Looking back on the best reactions from the 23 minutes that rocked the NHL



Two years ago today the NHL was rocked as Taylor Hall was dealt to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for defenceman Adam Larsson, the Montreal Canadiens flipped P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators for Shea Weber, and Steven Stamkos signed a massive eight-year extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning all within a matter of 23 minutes.

Any of those three stories are enough to lead the entire day, but to have all three happen in less than 30 minutes had everyone in disbelief. As you can probably imagine, or if you remember, Twitter blew up at the time all of this was happening and some of the reactions were priceless.



Hockey fans on both sides of Canada were not too pleased that day, especially Oilers fans.



Chiarelli, probably: "It's hard to let Taylor go but top young blueliners like Oliver Adam-Larsson aren't available every day." — Matt Cane (@Cane_Matt) June 30, 2016 "Adam Larsson" - Edmonton this morning pic.twitter.com/i4G25nGv0B — Chris Sala (@Salayool) June 30, 2016 If you put the Hall/Larsson deal into an NHL trade checker, it blocks you from the page and contacts your internet service provider. — Adam Proteau (@Proteautype) June 29, 2016 In the last 5 seasons of NHL play, Adam Larsson was the 106th defenceman in points. Nikita Nikitin was 108th. So clearly an upgrade for Oil. — Jouni Nieminen (@OnsideWithJouni) June 29, 2016 If Larsson gets you Hall, Subban gets you young Mario Lemieux, rookie Jaromir Jagr and 10 first round picks. — Conor McKenna (@mckennaconor) June 29, 2016

A lot of people expected Stamkos to stay put in Tampa Bay, but fans in Toronto truly felt he was going to make the move back home to play with the Maple Leafs.



We could have done great things, @RealStamkos91. — Norm Kelly (@norm) June 29, 2016 Yzerman, Poile and Shero did work.



Great work guys. — Gus Katsaros🏒 (@KatsHockey) June 29, 2016

We probably won’t ever experience anything like that ever again but it was a fun 23 minutes while it lasted.