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

[LeafGm]

Leafs actually qualified more guys than was initially reported. Happy to see Villeneuve on this list:



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[leafman101]

Who was Carolina’s Carlo? Walker or Ghost? Nikishin? Reilly?

Wait so all of their depth D were skilled pick movers?

 

[Volcanologist]

If Treliving were still here he'd be driving a money truck over to Logan Stanley's house

 

[hockeylover]

I mean this is also true.

I guess so but I think they also can’t imagine there being any other reason and they can’t wrap their heads around Chayka not doing things the way the OBC would.

This idea that they need to immediately replace Carlo with a Carlo type now demonstrates that I think.

 

[LeafGm]

View: https://x.com/FAN590/status/2071670038684479611?s=20

Justin Bourne asking the important questions like who are you going to get that’s better than Carlo!?

I’m guessing that all the people ripping the decision to trade away Carlo and tearing their hair out over how they’ll replace him are the same motherfuckers that were showering Treliving with praise immediately after he traded Minten and a 1st for him.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

I honestly question if these guys even watch the games. Too stupid.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

I expected more activity the last couple of days. Pretty quiet heading into ufa, unless tomorrow ends up being wild.

Feels more like a dull thump coming up after the insanity of the prior week. Especially without many notable names on the market.

 

[MindzEye]

I’m guessing that all the people ripping the decision to trade away Carlo and tearing their hair out over how they’ll replace him are the same motherfuckers that were showering Treliving with praise immediately after he traded Minten and a 1st for him.

Because they've learned nothing, and are impervious to learn anything about the game. It still exists in a weird 1997 stasis field in their minds when you only really needed 1-2 puck movers on the blueline. Think of the blueline Kypreos won a cup with

Leetch-Zubov
Beukeboom-Karpovtsev
Levin Lowe-Jay Wells

2 elite puck movers and 4 big grenade tossing plugs. That's a perfectly constructed blueline in his mind.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Forget about Werenski. Wonder what it would take to get RFA and Toronto boy Fantilli out of Columbus. Young C is what we need, not older D.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Forget about Werenski. Wonder what it would take to get RFA and Toronto boy Fantilli out of Columbus. Young C is what we need, not older D.

It would still take your bestie plus a ton of things

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Nah. Especially not if they're having trouble extending him.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Nah. Especially not if they're having trouble extending him.

He's an RFA with no leverage and a recent 2nd overall...he costs Knies plus

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

I mean he's likely not even availble but if he was, thats where it starts.

 

[Preston]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2071712291020554659

 

[LeafOfFaith]

The leverage every RFA has is to not sign, which many have used to their advantage until they got what they wanted. Robertson is an RFA and giving Dallas a massive headache. Fantilli is not Robertson though.

 

[BG]

That Robertson situation has a bit of a Marner smell to it....

 

[mbow30]

Because they've learned nothing, and are impervious to learn anything about the game. It still exists in a weird 1997 stasis field in their minds when you only really needed 1-2 puck movers on the blueline. Think of the blueline Kypreos won a cup with

Leetch-Zubov
Beukeboom-Karpovtsev
Levin Lowe-Jay Wells

2 elite puck movers and 4 big grenade tossing plugs. That's a perfectly constructed blueline in his mind.

Karpovtsev Lowe and wells weren’t even grenade tossing plugs.

 

[Cal Gal]

Potsy wasn't, for sure. IIRC, he'd take the occasional faceoff.

 

[Leafin']

Leetch - Zubov is so far above anything we’ve ever had.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Kaberle McCabe was probably pretty close.