The Official 2026 Off-Season Thread: Revenge of the Nerds
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MindzEye
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The nerds were accurate last year. But even assuming it's a bunch higher, I'm good with ~7 million x 4-5.
MyNameIsJonas
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Like many things can be true
Simmons could be an unprofessional hack
Digging into Chayka's past is completely fair
The Leafs could have been prepared in any manner whatsoever to actually talk about it.
This might be a nightmare hire
Its still a way better hire than Tre or anyone of that ilk, even if it's the basement of a data driven hire.
Simmons could be an unprofessional hack
Digging into Chayka's past is completely fair
The Leafs could have been prepared in any manner whatsoever to actually talk about it.
This might be a nightmare hire
Its still a way better hire than Tre or anyone of that ilk, even if it's the basement of a data driven hire.
MyNameIsJonas
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I wonder if he reaches as high as 9 x 6
MindzEye
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You think someone is going to make him the 11th highest earning defender in the league?
MyNameIsJonas
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Cap is going up
FA crop is terrible
Alot of teams are and should be desperate
A bad team like the Leafs might need to really overpay.
Preston
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Totally thought the league was gonna favor in John Chayka's favor
leafman101
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He did have a ppg season.
Last offseason salaries didn’t really explode as much as people were expecting though so who knows.
Last offseason salaries didn’t really explode as much as people were expecting though so who knows.
leafman101
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Wasn’t this always the case though? Why are they reporting this now as if that wasn’t always the trade conditions.
MindzEye
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Sure, but the salaries always stay fairly relative to each other. 9 millie would be crazy to give a 30 yr old with 3 seasons in the league, 1 of them as a #1. Raddysh is way more likely to be in the late bloomer Weegar/Forsling/Matheson salary tier with adjustment to the new cap environment than he is to be making Chychryn/Dobson money.
It's actually not bad for RHD. Andersson, Carlson, & Trouba are all varying levels of desirable for a lot of teams looking for a top pairing RHD.
A lot of teams don't have the amount of budget and cap space that you think. Most good teams are already well into the 85-90+ million dollar range of salary commitments for next season. Everyone always underestimates how much it costs just to keep your own RFA's and randos.
MindzEye
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This is why I try to keep is objective and just use the AFP projections, which were pretty excellent last off season.
Preston
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Yeah I have no idea why this is considered new
MindzEye
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Because fuck the Leafs and fuck John Chayka. Everything we've always said about our media is just being amplified right now.
Hoss
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I would do Reilly for E. Pettersson and a pick or a dman in return
MindzEye
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Thanks Chayka.
MyNameIsJonas
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I know i want Raddysh well ahead of Rasmus and Trouba, and Carlson kinda feels like a contenders only dude
MindzEye
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I mean, that's great, but again this is why I try to keep it objective and use the same guys who produced a highly accurate contract projection list last year. Could I see AFP under value Raddysh? Yeah sure. But by 4 fucking million a year? No. It's way more likely that someone spiked your cheese with the magic mushrooms again.
zeke
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the good news is that they'll definitely use this development to finally criticize Brad Treliving.
right?