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

[Feyd]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z10tL0NHAE8

In honor of the new Mats era

 

[CH1]

I think just having a reasonably data driven decision making process by default puts you at average or better as a NHL GM.

unless....they spend half their waking hours worrying if their Wendy franchises are selling enough Frostys

 

[Volcanologist]

unless....you spend half your waking hours worrying if your Wendy franchises are selling enough Frostys

 

[MindzEye]

unless....they spend half their waking hours worrying if their Wendy franchises are selling enough Frostys

But, to his credit....frosty machines are almost never broken. If he was a McDonald's franchisee, we'd be proper fucked.

 

[leafman101]

i mean being a data guy is by definition looking at process over results.

 

[MindzEye]

I noticed that the first time the picture got posted online and fucking cringed. What in the live laugh love for nerds is that shit?

 

[Feyd]

3 bottles of booze in the bottom right corner? Going full Kash Patel?

 

[MindzEye]

Does wine even count though?

 

[Feyd]

View: https://x.com/andystrickland/status/2051059368326582442

The plot thickens

 

[thehabhater]

View: https://x.com/andystrickland/status/2051059368326582442

The plot thickens

Calling Bruce Cassidy…

 

[Feyd]

Heh also meet "his" head coach. Like please for the love of god just purge the last management/coach remnant of the Shanafail era and lets move forward

 

[zeke]

View: https://x.com/andystrickland/status/2051059368326582442

The plot thickens

 

[CH1]

he's definitely looking at Korea Dates here

 

[MindzEye]

View: https://x.com/andystrickland/status/2051059368326582442

The plot thickens

JC: "Can you do the thing you did last year, but way way better"?
CB: "No"
JC: "Thank you for your candor"

 

[MindzEye]

Heh also meet "his" head coach. Like please for the love of god just purge the last management/coach remnant of the Shanafail era and lets move forward

I mean, we talk about it like an obvious move and it is, but most GM's will hang onto a dogshit coach just to play "the game" that buys them another year of employment when shit is going poorly.

If Chayka actually does the thing he should obviously do here, he deserves credit, it would buck the usual trend.

 

[Cal Gal]

Not holding my breath.

 

[Feyd]

Straight up the only way keeping him makes sense is if they lose their pick this year and have top 10 protection on next year's pick. Because they will be in the lottery hunt when Berube burns the first 3 months of the season @ .400

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/fronk_seravalli/status/2051045664419971281?s=20

(it's parody)

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/TLNdc/status/2051042472097108345?s=20

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Who was Chayka's coaching hire in Zona?