The Official 2026 Off-Season Thread: Revenge of the Nerds
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Leafin'
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I’m hoping we’ve finally brought in smart people to find these types without blowing our cap space. Especially on slow old broken down guys.
This would be a Treliving signing at big money and term if I ever saw one.
Leafin'
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Also:
Last year 15 games missed
Year before 56 games missed
Year before that 24 games missed
Year before that 14
Year before that 23
before that 41
That’s brutal. Fuck that.
LeafGm
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Since he’s missed a minimum of 15 games to injury in each of the past five years, and has averaged 26 games injured per season in that stretch, no, he does not play “All” the toughs.
Also old, slow, broken and a career Blue Jacket leaderbean. Hard pass. If this is the kind of Dubas-style move Chayka kicks off with, we’re well and truly fucked.
hockeylover
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Prob coulda kept Minten but we just really needed Carlo
LeafOfFaith
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Forget it. Zero tolerance for injury prone guys. I’d rather have a worse player who plays 82 plus playoffs.
Preston
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Jenner is fine as a temporary stop gap before finding a more permanent solution in the 3 hole. If they can go short on him and if this prevents them from blowing their load on a mediocre to subpar solution instead, then sign me up. I don't care about the aav, they've got more cap space than they can spend in the next two years anyway. They can afford to get stupid on a super short term deal on some stop gap aging vets, whether it's a d or a c.
MyNameIsJonas
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This is why I advocate Carlson
LeafOfFaith
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Always go for quality, regardless of the circumstances. You don’t take a broken guy just because you have cap space. You use the cap space to get a not broken guy.
Preston
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Yes this is exactly what I'm advocating for. Get the best guy you can possibly get and don't settle on getting locked into something that is shit to mediocre.
MyNameIsJonas
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In this FA class Jenner IS one of the quality names
Preston
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And plan B shouldn't be "do nothing and don't spend your cap space" like it was for Treliving. It should be the Jenner's of the world on short term deals with bloated aavs. And in the meantime you can still hunt for a more permanent solution, one will eventually become available if it isn't this summer. No need to force it if it isn't there.
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LeafOfFaith
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Getting a guy who’s injured all the time is locking into something shit and mediocre. Doing it over a short term deal doesn’t change that.
Cal Gal
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zeke: "He's always injured. . ."
hockeylover
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Preston
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Fans have a weird tendency of assuming that the perfect player is always available at all times for Carlo, Maccelli and a 3rd. Sometimes the player just isn't there in a particular summer. Especially in a year with a significant cap increase; few teams will be in a hurry to move legit 2nd or 3rd line centers who are on good contracts. I don't know dick all about Jenner, but if he's not the guy, then let's hear some other ideas.
LeafOfFaith
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That’s Chayka’s job. And if Jenner is the best option available then maybe a two year deal is perfectly acceptable. But I’d like them to target durable players first and foremost. A guy who’s frequently injured is a good bet to miss 25% of the season or the playoffs isn’t going to do much good.