It wasn’t that long ago that Pierre-Luc Dubois was being penciled into the Montreal Canadiens’ 2023-24 lineup for Game 1. Instead, the Dubois to Montreal dream is dead after the Los Angeles Kings swooped in with a big offseason splash.
On Tuesday, the Winnipeg Jets sent Dubois to the Kings in a massive sign-and-trade that comes with an eight-year, $68 million extension. The deal comes just over a day removed from the highly-anticipated 2023 NHL Draft, with some major moves already made in the lead up to the event.
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It’s not often we get enormous sign-and-trades like this one in the NHL, especially with how stagnant the salary cap has been. The Kings really went for it by trading for Dubois and his gifted offensive talent, but did they pay too high a price?
With the draft only one day away, let’s take a look at how the Jets and the Kings grade out in this trade for Dubois.
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