mil down the drain.

I would not give Kuemper more than 1 year. Can't afford to give more before knowing how his eye is.

 

[Brewsky]

So same-ish contract as Campbell.

Wonder who is better, Campbell or Kuemper at this contract price.

 

[mrv52]

I just don't even know how to reply to this.....
"The Caps actually had a pretty good defense last year"
I could not disagree more

Hmmm...could it have been the goaltending?

 

[GirardSpinorama]

This is way too risky. Kuemper was terrible in the playoffs. And will his eye recover? If not, that's 26mil down the drain.

I would not give Kuemper more than 1 year. Can't afford to give more before knowing how his eye is.

His eye is gonna be fine long term. If it was that serious, the Avs wouldn't have played him.

 

[Hasbro]

A goalie going from the Avalanche to the Caps? Is this Bizzaro World?

 

[Silky mitts]

This is way too risky. Kuemper was terrible in the playoffs. And will his eye recover? If not, that's 26mil down the drain.

I would not give Kuemper more than 1 year. Can't afford to give more before knowing how his eye is.

Honestly, Smithers, I don't know why Harvard even bothers to show up. They barely even won.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Thread:

“Hey guys, admittedly I only have seen Kuemper play 20 or so games, now here is my expert analysis on this signing…”

 

[GRob83]

Kuemper has the best GAA and SV% of any goaltender in the league with 70 or more wins since 2018-2019 and a good portion of that was with Arizona. He is easily the best goalie the Caps have had since prime Holtby.

 

[ijuka]

His eye is gonna be fine long term. If it was that serious, the Avs wouldn't have played him.

That's like saying if concussions were serious people would not be played with concussions, and guess what?

 

[GirardSpinorama]

That's like saying if concussions were serious people would not be played with concussions, and guess what?

Not the same injury.

 

[klozge]

That's a deal I'm glad the Avs weren't willing to make. I wish Darcy all the best in Washington, though.

 

[TaLoN]

That's a deal I'm glad the Avs weren't willing to make. I wish Darcy all the best in Washington, though.

Darcy is most definitely not worth that money.

 

[Hasbro]

The eye injury was the biggest thing for me.

 

[Foppberg]

Nice deal for both. I'd have liked to have him back but we need to go with cheap goaltending to maintain our team.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

The term for Kuemper might be a year or two, much but he is signed at a very reasonable cap hit of 5.25mil for a cup winning goalie.

Vanecek’s cap hit with the Devils is 3.4mil and Samsonov’s cap hit is 1.8mil with Toronto bringing both cap hits to a combined 5.2mil.

Vanecek and Samsonov were not winning with the Capitals so MacLellan had to make a move and bring in a goalie that can help Washington win and what better goalie then one that has just won a Stanley Cup in Darcy Kuemper at dam near the same cap hit they would have been paying Vanecek and Samsonov.

 

[StephenPeat]

That's a deal I'm glad the Avs weren't willing to make. I wish Darcy all the best in Washington, though.

You cannot consciously think that Georgiev at $3.4 is anywhere near as good as Kuemper at $5.3 (even considering age and the $$ difference). Goaltending will be a question-mark again for the AVs and an honest review suggests it’s a clear weakness again.

 

[WATTAGE4451]

I'm surprised a proven starter only got 250K more than Campbell despite playing over double the games and consistently putting up much better numbers.

Maybe teams were wary because of his eye injury?

Hes also 2 years older and long injury history(not that campbells that much better in that regard).

Also hes not been as proven a starter as you think. Hes only had 2 seasons with over 28 starts

 

[milehigh11]

You cannot consciously think that Georgiev at $3.4 is anywhere near as good as Kuemper at $5.3 (even considering age and the $$ difference). Goaltending will be a question-mark again for the AVs and an honest review suggests it’s a clear weakness again.

It was a question mark with Darcy last year. We win the cup despite getting crappy goal tending in the finals with him.

We have the best defense in the league.

They will elevate Georgiev like they did with Grubauer who fell on his face after taking the $$$

 

[Caps8112]

It was a question mark with Darcy last year. We win the cup despite getting crappy goal tending in the finals with him.

We have the best defense in the league.

They will elevate Georgiev like they did with Grubauer who fell on his face after taking the $$$

Whether your right or not about georgiev or kuemper I think grubby gets a little bit of a pass playing for an expansion team. Vasi would have struggled on that team per his standards