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

[LeafGm]

Kaberle McCabe was probably pretty close.

No

 

[mbow30]

Kaberle McCabe was probably pretty close.

Come on

 

[LeafOfFaith]

I can't be bothered to go look up the stats, but I remember Kabby and McCabe just feasting on PPs for years.

Were Leetch and Zubov that much better?

 

[Killer93]

Have a feeling we see them sign Bobo (hope I am wrong), Kane, and possibly Jenner. Could also see another trade involving Rielly or adding to the blue line.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

I can't be bothered to go look up the stats, but I remember Kabby and McCabe just feasting on PPs for years.

Were Leetch and Zubov that much better?

Neither Leaf is a HOF, Leetch is an all timer and Zubov is closer than either Leaf

 

[mbow30]

I mean we all saw leetch here. Past his prime and just in another class compared to those other two, who were rounding into their peak year.

And zubov 100pct should be in the hall of game.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Neither Leaf is a HOF, Leetch is an all timer and Zubov is closer than either Leaf

To be clear, I wasn't talking about their careers, just that stretch where we had those two guys and they racked up a zillion points each.

One an elite playmaker and the other an elite shot.

 

[hockeylover]

that Bob contract is kinda scary, the term and dollars he’s asking for seems absolutely absurd

 

[LeafGm]

Have a feeling we see them sign Bobo (hope I am wrong), Kane, and possibly Jenner. Could also see another trade involving Rielly or adding to the blue line.

Signing Bob & Jenner would be a Brian Burke-level god-fucking-awful July 1st.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Marchment and some dump/trade with Vancouver for either big in Petterson or lesser in Debrusk.

 

[hockeylover]

View: https://x.com/nylanderthews/status/2069874976082034971?s=20

Like I’m sorry what? He’s fucking 38

 

[LeafOfFaith]

What are these guys on? The amount of trash they put out there is ridiculous.

 

[thehabhater]

Have the new management made any decisions based upon “analytics” yet?

 

[thehabhater]

View: https://x.com/nylanderthews/status/2069874976082034971?s=20

Like I’m sorry what? He’s fucking 38

View: https://youtu.be/pV129lmqOe0?si=QckYlrENbOyo393Z

 

[LeafGm]

View: https://x.com/nylanderthews/status/2069874976082034971?s=20

Like I’m sorry what? He’s fucking 38

Batshit fucking crazy.

 

[Preston]

The amount of Bob chatter brings back nightmares of the Ryan Reaves chatter pre July 1st

 

[Volcanologist]

4 years for a 38 year old goalie does not seem particularly data-driven

 

[Leafin']

I don’t mind rolling the dice on Bobrovsky if the term and money is good. Max 2 years. I can see the upside of getting a HOF goalie and hoping he gets hot at the right time. But that doesn’t look to be the case.

 

[Preston]

One of the worst goalies in the world last year. Panthers fans say he's cooked. Physically diminished.

 

[LeafGm]

Like, even giving him a one-year deal at that money would be a disaster.

In the past two seasons, dude had an .877 & .906 save percentage.

And I'm sorry, but he wasn't even in the top-10 of reasons why Florida won either of their Cups. He was just an OK starter in both Cup runs. It isn't like he pulled a Patrick Roy and carried sub-par team to a Cup. He was Fred in both of their Cup runs, basically.