VANCOUVER — The BC Lions have acquired American quarterback Dane Evans in a trade with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the team announced on Thursday. In exchange, the Ticats will receive a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2024 CFL Draft.
Didn't see THAT coming.
Same here, had to read it twice plus stare at it to make sure I was reading it right. 
Well that’s a bit of a surprise I would say. Naylor had him going to Toronto. You can’t say that the Lions don’t need him. It remains to be seen whether they ask him to renegotiate his contract. If they don’t the Lions should have the most expensive QB’s in the league, the complete opposite of last year.
I think there is another trade brewing , maybe Adams to Argos or Esks ?
It crossed my mind. That is possible.
Well, the Argos need somebody. Adams wouldn't be bad.
My first thought was that they'd flip Dane Evans. I think they'd prefer Adams over Evans, but we'll see.
Also my first thought. It could remove the optics of Hamilton directly trading Evans to their arch rival.
Agreed. With MBT gone and Kelly unproven, they need help. BC could come out of this looking very good.
Have to imagine they would massively restructure Evans's contract. Assuming they can make the cap numbers work, I think Adams enters camp as the no. 1 and Evans as the veteran backup. But now the Lions have great QB depth in case Adams gets injured or underperforms.
Does this mean that Cats now have more Cap space,,now that Evans has gone to B.C.
Poor Adams and Dom Davis, by the way. Second consecutive offseason something like this happens to them. 
(last time, it was Harris signing in Montreal after Davis had signed and the Als neglecting to mention it to Adams.)
I don't know about that. I think Campbell is happy to keep Adams as his starter. Evans is a good reliable back up so I seriously would be surprised if Adams gets traded to either team. But it just might be in the Cards for Toronto to up the Anti and do a deal with BC for Evans if Campbell is looking for a trade. The Argos have been spending a lot for players and just might be desperate enough to give a significant trade deal away.
Evans is not much improvement for the Lions, if at all
Here's Lalji's take:
so now the LIons have a 2B and a 2C qb.
See, that's how you handle acquiring another QB. Maciocia, are you taking notes?
I didn't see that trade coming either. Toronto pulling the trigger for Dane Evans would've made more sense to me. What a shocker.
The last time I was THIS caught off guard by player movement in the CFL I was watching Doug Brown carry a sofa from one side of his rec room to the other.
awesome. i like Evans and i think he still has untapped potential if he can straighten out the mental side.