The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired goaltender Jonathan Quick, a conditional first-round decide within the 2023 NHL Draft and a third-round decide within the 2024 NHL Draft from the Los Angeles Kings in change for defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo, General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen introduced at the moment. If the Kings qualify for the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Blue Jackets will purchase the membership’s first-round decide within the 2023 NHL Draft. If the Kings don’t qualify for postseason play, the Blue Jackets will purchase Los Angeles’ second spherical picks within the 2023 and 2024 NHL Drafts.
“Jonathan Quick is a two-time Stanley Cup winner who has been an impressive goaltender in our league for a very long time and this deal offers us with draft capital that will likely be helpful as we transfer ahead as a corporation,” mentioned Kekalainen. “It’s by no means simple to commerce gamers like Vladislav Gavrikov and Joonas Korpisalo as they’ve been distinctive Blue Jackets however given our present place these strikes have been in our membership’s greatest curiosity. They are great people, and we are going to all the time admire the contributions they made whereas they have been right here.”
Quick, 37, has a profession file of 370-275-82 with a 2.46 goals-against common, .911 save share and 57 shutouts in 743 video games with the Kings since making his NHL debut in the course of the 2007-08 marketing campaign, together with an 11-13-4 mark with a 3.50 GAA, .876 SV% and one shutout in 31 outings this season. He has additionally gone 49-43 with a 2.31 GAA, .921 SV% and 10 shutouts in 92 profession playoff video games and helped the Kings seize the Stanley Cup championship in 2012 and 2014. He gained the Conn Smythe Award as probably the most helpful participant within the playoffs in 2012 when he went 16-4 with a 1.41 GAA, .946 SV% and three shutouts.
Quick was chosen by the Kings within the third spherical, 72nd general, on the 2005 NHL Draft. He captured the William M. Jennings in 2013-14 and 2017-18, appeared within the 2012 and 2016 NHL All-Star Games and was a Second Team All-NHL choice in 2011-12 after going 35-21-13 with a 1.95 GAA, .929 SV% and 10 shutouts in 69 video games.
A local of Milford, Connecticut, Quick has represented Team USA on the 2010 (silver medal) and 2014 Olympic Games, in addition to the 2017 World Cup of Hockey. He performed two seasons of faculty hockey on the University of Massachusetts from 2005-07, going 23-22-6 with a 2.40 GAA, .926 SV% and three shutouts in 54 video games. He earned Second Team NCAA East All-American and Second Team Hockey East All-Star honors in 2006-07 when he posted a 19-12-5 mark, 2.16 GAA, .929 SV% and three shutouts in 37 contests.
Gavrikov, 27, has registered 15 objectives and 58 assists for 73 factors with 130 penalty minutes in 256 profession NHL common season video games with the Blue Jackets, together with 3-7-10 and 30 penalty minutes in 52 outings this season. He has added 1-2-3 and 6 PIM in 12 profession Stanley Cup Playoffs outings since making his NHL debut on May 4, 2019 in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. the Boston Bruins. In 2021-22, he set profession highs for objectives (tied), assists, factors and penalty minutes with 5-28-33 and 68 PIM in 80 video games. A local of Yaroslavl, Russia, he was chosen by Columbus within the sixth spherical, 159th general, on the 2015 NHL Draft.
Korpisalo, 28, has gone 87-78-24 with a 3.06 GAA, .903 SV% and three shutouts in 210 profession NHL video games with the Blue Jackets since making his debut with the membership in the course of the 2015-16 season. He is 11-11-3 with a 3.17 GAA and .913 SV% in 28 appearances in 2022-23. In 9 profession playoff video games, all coming in 2019-20, he’s 3-5 with a 1.90 GAA, .941 SV% and two shutouts. The Pori, Finland native was chosen by Columbus within the third spherical, 62nd general, on the 2012 NHL Draft.
The Blue Jackets return to motion on Friday after they host the Seattle Kraken. Game time from Nationwide Arena is 7 p.m. ET. Live protection on Bally Sports Ohio begins with the Blue Jackets Live pre-game present beginning at 6:30 p.m. The recreation can be heard on the Blue Jackets Radio Network, together with Sports Radio 97.1 The Fan in Columbus, and on-line at BlueJackets.com.
