As the final minutes and seconds tick away on the NHL trade deadline, the Vegas Golden Knights have just made a major move.
Tomas Hertl is expected to join the Knights in the next few minutes.
Here’s @TSNBobMcKenzie with a whammy: pending trade call, Vegas acquiriing Tomas Hertl from San Jose
– Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) March 8, 2024
It’s a huge bombshell in the hockey world in these final moments of the trade deadline, and once again, it comes from Vegas.
They’ve got a real showman’s touch there, don’t they?
The Golden Knights acquired a solid 30-year-old forward with a contract for six more seasons after this year’s $8.137 million.
Unsurprisingly, traffic on site to Tomas Hertl’s profile has exploded
He has 6 years remaining on his $8.1375M x 8 year contract. 34 pts in 48 GP this seasonhttps://t.co/1F6OQaQXDt
– CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) March 8, 2024
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It’s a huge contract heading to Vegas, which only has $5.5M available under the salary cap.
Let’s see how the Golden Knights managed to juggle it all.
Hertl had to waive his no-trade clause in order to go to the San Jose Sharks’ rivals, the Vegas Golden Knights.
Hertl is currently injured, but will obviously be ready for the playoffs.
Hertl had to waive his NMC to go to Vegas. He has 6 more years left on his contract. He’s injured right now, but as I mentioned on @NHLNetwork, he will be ready for the playoffs.
– David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) March 8, 2024
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Great work again in Vegas, all using Mark Stone’s LTIR money.
This is by far the biggest trade of the day.
Tomas Hertl, Noah Hanifin and Anthony Mantha: what a job at the deadline for the Golden Knights.
The bad tongues will talk about Mark Stone and LTIR… but still, let’s give Vegas credit for going all-in. https://t. co/cCT2Pck7YU
– Félix Forget (@FForget_LTM) March 8, 2024