Kings fans rip team for Twitter send-off to recently traded ‘franchise icon’ Jonathan Quick: ‘That’s it?’

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It’s the top of an period in Southern California because the Los Angeles Kings traded goalie Jonathan Quick forward of the NHL Trade deadline. 

Quick is one of the best goaltender in staff historical past, and whereas his tenure with the membership needed to finish, followers are nonetheless furious it did.

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Goaltender Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings kisses the Stanley Cup after his team defeated the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final at the Staples Center on June 13, 2014, in Los Angeles.

Goaltender Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings kisses the Stanley Cup after his staff defeated the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final on the Staples Center on June 13, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Dave Sandford / NHLI by way of Getty Images)

Upon asserting the commerce, the Kings despatched out a tweet thanking Quick for his contributions to the staff ever since he was a third-round draft decide in 2005 by them.

“On the biggest stages… Under the brightest lights… You performed like no other. The ultimate teammate… The fiercest competitor… A legacy that will never diminish,” the tweet’s graphic learn.

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Despite the fashionable gesture, it was not acquired properly by followers.

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Quick received Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014 with the Kings, incomes the Conn Smythe Trophy because the Stanley Cup Final MVP within the franchise’s first championship.

His 743 video games in internet are, by far, essentially the most ever by a Kings goalie, and his .911 save share can also be a franchise finest.

He was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets together with a conditional first-round decide in 2023 and a third-round decide in 2024 for defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo.

Jonathan Quick #32 of the Los Angeles Kings holds up the Stanley Cup after the Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-1 to win the Stanley Cup series 4-2 in Game Six of the 2012 Stanley Cup Final at Staples Center on June 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

Jonathan Quick #32 of the Los Angeles Kings holds up the Stanley Cup after the Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-1 to win the Stanley Cup collection 4-2 in Game Six of the 2012 Stanley Cup Final at Staples Center on June 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)

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Quick’s 370 wins are the third-most by a U.S.-born goaltender and the Nineteenth-most in NHL historical past.

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