Quick traded to Golden Knights day after being acquired by Blue Jackets
Columbus receives Hutchinson, 7th-round pick in 2025 NHL Draft for goalie
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It's the second time the two-time Cup winning goalie with the Los Angeles Kings was traded in two days; he was sent from the Kings to the Blue Jackets on Wednesday morning.
In return for Quick, Columbus received goalie Michael Hutchinson and a seventh-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft from Vegas.
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The Blue Jackets acquired Quick, a conditional first-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and a third-round selection in the 2024 NHL Draft from the Kings for defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov and goalie Joonas Korpisalo.
"It came at a shock when I got the phone call. It is what it is. They're moving on," Quick said after his first practice with the Golden Knights on Friday. "I got to move on. There are a ton of emotions obviously considering how much time my family and I spent there," "At the end of the day, the Kings
has missed the entire season after having hip surgery in August.
"To preface, we've liked our goaltending all year. I think we came into this with some level of unknown with Robin's injuries," Cassidy said. "They've responded very well. Unfortunately, health is a problem right now ... after Friday, you can't address that. Right now, 'LT' and 'LB' are not on the ice, and if you're not on the ice you, you need to be on the ice before you're close to getting back in the lineup."
Vegas is also in a stretch where it will play every other day through March 16.
"It's motivating," Quick said. "I'm looking forward to being part of this team and doing what you want to do every year. You want to win your division. You want to win playoff series. You want to win 16 playoffs games. So whatever I can do to help them get there. That's what I want to do."
The Golden Knights have one more regular-season game against the Kings, on April 6 in Las Vegas.
"I mean, we wish him all the best wherever that is," said Los Angeles captain Anze Kopitar, who played with Quick for 16 seasons. " ... But what I want for him is to go to a place where he has a chance obviously to play wherever that may be. Wish him all the best for him and his family."
Selected by the Kings in the third round (No. 72) of the 2005 NHL Draft, Quick is 370-275-82 with a 2.46 GAA, .911 save percentage and 57 shutouts in 743 regular-season games (731 starts). He is also 49-43 with a 2.31 GAA, .921 save percentage and 10 shutouts in 92 Stanley Cup Playoff games, helping Los Angeles win the Cup in 2012 and 2014.
Quick was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy voted as most valuable player of the playoffs in 2012. He has also won the William M. Jennings Trophy, which is awarded to the goaltenders who played for the team that allowed the fewest goals, twice (2013-14, 2017-18).
"It was really sad and unexpected," Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said. "I mean, it stinks] seeing one of your best friends of your life leave. Yeah, it was just so many emotions. … I never wanted to see 'Quickie' go. I expected to play with him the rest of my career, but the good thing about it is we're so close with 'Quickie.' We're always going to stay in touch. We're always going to see each other. Our families are close. So, yeah, again, it [stinks
and a 3rd-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. On Feb. 26, they acquired forward Ivan Barbashev from the St. Louis Blues for forward
Zach Dean
.
"It's not just about the numbers and digging up the different statistics of the season," Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon said of Quick. "He'd be the first to admit the year hasn't gone as well as it could. We're all about what lies ahead. What I've seen with Jonathan Quick on different occasions is he's responded to challenges many times in his career. His character is through the roof, and I think he'll come in and give us really good goaltending."
Columbus (20-35-6), which is last in the NHL, also traded forward Jakub Voracek and a sixth-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft to the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday for goalie
Jon Gillies
, and forward Gustav Nyquist to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday for a fifth-round pick in the 2023 Draft.
NHL.com independent correspondents Dan Greenspan and Paul Delos Santos contributed to this report
