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

Do you keep the dcorps as is now?

Does danforth get some time as 7D call up?
I actually would be interested in having stetcher as the extra dman...

Carlo for a 2C now.

Lastly. If you make an rfa offer, do you have to have your own first, second and third rounders or can it be any?

Name some 2Cs RFA or trade able options for Carlo, Macelli, Robertson, or Joshua. Plus the avs 1.
 
Do you keep the dcorps as is now?

Does danforth get some time as 7D call up?
I actually would be interested in having stetcher as the extra dman...

Carlo for a 2C now.

Lastly. If you make an rfa offer, do you have to have your own first, second and third rounders or can it be any?

Name some 2Cs RFA or trade able options for Carlo, Macelli, Robertson, or Joshua. Plus the avs 1.
They have to be your own - for the four first rounders, they do say it can be four of the next five years, but alas we traded both 2027 and 2028.
 
Do you keep the dcorps as is now?

Does danforth get some time as 7D call up?
I actually would be interested in having stetcher as the extra dman...

Carlo for a 2C now.

Lastly. If you make an rfa offer, do you have to have your own first, second and third rounders or can it be any?

Name some 2Cs RFA or trade able options for Carlo, Macelli, Robertson, or Joshua. Plus the avs 1.
I dont know what 2C you think you're going to get for that lot, but i dont think you want him.

Best bet might be a higher priced one out of favor in a Rielly deal along with a 2nd/3rd
 
One thing I want to add about Raddysh (ME already touched on this of course) is that I don't think this was just 1 year of him turning into that dude. I think he was already there, at least offensively, in 24-25. He just didn't get the same icetime or PP1.

Points per 60
24-25: 1.49 (6th in the NHL)
25-26: 1.56 (10th in the NHL)

So in the last 2 years he's been producing at a 1.53 p/60 clip (6th in the league) on a 146 game sample. The guys ahead of him: Dahlin, Makar, Werenski, Bouchard, Hutson. Pretty pretty good company. He's just ahead of Carlson, Fox and Hughes, for reference. Honestly this is by far the best case for this signing for me. There just haven't been any shit or even mediocre d in recent years that are top 6 in the NHL over a 146 game sample on 5 on 5 points per 60. This wasn't a fluke. He's for real IMO.


Montour's 2 seasons that led to him getting that monster contract with the Kraken had him scoring at a 1.09/60 clip in 146 games. Even if you zero in on his 1 breakout year in 22-23, he was a 1.39 guy. I don't know if he's gonna live up to #1 d status, but I think I'm not too afraid of the Montour comparisons. I think there's plenty there that shows that Darren is better.
 
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Yeah, I don't really think you necessarily have to have Raddysh repeat the same offensive statistics for this to be a price you can live with as the cap continues to rise either.
 
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