In a move that has been a long time coming, the Los Angeles Kings have finally traded backup goaltender Jonathan Bernier. The Toronto Maple Leafs are still a team in need of a true number one goaltender, and in giving up capable backup goaltender Ben Scrivens, forward Matt Frattin, and a second round pick in either 2014 or 2015, the Maple Leafs have picked up a potential starting goaltender in Bernier.
The cost for the Leafs isn't that much when you consider that incumbent James Reimer played pretty well down the stretch en route to leading the Leafs to the playoffs for the first time since 2004. While Bernier isn't guaranteed a starting job, he can at worst, give the Leafs a peace of mind in goal that they haven't had since the Ed Belfour days. Scrivens had been a starter for a time, and Frattin is more of a third or fourth liner at this stage in his career, and given that Jonathan Quick is entrenched as the Kings' starter, the Kings didn't come away too badly, either. The wild card is the second round pick, which will depend on how things shake out next season.
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