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

[leafman101]

This is the reason a data driven org would explore moving Mo.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Coincidence that the drop from the peak coincides with the arrival of a certain muttonhead coach?

 

[leafman101]

Also arrived with turning 30 and a drop off in speed though.

 

[leafman101]

There is some potential upside in keeping him. But lots of risk too. Makes no sense not to explore your options.

 

[zeke]

Drop in speed measurements is inevitable when going from a puck moving system to a dump and chase tho.

A good data driven org should be able to make a good guess on how much of mo's brooby dip is personal or coach related tho.

 

[zeke]

There is some potential upside in keeping him. But lots of risk too. Makes no sense not to explore your options.

I mean sure - but it doesn't seem as if Mo can garner any great return at the moment, and very likely he would look much better under the previous/future system, and there's no cap pressure either, so it's hard to figure why moving him is any type of priority.

 

[leafman101]

Keefes teams played slow. Dump and chase teams tend to play faster.

Leafs speed numbers increased from Keefe to Berube.

 

[zeke]

the dmen activated all the time under Keefe, not much at all under brooby.

 

[leafman101]

View: https://x.com/domluszczyszyn/status/1454116324528033794?s=46


The other thing is Doms model projects Riellys fall off amazingly accurately, almost to a tee, 5 years ago.

 

[zeke]

View: https://x.com/domluszczyszyn/status/1454116324528033794?s=46


The other thing is Doms model projects Riellys fall off amazingly accurately, almost to a tee, 5 years ago.

it completely missed his rises to +7 in 22-23 and +9 in 23-24.

all it did was predict a small but steady yearly age decline from slightly over 2 to around 1 six or seven years later.

 

[hockeylover]

What’s an actual realistic return for Rielly if we did move him?

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

What’s an actual realistic return for Rielly if we did move him?

Late 1st or Early 2nd and some sort of salary coming back that you can insert into the lineup or reflip?

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Good move for a rebuilding team. Terrible move for one that wants to be instantly competitive again.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Good move for a rebuilding team. Terrible move for one that wants to be instantly competitive again.

Your steadfast conviction that Rielly is still good is noble, but foolish.

This could be the last time to get out from under his deal

I agree it very much depends on what else you can add in FA though

 

[hockeylover]

View: https://x.com/nylanderthews/status/2066601379599151150?s=20

 

[hockeylover]

View: https://x.com/MapleLeafs/status/2066615482803961869?s=20

 

[zeke]

View: https://x.com/JFreshHockey/status/2066618110086398218?s=20

 

[Leafin']

Boone Jenner is old, slow and kind of broken no? 6 million for what? AFP has him at 5.2x3. Even that’s too much imo. We should be sinking as much money into the defense as possible.