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BUFFALO, NEW YORK When news of a trade between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Los Angeles Kings broke on Tuesday night, Vladislav Gavrikov and Joonas Korpisalo were sitting next to each other.
The two buddies and Blue Jackets teammates discovered at the same moment they'd stay teammates with the Kings following a trade that was consummated about 1 a.m. Wednesday while watching their teammates defeat the Buffalo Sabres, 5-3, at KeyBank Center. It was the penultimate trade of the day, which included an earlier Columbus transaction that sent injured forward Gustav Nyquist to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a fifth-round draft selection.
"We'd been thinking that way all along, that we don't want to be scrambling just before the deadline." "Jarmo Kekalainen, general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets, stated. "We did that last year. We made a deal with Carolina (for Max Domi) just 30 seconds before the deadline, and we were all sweating bullets in the office, not knowing if we were going to make it or not, and we didn't want to go through that again. Thus, get things done early and often, and you won't have to scramble."
Columbus Blue Jackets might not be done trading
Kekalainen is likely to pull off a couple more deals after adding three draft picks to his stockpile plus veteran goalie Jonathan Quick as a possible trade asset in his first two.
The return for Columbus in the Gavrikov/Korpisalo deal was a conditional first-round pick in this year's draft plus a 2024 third-round pick and Quick, who played in L.A. for 16 years and backstopped the Kings to the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014.
“We keep working at it and definitely with the picks that we have now, as assets, we’re looking to make our team better, not just picking year after year," Kekalainen said. "Obviously, our (own) first pick (this year) is not going to be in play, but the (first) pick that we acquired (from L.A.) and some of the future picks that we have plenty of now will be in play.”
What will the Columbus Blue Jackets do with Jonathan Quick?
According to Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli, Quick was shocked and upset about the deal, which was completed after the Kings won 6-5 Tuesday night in Winnipeg.
Quick flew back to Los Angeles with the Kings after being informed of the trade and it's fair to wonder whether he'll even show up in Columbus.
Kekalainen said Wednesday that he informed Quick and the goalie's agent, George Bazos, that Columbus intends "to do the right thing," by seeking out potential deals for a Quick flip to a contender. If so, the Blue Jackets may have to eat a portion of the $5.8 million cap hit they agreed to fully take off the Kings' plate to complete the Gavrikov/Korpisalo trade.
"We’ll stay in touch with him and we’ve still got plenty of time here," Kekalainen said. "We’ll see what happens.”
What's next for Gavrikov and Korpisalo with the Los Angeles Kings?
As for the completed trade between the Blue Jackets and Kings, it finally put an end to months of speculation about Gavrikov and Korpisalo. Both were on the market because they’re pending unrestricted free agents.
Gavrikov and the Blue Jackets were unable to agree on an extension, which Kekalainen said was mostly an issue with contract length, while Korpisalo signed only a one-year extension last summer after surgery to repair a hip labrum last spring.
There was also the matter of Elvis Merzlikins’ five-year contract with a $5.4 million charge against the salary cap and rookie Daniil Tarasov requiring waivers next season for assignment to the American Hockey League, which would likely result losing him to another team.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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