LOS ANGELES — Squeezed by salary cap limitations but in need of trustworthy goaltending, the Kings signed veteran Cam Talbot to a one-year, $1 million contract soon after the NHL's free agency period began Saturday. Talbot's contract includes games-played bonuses potentially worth $1 million.
Talbot, who will be 36 on Wednesday, had a 17-14-2 record in 32 starts for Ottawa last season with a 2.93 goals-against average and .898 save percentage. He compiled a career-best 42 wins for the Edmonton Oilers in 2016-17 while being coached by Todd McLellan, now the Kings' coach. He will share goaltending duties with Pheonix Copley, who stepped up to help the Kings reach the playoffs after Cal Petersen and Jonathan Quick faltered.
Joonas Korpisalo, who became the Kings' No. 1 goalie after they acquired him from Columbus with defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov and started every game of their first-round playoff loss to Edmonton, agreed to a five-year, $20 million contract with Ottawa.
