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The Official 2026 Off-Season Thread: Revenge of the Nerds

So i have no idea if any of the Marlies that just advanced to the Calder Cup are actually NHL talents, but you'd have thought a decent amount of them would have been given a look once the season was over.
 
So i have no idea if any of the Marlies that just advanced to the Calder Cup are actually NHL talents, but you'd have thought a decent amount of them would have been given a look once the season was over.

tbf they kinda did. villeneuve was the only real annoying case given how long he's kicked around down there without a look.


Cowan (20) 66gms
Quillan (23) 23gms
Hildeby (24) 20gms
Groulx (25) 13gms
Mermis (32) 11gms
Pezzetta (27) 9gms
Haymes (22) 4gms
Thrun (24) 4gms
Villeneuve (23) 3gms
Akhtyamov (24) 3gms
Tverberg (24) 2gms
Rifai (27) 1gms
Benning (31) 1gms
 


- Yeah, I think Mo is moving. Makes sense for both sides tbh, and I think Mo carries more value in the market than most of us would assume
- Yesterday is was "Raddysh won't make it to free agency", today it's "9 million x 7". What we're seeing kids, is Brisebois & Jeff Jackson playing games in the media with each other.
 
I don’t believe Rielly is going anywhere.

Even if determined to deal him, why even trade him at what might be his lowest value?

It only makes sense to keep him to see what he’s like under the new regime, and if he’s better, you either keep him or trade him for more. My vote is keep him then too.
 
Not sure if it’s been posted but heard in an interview where Joe Pavelski has been thrown into the mix for lead coaching job?
 
I don’t believe Rielly is going anywhere.

Even if determined to deal him, why even trade him at what might be his lowest value?

It only makes sense to keep him to see what he’s like under the new regime, and if he’s better, you either keep him or trade him for more. My vote is keep him then too.
If he's terrible again his value could plummet into untradeable, is the problem
 
I guess we’ll see who the coach is but much like the Treliving situation imo the bar is pretty low for an upgrade on Berube last year and the effect he seemed to have on everyone’s numbers.
 
Exactly. If only they knew what was coming.

But then again, anything we did differently in that department and we’re probably holding some 30+ player instead of him, instead of getting amped to draft McKenna.
 
Yeah we probably get Rantanen for him. But I'm fine with how things worked out. McKenna is the future while Mitch tries to gaslight us about his past
 
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