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

CH1 said:
They can get real players tho. Some teams have that — ie a lesser D than Werenski (but still premium) and some of the stuff you have above

Leafs are missing a d-man they could trade
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Hughes was traded for Rossi, Buium, Ohgren and a 1st. Dobson was traded for 2 1sts. What are you talking about?
 
CH1 said:
A lot quantity, and sometimes quantity can equal quality but in this case hard pass. Werenski is one of the best dmen in the game, so I’m gonna need more than just hopium (and Knies)
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Eh, I don't know if you're going to get a piece like Knies offered by too many teams Werenski would waive to. You're probably into hoping that Harley has a bounce back. Maybe Svechnikov or Jarvis if Werenski wants to go to Carolina. Dorofeyev if Vegas.

Regardless, Knies is right in the conversation with the centrepiece you're going to get offered in return.
 
leafman101 said:
Hughes was traded for Rossi, Buium, Ohgren and a 1st. Dobson was traded for 2 1sts. What are you talking about?
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Vancouver was in tank mode. I assume Columbus isn’t

I don’t know what you’re talking about with Dobson — he is not even close to Werenski (plus he only agreed to MTL and ironically not CBJ) which lowered Isles leverage
 
CH1 said:
I don’t know what you’re talking about with Dobson — he is not even close to Werenski (plus he agreed to MTL and ironically not CBJ)
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So you're prediction is Werenski is going for a lesser, but still premium D, like Dobson plus some other stuff like Knies/Danford/1st?

Think we're much closer tbh.
 
The whole point of shopping Knies is to test the market with an asset that is so rarely available to every team in the NHL. No trade protection, and a full league to shop him to. No one wants anything but a very lopsided trade here, and we are all aware that it's not likely to happen.

But it is true that guys like Knies are the exact piece you need in a trade for a top end d. If Werenski had leafs pajamas as a child and he did what Brady did with Florida, it would be a fairly straight forward trade to make.

Too bad Canadian d mostly all suck.
 
leafman101 said:
So you're prediction is Werenski is going for a lesser, but still premium D, like Dobson plus some other stuff like Knies/Danford/1st?

Think we're much closer tbh.
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It’s pretty simple. I want some kind of replacement for Werenski’s elite 25 minutes a night…

My prediction is that if Columbus doesn’t get more than a bunch of futures for him now, they’re better off waiting until next year’s trade deadline where they can get even more of that.

I wouldn’t be in a rush if I was them, their situation is different than Ottawa and MagaBoy
 
CH1 said:
It’s pretty simple. I want some kind of replacement for Werenski’s elite 25 minutes a night…

My prediction is that if Columbus doesn’t get more than a bunch of futures for him now, they’re better off waiting until next year’s trade deadline where they can get even more of that.

I wouldn’t be in a rush if I was them, their situation is different than Ottawa and MagaBoy
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The speculation is that it ISNT much different and that’s why this convo even started tho
 
Hate to break it to Columbus, but if you're trading Werenski, you should probably extract as much value as possible as opposed to hunting for a replacement. No one's giving you a slightly lesser Werenski for 1-2 years of Werenski. That never happens.
 
Preston said:
Hate to break it to Columbus, but if you're trading Werenski, you should probably extract as much value as possible as opposed to hunting for a replacement. No one's giving you a slightly lesser Werenski for 1-2 years of Werenski. That never happens.
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Even 1/2 a Werenski is more than what the Leafs have to offer
 
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