Once again, Darcy Kuemper has to stake his claim in an NHL goaltending tandem.
The Colorado Avalanche netminder, acquired from the Arizona Coyotes in a trade Wednesday, was picked up to share the net with Pavel Francouz. They’ve never met, Kuemper said, but he’s excited to get that out of the way.
“I'm sure we’ll hit it off. I like to get along with anyone,” he said. “I’m sure it will be great.
“I can’t wait to work together.”
In spite of being a Western NHL lifer thus far, Kuemper said he doesn’t know anyone on the Avalanche roster that well. Several players reached out to him after the trade that sent Conor Timmins, a first-round pick and a conditional third-round pick, to Arizona.