Breaking: Early report of a Saturday morning trade in the NHL.

Brace yourself, it’ll be a crazy day.

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Breaking: Early report of a Saturday morning trade in the NHL.
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Brace Yourself, It’ll Be a Crazy Day

Saturday, June 17 at 3 p.m. is when the waiver/trade/signing freeze goes into effect. No one but Vegas can add any player to their team, sign an extension, place a player on waivers, or make a trade with anyone but Vegas. This freeze runs until 8 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Saturday’s deal shows it’s gonna be absurdly impossible to keep these things quiet involving the Vegas Golden Knights till Wednesday. The NHL is dreaming.

As reported by Aaron Portzline (Columbus Dispatch):

The Jackets are believed to be trading this year’s first-round draft pick (No. 24 overall) and a prospect (not Pierre-Luc Dubois or Sonny Milano) to Vegas for assurances that the Golden Knights will select either left wing Matt Calvert, center William Karlsson or defenseman Ryan MurrayVegas’ acquisition of the contract of injured veteran forward David Clarkson ($5.25 million salary cap hit) may also be part of the deal.