80 Aaron Dell

The LA Kings signed goaltender Aaron Dell to a one-year, two-way contract worth an average annual value (AAV) of $775,000 on March 4, 2024. He was then loaned to Ontario, where he began his 2023-24 season on an AHL contract with the Reign in January.

Prior to this year, Dell, 34, played in 38 games for the San Jose Barracuda (AHL) and four with the San Jose Sharks during the 2022-23 campaign.

The 6-0, 213-pound netminder has appeared in 130 NHL games over parts of eight seasons, including 111 with the San Jose, where he made his NHL debut on Oct. 18, 2016. Dell also spent time with the New Jersey Devils (7 GP) and Buffalo Sabres (12 GP) and has accumulated a career NHL record of 50-50-13 with a .292 GAA, .905 SV% and five shutouts.

The Airdrie, Alberta native’s best NHL season came during the 2016-17 campaign where his .931 SV% and 2.00 GAA backstopped the Sharks to an 11-6-1 record across 20 games. Dell has also played in more than 130 career AHL games in seven seasons with Ontario, the Abbotsford Heat, Worcester Sharks, San Jose Barracuda, Binghamton Devils and Rochester Americans.

Prior his professional career, Dell played collegiate hockey at the University of North Dakota for three seasons where he guided the team to Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Championships in each of the three years from 2010-12.

Internationally, Dell represented Team Canada this past December at the Spengler Cup in Switzerland, appearing in all four of his team’s contests and posted a .906 SV%, 2.59 GAA and one shutout to guide his squad to an appearance in the tournament semifinals.