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Darcy Kuemper

#35

age35

posG

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h6'5"

w216lbs

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Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$5,250,000$5.25M

Year 4 of 5

22/23

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 37

Profile

Draft Team

Round6

Pick161

Year2009

Agent Ben Hankinson

Birthdate May 5, 1990

Birthplace Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Nationality Canada

Stick Warrior R/V4 RTL

UFA Year 2017

ELC Year 21

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $38.85M

Regular Season

GP9

GAA2.85

SV%0.891

GSAx 3.59

GSAx60 0.39

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP448

GAA2.55

SV%0.914

Career Statline Details

2022-2027 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$26,250,000$26.25M

cap hit$5,250,000$5.25M

Darcy Kuemper is signed to a 5 year, $26,250,000 contract with a cap hit of $5,250,000 per season, playing for the Los Angeles Kings. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Kuemper an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 13 2022

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Brian MacLellan

% Cap Contract Start 6.36%

Signing Status UFAage 32

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	UFAage 37
AAV	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$1,750,000$1.75M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M	$2,000,000$2.00M
Total Salary	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$3,750,000$3.75M
Minors Salary	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$3,750,000$3.75M
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out					Buy Out

Notes

15 team no trade list through May 31 2024, then 10 team no trade list commencing June 1 2024

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP9

GAA2.85

SV%0.891

GSAx 3.59

GSAx60 0.39

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP448

GAA2.55

SV%0.914

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM	GSAx	GSAx60	Playoffs	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM
2025-26	35	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	9	2.85	0.891	0	3.59	0.39
2024-25	34	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	50	2.02	0.922	0	22.51	0.45	Playoffs	6	3.74	0.889	0
2023-24	33	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Washington Capitals	33	3.31	0.890	0	-4.79	-0.15
2022-23	32	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Washington Capitals	57	2.87	0.909	0	8.76	0.16
2021-22	31	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	57	2.54	0.921	0	20.97	0.39	Playoffs	16	2.57	0.902	0
2020-21	30	$4,500,000 $4.50M	WC	Canada	8	2.17	0.916	0
2020-21	30	$4,500,000 $4.50M	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	27	2.56	0.907	0
2019-20	29	$1,850,000 $1.85M	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	29	2.22	0.928	0			Playoffs	9	3.47	0.913	0
2019-20	29	$1,850,000 $1.85M	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	1	2.05	0.929	0
2018-19	28	$1,850,000 $1.85M	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	55	2.33	0.925	0
2017-18	27	$650,000 $650K	WC	Canada	7	2.48	0.867	0
2017-18	27	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	19	2.1	0.932	0
2017-18	27	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Arizona Coyotes	10	3.22	0.899	0
2016-17	26	$1,550,000 $1.55M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	18	3.13	0.902	0
2015-16	25	$1,250,000 $1.25M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	21	2.43	0.915	0
2014-15	24	$1,250,000 $1.25M	NHL	Minnesota Wild	31	2.6	0.905	0			Playoffs	1	0	1.000	0
2014-15	24	$1,250,000 $1.25M	AHL	Iowa Wild	5	3.22	0.891	0
2013-14	23	$776,667 $777K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	26	2.43	0.915	0			Playoffs	6	2.03	0.913	0
2013-14	23	$776,667 $777K	AHL	Iowa Wild	17	2.47	0.929	0
2012-13	22	$776,667 $777K	NHL	Minnesota Wild	6	2.08	0.916	0			Playoffs	2	3.27	0.879	0
2012-13	22	$776,667 $777K	ECHL	Orlando Solar Bears	3	2.61	0.929	0
2012-13	22	$776,667 $777K	AHL	Houston Aeros	21	1.88	0.934	0			Playoffs	2	1.51	0.957	0
2011-12	21	$776,667 $777K	ECHL	Ontario Reign	8	1.74	0.941	0
2011-12	21	$776,667 $777K	AHL	Houston Aeros	19	2.36	0.923	0
2010-11	20		WHL	Red Deer Rebels	62	1.86	0.933	0			Playoffs	7	2.83	0.896	0
2009-10	19		WHL	Red Deer Rebels	61	2.73	0.908	0			Playoffs	2	5.86	0.806	0
2009-10	19		AHL	Houston Aeros	4	2.41	0.886	0
2008-09	18		WHL	Red Deer Rebels	55	2.96	0.898	0
2007-08	17		SMAAAHL	Saskatoon Blazers U18 AAA	26	2.36	0.928	0			Playoffs	13	2.61	0.928	0
2007-08	17		SJHL	Humboldt Broncos	0		0.000	0
2006-07	16		WHL	Spokane Chiefs	0		0.000	0			Playoffs	1	0	0.000	0
2006-07	16		SMAAAHL	Saskatoon Contacts U18 AAA	25	3.51	0.900	0			Playoffs	4	5.7	0.877	0
2005-06	15		SMAAAHL	Saskatoon Contacts U18 AAA	20	2.32	0.919	0			Playoffs	2	9.35	0.778	0
2004-05	14		SAAHL U15	Saskatoon Bandits U15 AA	12	2.91	0.912	0
NHL Totals					448	2.55	0.914
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

06/19

2024

Kuemper, Darcy

Dubois, Pierre-Luc

07/13

2022

Kuemper, Darcy

5yrs

$5,250,000

Cap Hit

07/28

2021

Timmins, Conor

+2 more...

Kuemper, Darcy

10/2

2019

Kuemper, Darcy

2yrs

$4,500,000

Cap Hit

02/21

2018

Kuemper, Darcy

2yrs

$1,850,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Nov

Kuemper, Darcy

Kuemper stopped 18 of 21 shots in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils. The fourth goal was an empty-netter.

Nov

Kuemper, Darcy

Kuemper will protect the home goal versus the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, Zach Dooley of the Los Angeles Kings' official site reports.

Oct

Kuemper, Darcy

Kuemper allowed three goals on 27 shots in Thursday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Oct

Kuemper, Darcy

Kuemper is expected to start at home against the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday, per Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider.

Oct

Kuemper, Darcy

Kuemper stopped 37 of 40 shots in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks.

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Contract History

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$9,000,000$9.00M

cap hit$4,500,000$4.50M

expiry 2022 UFA age 32

Signed On Oct 2 2019

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM John Chayka

% Cap Contract Start 5.52%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	UFAage 32
AAV	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M
Base	$3,500,000$3.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M
Minors Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M	$5,500,000$5.50M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Jul 28, 2021

22.22% of contract was retained by the Utah Mammoth in a trade to the Colorado Avalanche

Trade Details

2018-2020 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,700,000$3.70M

cap hit$1,850,000$1.85M

expiry 2020 UFA age 30

Signed On Feb 21 2018

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM John Chayka

% Cap Contract Start 2.33%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$1,850,000$1.85M	$1,850,000$1.85M	UFAage 30
AAV	$1,850,000$1.85M	$1,850,000$1.85M
Base	$1,600,000$1.60M	$2,100,000$2.10M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,600,000$1.60M	$2,100,000$2.10M
Minors Salary	$1,600,000$1.60M	$2,100,000$2.10M
Clauses
Year Type	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2017-2018 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$650,000$650K

cap hit$650,000$650K

expiry 2018 UFA age 28

Signed On Jul 1 2017

Signing Agent Jeff Helperl

Signed By

Signing GM Rob Blake

% Cap Contract Start 0.87%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$650,000$650K	UFAage 28
AAV	$650,000$650K
Base	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	$650,000$650K
Clauses
Year Type	UFA
UFA Year

2016-2017 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,550,000$1.55M

cap hit$1,550,000$1.55M

expiry 2017 UFA age 27

Signed On Jul 5 2016

Signed By

Signing GM Chuck Fletcher

% Cap Contract Start 2.12%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$1,550,000$1.55M	UFAage 27
AAV	$1,550,000$1.55M
Base	$1,550,000$1.55M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,550,000$1.55M
Minors Salary	$1,550,000$1.55M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2016 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$2,500,000$2.50M

cap hit$1,250,000$1.25M

expiry 2016 RFA age 26

Signed On Sep 20 2014

Signed By

Signing GM Chuck Fletcher

% Cap Contract Start 1.81%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$1,250,000$1.25M	$1,250,000$1.25M	RFAage 26
AAV	$1,250,000$1.25M	$1,250,000$1.25M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2011-2014 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,700,000$2.70M

cap hit$900,000$900K

expiry 2014 RFA age 24

Signed On May 26 2011

Signed By

Signing GM Chuck Fletcher

% Cap Contract Start 1.21%

Signing Status age 21

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$776,667$777K	$776,667$777K	$776,667$777K	RFAage 24
AAV	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Base	$600,000$600K	$650,000$650K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$210,000$210K	$160,000$160K	-
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$690,000$690K	$740,000$740K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year