The NHL made fans wait a little longer Sunday morning, and the reaction on social media was, in a word, lit.
One minute before the league's much publicized scheduled reveal time for the highly anticipated expansion draft protected players lists, there was this.
UPDATE: The NHL will announce Available/Protected Lists for the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft today at 10:30 a.m. ET. #VegasDraft
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) June 18, 2017
Twitter predictably brought its A-game in the immediate aftermath of the announcement.
I'm going back to bed. https://t.co/u3io4IuUs9
— Bill Hoppe (@BillHoppeNHL) June 18, 2017
................... welp https://t.co/4KDtkvnqNX
— Michael Smith (@MSmithCanes) June 18, 2017
I was saying Boo-ettman.
— James Mirtle (@mirtle) June 18, 2017
What's another half hour after waiting for months, right? https://t.co/UR08OhhcpK
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 18, 2017
THAT IS EVIL.
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) June 18, 2017
Sorry folks, but the Montreal list has to have a 30-minute ceremony before it can come out.
— Winging It In Motown (@wingingitmotown) June 18, 2017
Hold please while the NHL hurriedly looks for another America Online CD and tries to troubleshoot its Netscape browser.
— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) June 18, 2017
Vegas is challenging offside on one of the lists
— Winging It In Motown (@wingingitmotown) June 18, 2017
Did someone forget to press save? https://t.co/Mfw2hrBABd
— Chris Gordon (@Chris_Gordon) June 18, 2017
No Hurry League
— All The Kings Men (@KingsMenPodcast) June 18, 2017
So, how 'bout those Cubbies, huh?
— Tracey Myers (@TramyersCSN) June 18, 2017
All the lists were put in a safe and now they can't find the key.
— Winging It In Motown (@wingingitmotown) June 18, 2017
In true NHL fashion, this delay is caused by a lockout
— The Royal Half (@theroyalhalf) June 18, 2017
To be fair, 7 a.m. is an absolutely ludicrous time to be awake in Las Vegas.
— Sam Werner (@SWernerPG) June 18, 2017
Somewhere, Gary Bettman has a coffee, a newspaper, and is snickering as he opens his secret Hockey Twitter account
— Mary Clarke (@marycclarke) June 18, 2017
Today's #NHL Expansion Draft List release is brought to you by the Guardian Project.
— Section 328 (@Section_328) June 18, 2017
At least by adding a frustrating and inexplicable delay to something that seems like it should have been simpler the NHL is staying on brand
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) June 18, 2017
And scene.
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