TORONTO -- Jack Campbell and Kyle Clifford were traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday for Trevor Moore, a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.
Campbell, a 28-year-old goalie, is 8-10-2 with a 2.85 goals-against average and .900 save percentage for Los Angeles this season as the backup to Jonathan Quick. Toronto goalie Frederik Andersen has a neck injury, and backup Michael Hutchinson is 4-9-1 after a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday.
"What a great team they have and even playing them earlier in the year, it's just fun to watch," Campbell said Thursday. "Just watching the team, they are obviously electric and super fast and they just have great players top to bottom and I'm just going to try and do whatever I can to contribute."
Campbel will make his first start with the Maple Leafs against the the Anaheim Ducks at Scotiabank Arena on Friday (7 p.m. ET; SNO, PRIME, NHL.TV). Andersen practiced with goaltending coach Steve Briere on Thursday but Toronto general manager Kyle Dubas had no update on his status and said it is unlikely Andersen will play Friday.
"It was a position (goalie) where we are always worried about the depth," Dubas said. "You fear it with every key player on your team, especially with the goalie, if the No. 1 guy goes down, how does your team respond? You do always have that fear if something happens to him. Unfortunately [Andersen has] got the injury and that led us to move quickly down this path."