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

[MyNameIsJonas]

Dunno, but he had Trouba playing a huge role on his blueline and Trouba is the opposite of an analytics darling.

This is true, and i hear he wants him back.

 

[Pwner]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2057578212410933487

 

[Preston]

Many leaks about Matthews suddenly being all sorts of happy, coincidentally post berube firing

 

[Pwner]

It was always about Chief. Always.

 

[zeke]

i forgot they had the guddestpro of all in Gudas too. he would have been ahead of zellweger too if healthy.

the Doms (season + playoffs / 82gms)

Carlson +15.0
Lacombe +13.4
Zellweger +1.5
Trouba +0.8
Gudas -4.3
Mintyukov -5.2
Helleson -6.9
Hinds -8.0


playing some real shitpros ahead of zellweger tbh.

 

[MapleLeafBlueJayBoy]

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He is signed for two more years. He has NO choice. He has to show up. What the fuck is wrong with the media.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

i like the way he talks and carries himself. no hint of insecurity or weirdness about him.

The opposite. Extreme confidence and a desire to be under the hottest spotlight he can find.

 

[Volcanologist]

we'll never know I guess but I never believed the "Leafs winning the lottery didn't make any difference to Matthews' thinking" reporting, which appeared awfully rapidly after said lottery win, if you ask me..

 

[MindzEye]

we'll never know I guess but I never believed the "Leafs winning the lottery didn't make any difference to Matthews' thinking" reporting, which appeared awfully rapidly after said lottery win, if you ask me..

Well, they hadn't fired Berube yet.

It's pretty clear that he wanted Berube out, so why say nice things until Berube was out?

 

[Preston]

Amazing that the dumbfucks at tsn fell for the fake leaks from the Matthews camp. They were so panicked about Matthews simply not reporting to the leafs despite having two years left on his contract.

The crypto king has sub 50 IQ what a shocker.

 

[Volcanologist]

the decline of CJ has been a little sad. he used to be worth a listen.

 

[zeke]

It was always about Chief. Always.

it was never about anything at all, actually.

 

[Pwner]

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@TheFourthPeriod
has been all over this Matthews situation for weeks now.

In short, it's unlikely he's going anywhere this summer. He likes playing in Toronto, he wants to win in Toronto.

Like any star player, he just wants to know what the plan is. Along the way, the messaging got misconstrued.

Matthews’ camp has been trying to clarify some of the reporting in recent weeks

 

[zeke]

tl;dr trust in zeke

 

[Pwner]

it was never about anything at all, actually.

No, he hated Chief and his system. He wanted controlled entries.

 

[Preston]

He hated berube and wants them to be good. But he was never gonna not show up for training camp. Only crypto obsessed morons fell for that

 

[CH1]

Wait is LoF Jake Goldberg?

no. he's the other guy they almost hired, from the Bruins

 

[MindzEye]

no. he's the other guy they almost hired, from the Bruins

Evan Goldberg?

 

[Pwner]

He hated berube and wants them to be good. But he was never gonna not show up for training camp. Only crypto obsessed morons fell for that

Because there was no world where Chief was back next year. None.

 

[CH1]