Confirmed Trade: [VGK/CBJ] Jonathan Quick (50% retained) for Michael Hutchinson, 2025 7th round pick

[Boy Hedican]

What do you have against Quick?

- I'm a Sharks fan
- Quick is a butthead. Not like Bennington, but he's still a butthead
- Quick is a butthead.

 

[fsanford]

Note in that same game Kings held the Isles to 18 total shots the entire game.

Yep, but I don't seem to recall a lot of rebounds, that is where those shot totals start to add up.
Guy is smart and understands the game so well, but I think most the hockey world had talked about his style and how it would play later in life. Quickie was probably the best athlete on the team for many years.

If he re-invents himself who knows what he is capable of, but his "scorpion" days are probably behind him

 

[Avs2022]

Man, isn't everyone hoping for a Kings/Vegas playoff series and Quick having to start games?

 

[fsanford]

- I'm a Sharks fan
- Quick is a butthead. Not like Bennington, but he's still a butthead
- Quick is a butthead.

I miss the dance off... You guys need to get back in the playoffs

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Goaltending is a government psy-op, just like birds

 

[Boy Hedican]

So Jarmos deadline;

- scout trip over Europe
- talk about trading someone and leave it on queue for few days
- whine about Bruins bad ethics for taking a better deal
- take Quick as cap casualty
- immediately flip Quick to a Kings rival who they might play in the best-of-seven
- trollface

Kinda how Sharks got Jones. Shipped to BOS, then right to us. Unfortunately Jones turned out to be Jones, but his first few seasons were great.

I miss the dance off... You guys need to get back in the playoffs

those were all fun and games until ya'll won the cup. Then your fanbase became entitled SoCal'ers. :/

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

Hutch and a 7th? THAT is what he's worth?

That's a HUGE steal for Vvegas.

Quick was given away.

He's been disrespected A LOT recently I hope he has 1 more run.

Basically confirms that he wasn't included in the trade because Columbus wanted him... strictly a cap dump by LA.

 

[TwzKing]

those were all fun and games until ya'll won the cup. Then your fanbase became entitled SoCal'ers. :/

we are still better than the ducks fan =x

 

[VivaLasVegas]

I don't get this from Vegas' perspective unless Brossoit is not coming back anytime soon. Quick has been so bad this year.

Brossoit is back already and has played about four games, all pretty well. This trade makes little sense.

 

[WATTAGE4451]

Of course and not good. It still remains that he will have better defensive support in Vegas than he did in LA. Sure, he has regressed and could have played better, but he was left out to dry far more nights than not.

Advanced defensive metrics say otherwise. And Phoenix copley a guy who was 3rd stringer I minors, is playing to alnost his exact career averages. Copley who has a sv% 20 points higher isn't some stud whose numbers are dragged down by the defense or thriving in spite of defense.

Quicks sv% went down every single month since November, even when the team was winning behind mediocre copley play that was much an improvement.

Brossoit is back already and has played about four games, all pretty well. This trade makes little sense.

Broissoit got injured again after those 4 games and is now on injured reserve. He was placed on injured reserve 2 days ago

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Brossoit is back already and has played about four games, all pretty well. This trade makes little sense.

He is currently on IR though.

 

[Nolan Bombgardener]

Blue jacket legend. Didn’t let in a single goal

He was undefeated.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Quick knows this is it for him and will come out dialed totally in.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

It'll be funny if he knocks the Kings out of the playoffs.

If Quick plays that means it was down to being Hutchinson. I’d roll the dice on Quick over him. Ad the story lines and fingers crossed this happens.

 

[Sparksrus3]

Boy that was Quick

 

[Petes2424]

Cassidy’s system forces everything outside. His number will improve by default. I won’t doubt him succeeding there.

 

[biturbo19]

Seems like risky deal, in the sense that is Quick now your presumptive starter come playoff time? If you don't think you're going to have Thompson/Brossoit available, i guess it's a non-issue. But if those guys are ready to rock, a guy like Quick with that kind of clout makes it difficult to sit him...even if it's for the currently better goaltender.

Obviously they wanted to shore things up and that's fair. But a high profile guy like Quick presents some different challenges, depending on how everything else shakes out.

 

[dredeye]

I fail to see the value in this for Columbus

 

[Orca Smash]

Could someone explain this to me? Aiden Hill is the current starter I thought? Brossoit is back? And I thought logan thompson the real starter this season was hopeful of returning yet?

And now quick? Is brossoit getting sent down?

 

[Osprey]

His and ppetersons performance is why they have a bad goal differential. You realize the goalie letting in goals effects the differential right? What's their differential with copley?

I was curious, so I looked it up.

With Copley in net (27 games): 87 GF 71 GA or 3.46 GFA 2.82 GAA
With Quick in net (31 games): 82 GF 99 GA or 2.90 GFA 3.50 GAA

So, their differential with Copley was +16 and their differential with Quick was -17. You're right: big difference.

That said, there's also a big difference in scoring at the other end while they were in net. If we imagine that they supported Copley with the same 2.90 goals per game that they gave Quick, their differential would be only +2 (2.90-2.82*27), and if we imagine that they supported Quick with the same 3.46 goals per game that they gave Copley, their differential would be -1 (3.46-3.50*31). That's not to say that it's the rest of the team's fault, just that they played differently in front of them. Perhaps having a leaky goaltender affected their confidence and morale, so maybe it's still somewhat on Quick, but another team might respond differently and give him more support. Who knows. I'm curious to see if his numbers improve or not behind a different team.

 

[hangman005]

Could someone explain this to me? Aiden Hill is the current starter I thought? Brossoit is back? And I thought logan thompson the real starter this season was hopeful of returning yet?

And now quick? Is brossoit getting sent down?

He got injured while Hill was injured..... Just think of the Vegas Goaltending position like Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and it all makes sense.

I have however managed to obtain the discussions with Quick, Columbus and Vegas

 

[Orca Smash]

I guess this only makes sense if thompson and brossoit both wont be back in the regular season. Even if one of thems back you got aiden hill already.

Lets say logans back in 2 weeks, they wouldnt send hill down would they? My mind is all over the place with this absurd stockpile of goalies.

 

[Menzinger]

I really don't understand Columbus' motivation here. Retaining 50% for a 7th round pick 2, years from now? Even with the retention being basically a paper transaction, this seems almost not worth it....

I mean they couldn't do even a 5th or 6th?

 

[kilowatt]

I really don't understand Columbus' motivation here. Retaining 50% for a 7th round pick 2, years from now? Even with the retention being basically a paper transaction, this seems almost not worth it....

I mean they couldn't do even a 5th or 6th?

Could be just trying to do right by Quick.

 

[majormajor]

I really don't understand Columbus' motivation here. Retaining 50% for a 7th round pick 2, years from now? Even with the retention being basically a paper transaction, this seems almost not worth it....

I mean they couldn't do even a 5th or 6th?

It saves money to get rid of the player. You either pay half in a trade or you don't trade him and pay 100%.

I was surprised someone was willing to take him.