Confirmed Trade: [VGK/SJS] Adin Hill for 2024 4th-round

[toddkaz]

It's funny reading all the hot takes.

 

[OrangePMD]

Haha, I thought it was a trade back to SJS... nevermind... still are they going to be able to resign him?

I had a good laugh, thinking it might have been a deadpan joke on Vegas' ruthless management style.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

It's funny reading all the hot takes.

I’m sure that your 100% correct opinion has been documented for posterity?

You must have cleaned up at the casinos this spring.

 

[cheesymc]

I had a good laugh, thinking it might have been a deadpan joke on Vegas' ruthless management style.

All I was focused on while on my phone was that Vegas owes my Ducks a pick for that trade mishap last year, and how I would be ok with this 4rth round pick from this Adin Hill trade... lol. They just got the cup so they should donate that pick as a good will gesture to this years worst team.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

It's a history that shows maybe SJ scouts or their goalie coach are making wrong decisions. The GM probably does get input from scouts and the goalie coach before trading a goalie.

You missed the point. There’s no “history”.

 

[toddkaz]

I’m sure that your 100% correct opinion has been documented for posterity?

You must have cleaned up at the casinos this spring.

I never called a player trash that went on to win a Stanley Cup as a main part

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I never called a player trash that went on to win a Stanley Cup as a main part

You seem to be quite good at knowing the right answer after it’s all said and done. Congrats to you!

 

[WhataKnight]

Why are people clowning the sharks?

Winning the Stanley cup doesn’t mean that Hill can be a good starter over a full 82 game season.

If anything, this just reinforces that no team is going to overpay for a goalie when someone like Hill is good enough to win the cup.

Like who is going to pay premium assets to acquire Saros when your team is better off spending those assets to improve your F+D.

The NHL is a copycat league so I wouldn’t be surprised to see more teams seeking out cheaper options since goalies are often a crapshoot in the playoffs.

Basically this.

Anyone who’s watched the Knights for 3 seasons or more knows why Adin Hill worked. VGK is better with a bigger goalie in net.

Not every team will have the system or players to maximize a netminder’s quality.

 

[Gecklund]

I’d do this trade again as a Sharks fan quite easily. Hill was garbage with us and I had a ton of faith in him. Good for him that he won the cup but to say that this is a bad trade for SJ is weird.

 

[Play]

I’d do this trade again as a Sharks fan quite easily. Hill was garbage with us and I had a ton of faith in him. Good for him that he won the cup but to say that this is a bad trade for SJ is weird.

It is a bad trade. Hill turned out to be a clutch goalie under a adequate defence.

But then again some people say hindsight is 20/20

 

[Gecklund]

It is a bad trade. Hill turned out to be a clutch goalie under a adequate defence.

But then again some people say hindsight is 20/20

I mean it wasn’t a bad trade because he wasn’t that in SJ. SJ got rid of a flawed goalie that was pencilled in to be the third string goalie for a pick. Good for him that it worked out.

 

[Surf Nutz]

Well they Got Thompson locked up cheap for 2 more season.
Salary constraints would seem to make him 1 of 2 tenders.

Interesting part is do the keep Hill or Broisoit?
Seems like a team would be offering something for the rights to whoever they are not keeping ASAP to try to lock that tender up pre draft

 

[EpochLink]

He's gonna get paid this off season.

 

[Play]

He's gonna get paid this off season.

Him going to Leafs would be hilarious. You just know they’ll get rid of Murray to sign him

 

[Schemp]

I liked him when he played with the Coyotes and didn't like that we had to trade him before the expansion draft. The Coyotes did well getting a 2nd considering that most teams couldn't acquire and then protect a backup goalie before the expansion draft.

 

[canuckslover10]

Yikes. He sucks.

Lol

 

[CupInSIX]

It is a bad trade. Hill turned out to be a clutch goalie under a adequate defence.

But then again some people say hindsight is 20/20

Considering the timing of the trade it seems like Hill was probably available all summer with no takers. This was what, a week before training camp?

 

[CupInSIX]

Him going to Leafs would be hilarious. You just know they’ll get rid of Murray to sign him

I know the perfect place for Murray to sign a cheap 1 year deal if he gets bought out...

 

[hangman005]

Why was it a bad move? Dude was a non-factor until game like 95. The knights had no intention of him sniffing game action until they had no choice.

I wouldn't say a non factor until then, but he definitely up his game in the playoffs. But he was the back up behind LT, Brossoit came back from injury and played in the minors and then all our goalies got inured and when they came back they got injured again sometimes that very game. Hill was just coming back from injury and Brossoit was playing well at the seasons end, Brossoit gets hurt round 2 and Hill comes back on a tear. So he wasn't complete nothing burger, but fortunate the goalie injury carrousel ended on Brossoit

 

[toddkaz]

You seem to be quite good at knowing the right answer after it’s all said and done. Congrats to you!

So I am curious, what emotion do you feel when you read the hot takes? Sadness? Happiness? Nothing?

 

[WATTAGE4451]

Why was it a bad move? Dude was a non-factor until game like 95. The knights had no intention of him sniffing game action until they had no choice.

Not true at all. He was their backup the entire year. Brossoit only started playoffs cuz hill was injured for over a month leading into it while brossoit ended season on a heater. Brossoit was the one waived and sent to the minors. Not hill

 

[Bear of Bad News]

So I am curious, what emotion do you feel when you read the hot takes? Sadness? Happiness? Nothing?

I typically hope that no one bumps up the dumb shit I said a few months ago.

 

[crashthenet]

He's never been on a decent squad. May surprise

I was off by one month lol. June surprise. Congrats Vegas fans.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

How overpaid is Hill gonna become ? He's not gonna be worth the contract like Niemi after winning cup with Chicago and Binnington after winning cup with STL.

 

[CheerstoBeers]

Great. Now Vegas has three goalies who can't do the job.

This aged well