A bit after trading for Matt Hendricks, a fourth-liner with a bad contract , the Oilers acquired goalie Ben Scrivens from the Los Angeles Kings for a third-round draft pick. Scrivens replaces Devan Dubnyk, who headed to Nashville in the Hendricks trade.
Scrivens, like Dubnyk, is a pending free agent, but he's probably an upgrade; Dubnyk was an average starter on a terrible team before this season, but Scrivens, 26, has a .917 career save percentage and should at least be a top-notch backup/1A option for the next few years. He joins Ilya Bryzgalov as Edmonton's presumed goalie duo.
Still, the move really only works out for Edmonton if they can sign Scrivens, and they sold low on Dubnyk to acquire a player whose four-year, $1.85 million cap-hit contract makes him essentially worthless. They didn't need to do it for salary-cap reasons, either.
The Kings essentially cleared space for AHL goalie Martin Jones to back up Jonathan Quick full time; their current return on Jonathan Bernier, who they traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the offseason, is winger Matt Frattin, a second-round pick and a third-round pick.
The biggest bummer in the deal, though, is that Scrivens' wife, Jenny, is a California native. She seemed to be having a pretty good time at home.
Can't blame her. Bright side, though — Ben is from Alberta, and she's taking it like a champ.
