NHL whirlwind sends hockey fans' heads spinning

Wednesday afternoon gave hockey fans 15 minutes of absolutely insane trade-signing action leaving them surprised and in some cases a little confused.

Best reactions to a news-breaking day

Gabriella Cook CBC Sports Posted: Jun 29, 2016 5:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 30, 2016

Subban, left, is off to Nashville, Hall, right, is going to New Jersey and Stamkos, centre, is staying put in Tampa. (Getty)

The hockey world could smell change in the air, but no one was anticipating the whirlwind that was Wednesday afternoon.

Recap of the last 15 minutes:
Taylor Hall traded to Devils
Subban traded for Shea Weber
Stamkos signs with Tampa
Wow.
—@mirtle

Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson
Shea Weber for P.K. Subban
Stamkos staying with the Bolts pic.twitter.com/lY174sXIwC
—@Wolfpuck87

That's right. Hall for Larsson, Subban for Weber and Stamkos re-signing with Tampa. Pretty crazy.

Everything is happening! We can't keep up with the NHL right now Who else are losing their minds? pic.twitter.com/5dVSovI21T
—@OHLIceDogs

As always, fans weighed in with their opinions on the big trades and even came up with a hypothesis on why no Canadian teams made the playoffs this season.

Between the Taylor Hall trade and the P.K. Subban trade, maybe the reason Canada had no playoff teams is their NHL teams are run by morons?
—@AndrewBucholtz

Habs fans didn't take the news of PK leaving lightly.

.@CanadiensMTL Peace out. I'm done. This was the only thing you could do to lose my fandom, and you did it. Congrats
—@pattitudez

"I'm not shopping PK Subban"

You're a god damn liar, Marc Bergevin
—@NikkF07

Remember that time PK Subban gave 10 MILLION DOLLARS to the local hospital? He meant so much more to #Habs fans than just on the ice. Gutted
—@TyranAult

When you find out Shea Weber is signed until 2026 pic.twitter.com/GM9bETfSko
—@BringBackLee

@CanadiensMTL pic.twitter.com/0skb1yU2t8
—@_Karlsson65

Montreal may have been disappointed, but Edmonton fans were more confused than anything.

Girlfriend just said "Isn't Taylor Hall their best player? Why would they trade him? Who is Adam Larsson?" #TaylorHall #NHL #Oilers
—@darceymcl

The Oilers just traded Taylor Hall for a handful of beans. And not even magic beans. Like they reached into a dented can of baked beans.
—@DownGoesBrown

All of Edmonton Right Now #taylorHall pic.twitter.com/qN10A5lDq4
—@JuliaMarie828

While Oiler fans were disappointed to lose Hall, there's one Devil who sure is happy to see a familiar face.

Together again! @hallsy04 pic.twitter.com/i93uRfuOfD
—@AdamHenrique

Oh, and then this happened:

Excited to be back for 8 more years @TBLightning ! Here we go .....
—@RealStamkos91

#Stamkos pulls an Erik Karlsson, accepts 60% of the money he could make on open market #NHL
—@Isaac_Smith91

Which left everyone outside of Tampa feeling like:

Every Sabres, Red Wing and Maple Leaf fan currently seeing that Stamkos is staying pic.twitter.com/s59SHCbjuq
—@TheDailyHockey_

Stamkos at $68M for 8 years is utter wizardry by Yzerman. I am in absolute awe. How did that happen?
—@gbradyradio

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