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[Gunstar Ikari]

So...how bad is Hanzal?

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

lol that's a goal, these refs are blind

 

[dr.rocktopus]

Bishop and Quick seems like overkill. Coverage for expansion draft? Not sure on LAs situation.

 

[Socreges]

Just realized...

Kings are technically not in the playoffs right now. But they're definitely the strongest outside team right now (Jets, Canucks and Stars are sellers if anything). So all they need to do is be a bit better than either the Flames or Blues to grab a wild card spot. They have four games left vs the Flames. And in the past 24 hours they just added a Quick/Bishop tandem.

RIP Flames playoff chances

 

[Silexx]

Thank god.

Lol I know, right?

 

[Smiley90]

MacKenzie retweeted this after confirming the deal being done:

Aaron WardVerified account
‏@NHL_AaronWard
Hearing if deal gets done, Kings get Ben Bishop and pick and TB Lightning would receive Erik Cernak, Budaj and pick #TSN

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

So the Preds get the goal, but the Oilers get a power play because Craig Smith commited a trip after the goal was waved off.

And then the Oilers score.

What a fuckup.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Renaud Lavoie saying Hanzal is either going to the Preds or Wild from what he's hearing

Oh thank goodness

 

[ElephantShell]

Weird trade, especially since Budaj has been pretty good in Quick's absence. His numbers this season are better than Bishop's.

 

[imBask]

Lavoie reporting that Pens are also in the Hanzal race after all!

 

[Silexx]

Weird trade, especially since Budaj has been pretty good in Quick's absence. His numbers this season are better than Bishop's.

Like DGB said:

If Peter Budaj is in that trade it will be just about the coldest thing ever. Thanks for single-handedly saving our season, Peter!

 

[Pikma]

Why in the flying fuck can't my team do a move like that

Why the fuck am I stuck rooting for a team with two turds as goaltenders

Fuck my life

 

[Quick]

So have we figured out why the Kings traded for a goalie now?

 

[Razorskin]

Why couldn't Dallas match that

So have we figured out why the Kings traded for a goalie now?

You tell us Johnny

 

[Smiley90]

Why in the flying fuck can my team do a move like that

Why the fuck am I stuck rooting for a team with two turds as goaltenders

Fuck my life

How many times have two better goaltenders than any of the Stars goalies now? :lol

 

[MetatronM]

This Rangers-BJs game could rightly be about 7-5 right now, for either team.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Lavoie reporting that Pens are also in the Hanzal race after all!

Fuck

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

And Eberle ties it.

Thank goodness this trainwreck of a period is ending soon.

 

[Pikma]

And Tampa Bay will retain some of Bishop's salary too...


What the fuck!!!!!

I feel so fucking frustrated right now...

 

[kassatsu]

I have a feeling we are going to keep Fleury and get nothing in return when he goes to Vegas.

 

[Cake Boss]

Why couldn't Dallas match that

Can't have 3 goalie making 6M+

 

[Foggy]

And Tampa Bay will retain some of Bishop's salary too...

 

[ElephantShell]

Bishop and a 5th for Budaj, Cernak, a 7th and another mysterious conditional pick.

Weird weird trade. Who is Cernak? He any good?

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

As much as I wouldn't want Bishop in the Central, I did think that it would feel "right" for him to go to Dallas.

Ah well.

 

[Foggy]

CBJ announcer Rimer seems to think Hanzal has been traded to a team that's playing right now. Rags, BJs, Preds, or Oils.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Bob McKenzie‏ @TSNBobMcKenzie

No trade call yet, but MIN and ARI are working to finalize a trade involving Martin Hanzal.

Huh

 

[Zombie James]

Poor Ben Bishop, going to spend the rest of the season as a backup. Feels like a waste of a trade for LA unless they're playing Quick while he's hurt.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

Hanzal to Wild?

Good.

 

[HadesGigas]

So, does LA have to protect Bishop in the Vegas draft?

 

[imBask]

if the rumored price for Hanzal was right, OF COURSE Wild are going to be the ones to do it

 

[Curufinwe]

So, does LA have to protect Bishop in the Vegas draft?

No.

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

Arvidsson eats a cross-check, stands up, and scores.

...and Oilers challenge.

This might get called back. Arvidsson looks like he jumped over early.

 

[MetatronM]

So, does LA have to protect Bishop in the Vegas draft?

He's a UFA, so no.

 

[Smiley90]

https://twitter.com/mikeFAIL/status/835961206644994048

what a pass

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Sounds like Habs 4th Liner Legend Ryan White is also going to Minnesota with Hanzal, according to Aaron Ward

 

[Holiday]

https://twitter.com/mikeFAIL/status/835961206644994048

what a pass

dang that was top notch

 

[Red_Man]

25s
ARIZ is receiving a first-rounder, a second-rounder and a conditional pick that can become a second. MIN is all-in

Lmaoooo

Thank God Bergevin stayed away from that

 

[MetatronM]

Our last 3 games have gone to OT and have ended: SO loss, SO win, OT win. Logic dictates that his one should be an OT loss.


EDIT: I guess not.

 

[zroid]

wtf that hanzal price

 

[Solo]

What a fucking awful trade for Minnesota.

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

Good lord, put a fucking timer on offside reviews.

 

[calder]

Makes sense for the Wild, is the West going to be as ripe for the picking for them again?


Also, thanks to the Flames for winning and making it super obvious even to the really math-challenged Jets fans that the wildcard is not actually attainable. Hopefully Chevy can move a few older forwards for literally anything at all.

 

[Foggy]

Put down the sauce, Minny

 

[Holiday]

That haul for Hanzal is insane.

 

[Gunstar Ikari]

2000 years later, the call stands

 

[Cake Boss]

Minnisotta got a shit ton of prospects so they can afford to do that trade plus that conference is wide open, might as well go for it.

 

[imBask]

Hanzal has 26 points

Ribeiro has 25 points

Ribeiro cleared waivers like a week ago

 

[ElephantShell]

Holy shit that's a lot for Hanzal. What the fuck is Duchene going to get?

 

[calder]

Pro-tip: if a colour commentator says something like "to me, I thin the linesmen got that wrong, that's offsides as I understand the rule" there's a 90% chance they don't understand the rule.

 

[imBask]

Bobby Ryan has 24 points

YOU'RE GONNA BE RICH WITH PICKS CAKE!