2026 NHL UFA/Trade Thread

[Sal_Butera]

View: https://x.com/rinkyreport/status/2104530650078576742?s=46

Wood ship has seemingly sailed… guess all teams balked

 

[Sal_Butera]

View: https://x.com/guerinmaxim/status/2104591555168280753?s=46

 

[lecoqsportif]

Wood ship has seemingly sailed…

 

[Krustchev]

View: https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/2104630090860728831?

 

[Krustchev]

View: https://x.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/2104633802588893695?

 

[Krustchev]

View: https://x.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/2104638976061837706?

 

[Sal_Butera]

Suspect it’s Knies + Cowan + taking on cap dump

Knies is a Midwest boy (Minny), solid asset acquisition strategy for CBJ - they need to follow Winter-peg blueprint 30%+ roster are midwesterners

 

[Krustchev]

Suspect it’s Knies + Cowan + taking on cap dump

Knies is a Midwest boy (Minny), solid asset acquisition strategy for CBJ - they need to follow Winter-peg blueprint 30%+ roster are midwesterners

Waddell did great if that's the trade.

 

[lecoqsportif]

And he’s locked in at a reasonable amount, which is yuge for CLB.

And it maybe helps mollify Werenski.

 

[Sal_Butera]

Waddell did great if that's the trade.

Make Beliefs PP will be incredible but their 5-on-5 will take a major hit - Knies is significantly better than Marchenko

Apparently Elvis is the cap dump for the deal

 

[Habsy]

Yup. Stupid if they trade Knies for Marchenko.

 

[Stinky]

I hope the do it. Knies is the kind of dude you win a cup with.

 

[AH$$$]

Leaf GMs must really hate Knies. Dating back to when he was offered as a package for Hagel by Kyle Dubas.

 

[habsfan]

they're the same player but Knies will make half of what Marchenko does. It's a pretty bad trade for the Leafs. I'm not sure I'd make that deal 1 for 1

 

[Krustchev]

Yup. Stupid if they trade Knies for Marchenko.

Marchenko is the better player.

 

[GEEMAN]

they're the same player but Knies will make half of what Marchenko does. It's a pretty bad trade for the Leafs. I'm not sure I'd make that deal 1 for 1

Knies is a better player with more skill and wheels

 

[Alan C]

I don’t know who will be better player going forward between Knies and Marchenko. I do know that Knies in locked iin and Marchenko will cost significantly more. Makes it a confusing trade on Leafs side but makes sense for Columbus.

 

[GEEMAN]

I don’t know who will be better player going forward between Knies and Marchenko. I do know that Knies in locked iin and Marchenko will cost significantly more. Makes it a confusing trade on Leafs side but makes sense for Columbus.

if Freege and LeBrun are in on this , its close

 

[habsfan]

Marchenko is the better player.

yes, but will cost 1.5x more. I don't think I understand why Toronto is doing that

 

[lecoqsportif]

It seems Marchenko want muchly more turnip than mlse boyars can give.