Kings trade Andreoff to Lightning for Budaj

The Los Angeles Kings traded forward Andy Andreoff to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for veteran backup goalie Peter Budaj on Wednesday.

Budaj spent the majority of two seasons with the Kings between 2015-2017 after signing a free-agent deal with L.A. in October 2015. He would go on to log a 28-20-3 record before being dealt to the Lightning in February 2017.

Most recently, the 35-year-old played in only eight contests last season for the Bolts, earning a 3-3-1 record to along with a .876 save percentage and 3.76 goals-against average.

As for Andreoff, a third-round pick of the Kings in 2011, he's registered 13 goals and 11 assists across 159 regular-season games. Andreoff's size (6-foot-1, 203 lbs) and aggressive style should provide the Lightning with an element of truculence in the team's bottom-six forward group if he's able to crack the NHL lineup.