Darcy Kuemper was traded to Colorado in July 2021 for a package including a conditional 2024 third-round draft pick that is now Arizona's.
With the Avalanche this season, he posted a 2.54 goals against average and a .921 save percentage. Arizona will also have four selections in the second round with picks 34, 36, 43 and 45 at their disposal. As it currently stands, the Coyotes will have the third, 27th and 32nd picks in the first round of the 2022 NHL Draft.
The Houston Aeros may be long gone, but an alumnus will be getting his name engraved onto the Stanley Cup this summer. Colorado Avalanche goaltender Darcy ...
He returned to the Avalanche net for Game 1 of the Cup Final after missing most of the Western Conference final with an injury. Kuemper, who played 44 games in Houston from 2010-13, finished the playoffs with a 10-4 record, 2.57 goals against average and .902 save percentage. The Houston Aeros may be long gone, but an alumnus will be getting his name engraved onto the Stanley Cup this summer.
Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup Champion goaltender Darcy Kuemper during his one game with the Roadrunners for conditioning purposes on February 22, 2020.
Prior to the 2021/22 season, the Coyotes made a trade with the Avalanche that saw the now-crowned Stanley Cup Champions land their desired starting goaltender - ...
With the Stanley Cup Finals now over, the real off-season begins for the Coyotes as they look to build a competitive team again, with 19 picks in the first three rounds across the next three drafts setting them up for a strong future. However, that is not the true prize of the Avalanche lifting the cup. In return for Kuemper, who had been a standout performer in the desert before the trade, the Coyotes received a conditional first-round pick, which we have long-since known would be 31st or 32nd overall this year.