Well, that was a little bit insane, no?
Here are some of the best tweets from Wednesday afternoon’s hockey news explosion. Stamkos stays. Hall leaves. And P.K. Subban and Shea Weber switch sides. All of this occurred in roughly 23 minutes of madness.
Everything happened.
Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton right now: pic.twitter.com/STOsQkDxQi
— Caroline Cameron (@SNCaroline) June 29, 2016
On the P.K. Subban–for–Shea Weber trade:
love you Montreal will miss you!
— P.K. Subban (@PKSubban1) June 30, 2016
BREAKING NEWS: @PKSubban1 responds after being traded from the Canadiens to the Predators.https://t.co/nQjW6gnpiO
— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) June 29, 2016
Hey Webs good luck in Montreal thanks for leaving our division! #relief
— Jonathan Toews (@JonathanToews) June 29, 2016
It's a lose/lose, @PKSubban1 will be fired up… #carefulwhatyouwishfor https://t.co/t7IlSSA3GV
— Jonathan Toews (@JonathanToews) June 29, 2016
.Nashville
— P.K. Subban (@PKSubban1) December 21, 2015
Welcome to Smashville! #predspride pic.twitter.com/HT7ETcX2DN
— Predators Team Store (@PredsProShop) June 29, 2016
A tremendous increase in the loss of interest towards the sport of hockey among people of color all thanks to the @CanadiensMTL organization
— Wasiu (@AfroWasiu) June 29, 2016
Just spoke to Subban "I'll be @CanadiensMTL for life.Really happy to be going to a team that wants me in @PredsNHL." @NHL @NHLNetwork
— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) June 29, 2016
Hard to understand why on earth the Canadiens would not want P.K. Subban on their team. Impossible, actually.
— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) June 29, 2016
Im sorry for all the Montreal fans that I was right, I'm sorry like you that PK is gone!
— Georges Laraque (@GeorgesLaraque) June 29, 2016
So, on the same date that #Habs traded Chris Chelios 26 years ago, they ship away PK Subban. We know how the Chelios trade turned out.
— Szymon Szemberg (@Sz1909_Szemberg) June 29, 2016
Marc Bergevin just saved Peter Chiarelli
— Jimmy Murphy (@MurphysLaw74) June 29, 2016
I'm opening a new restaurant in Montreal called Chez Weber. You bring us a gourmet steak and we give you back a hamburger that costs more.
— Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) June 29, 2016
Reported last winter the #Canadiens were gauging the market on Subban. Proof today as Subban is traded to #Preds for Shea Weber.
— Louis Jean (@LouisJean_TVA) June 29, 2016
On another note, a good deal for both MTL and NSH. Subban has some insulating players in NSH dressing room, MTL gets an actual captain.
— Matt Kassian (@kassassination) June 29, 2016
Wishing my buddy @PKSubban1 all the best in Nashville. pic.twitter.com/MpFiiLyZFp
— Dale Weise (@daleweise22) June 30, 2016
On the Taylor Hall–for–Adam Larsson trade:
"I feel very strongly about this player. I feel like he's only scratched the surface. He's really excited." Chiarelli on @AdamLarsson3
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) June 29, 2016
Thank you to the city of Edmonton, the fans, and most of all, my teammates throughout my time with the Oilers. I will always cherish my(1/2)
— Taylor Hall (@hallsy04) June 29, 2016
time there and the memories that came with it. In saying that, my thoughts turn into excitement when I think about the chance in NJ! (2/2)
— Taylor Hall (@hallsy04) June 29, 2016
Together again! @hallsy04 pic.twitter.com/i93uRfuOfD
— Adam Henrique (@AdamHenrique) June 29, 2016
Some nice savings in the Hall deal for @EdmontonOilers . Interested to see what GM Chiarelli does with it…
— Mike Rupp (@Rupper17) June 29, 2016
#Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli has now traded the Top 2 picks from the 2010 NHL Draft (Hall & Seguin).
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) June 29, 2016
On the bright side there might be an Oilers fan that thinks they're getting Oliver Ekman-Larsson in that trade.
— Paul Bissonnette (@BizNasty2point0) June 29, 2016
Pete Chiarelli in the mirror: "I see your Seguin trade and raise you this Taylor Hall trade."
— Bonk's Mullet (@BonksMullet) June 29, 2016
I think I figured out why Canadian NHL teams don't make the playoffs.
— Mike Moffatt (@MikePMoffatt) June 29, 2016
The Canadian NHL teams get what they deserve.
That's the bottom line today.
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) June 29, 2016
If Larsson gets you Hall, Subban gets you young Mario Lemieux, rookie Jaromir Jagr and 10 first round picks.
— Conor McKenna (@mckennaconor) June 29, 2016
It might be time for the last of us to stop feeling bad for the Oilers.
— June Dave Lozo (@davelozo) June 29, 2016
All while Shero's over there in New Jersey, like….. pic.twitter.com/EdHVfIqpt7
— Dave DiCello (@DaveDiCello) June 29, 2016
Hall trade like buying $15 arena beer.
Don't want to do it.
Know it shouldn't cost that much.
If you want beer, that's price.#Oilers
— Chris Nichols (@NicholsOnHockey) June 30, 2016
On Steven Stamkos staying in Tampa Bay:
Excited to be back for 8 more years @TBLightning ! Here we go …..
— Steven Stamkos (@RealStamkos91) June 29, 2016
We could have done great things, @RealStamkos91.
— Norm Kelly (@norm) June 29, 2016
Full list of comparables for Steven Stamkos (8 yrs @ $8.5M):https://t.co/pOLHe1JH5T pic.twitter.com/koNG7C97g0
— General Fanager (@generalfanager) June 29, 2016
Stamkos signed and everyone is busy. It's pretty funny actually.
— Jason Brough (@JasonPHT) June 29, 2016
Steven Stamkos always maintained he wanted to stay with #tblightning. And Yzerman never closed any doors.
— Joe Smith (@TBTimes_JSmith) June 29, 2016
woW Stamkos got Drew Storen money to return to Tampa.
— scott lewis (@thescottlewis) June 29, 2016
Stamkos takes far less than open market dollars for a real chance to win. Yep, that's captain material all right.
— Arash Madani (@ArashMadani) June 29, 2016
So, Stamkos will come home to Toronto in 2024..They'll be ready to win by then
— Nick Alberga (@thegoldenmuzzy) June 29, 2016
Congratulations to @TBLightning for keeping there most important player & Captain. #greatsigning @NHLNetwork https://t.co/ei7jvOkMEw
— Brian Lawton (@brianlawton9) June 29, 2016
Yzerman, Poile and Shero did work.
Great work guys.
— Gus Katsaros (@KatsHockey) June 29, 2016