Oscar Lindberg lingered on the ice after Golden Knights practice, firing puck after puck into an empty net.
He had no idea those moments would be his last in a Knights jersey.
A floor above at City National Arena, general manager George McPhee was finalizing a deal that would send the 27-year-old Lindberg, along with prospect Erik Brannstrom and a 2020 second-round pick, to the Ottawa Senators for winger Mark Stone. And down a hallway, Lindberg’s ex-teammates were learning about the trade before him while watching TV in the locker room.
The moment showed the human side of Monday’s trade deadline, because the Knights’ excitement over their new teammate Stone was mixed with sadness for their old one.