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

I missed the part of Dom’s net rating that showed Knies as a future first ballot HOF

I love sports because even the smartest fans become mentally impaired when discussing their team
 
LeafOfFaith said:
The best deals you’ve ever negotiated were the ones at fast food restaurants where the bargain was already nationally advertised. Sit these topics out.
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Fuck, i hate Michael Douglas for making Wall Street and creating a legion of fucking morons that think this way. It's bad enough you have a terrible concept about what anything in hockey outside of Toronto ( and inside Toronto if said players poster is on your ceiling or dartboard) but you also genuinely believe this used car salesman wheel n deal pizzazz horseshit.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Fuck, i hate Michael Douglas for making Wall Street and creating a legion of fucking morons that think this way. It's bad enough you have a terrible concept about what anything in hockey outside of Toronto ( and inside Toronto if said players poster is on your ceiling or dartboard) but you also genuinely believe this used car salesman wheel n deal pizzazz horseshit.
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Use a Dallas reference if you really want to sway LOF
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Fuck, i hate Michael Douglas for making Wall Street and creating a legion of fucking morons that think this way. It's bad enough you have a terrible concept about what anything in hockey outside of Toronto ( and inside Toronto if said players poster is on your ceiling or dartboard) but you also genuinely believe this used car salesman wheel n deal pizzazz horseshit.
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I work in the world of higher stakes negotiations all day long for the past 20+ years and do very well at it. I honestly don’t want to know what you do with your time.
 
Preston said:
Has any team in the history of professional sports ever made a player of Knies caliber "untouchable"?
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Nobody wants to sell because he's at an alltime high in value and is a great fit on the team next year. But if you're going to sell now is arguably the best time.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
I work in the world of higher stakes negotiations all day long for the past 20+ years and do very well at it. I honestly don’t want to know what you do with your time.
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And thinking that translates to the NHL is painfully incorrect.

And again, you have no idea to assess correct value because you are painfully emotional and forever an optimist. Which makes you a bad evaluator
 
Once the draft is done, all these Mo and Knies rumors will probably die forever so congrats to lof, this will end one way or another. This week is probably the best opportunity to get something done if you want proper value. You can throw Carlo in that mix too potentially, though he may have some value later in the summer to teams who struck out on d in the fa pool.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
And thinking that translates to the NHL is painfully incorrect.

And again, you have no idea to assess correct value because you are painfully emotional and forever an optimist. Which makes you a bad evaluator
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Also he can’t even evaluate a chicken sandwich
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
I dunno how he's at an alltime high value after an injured just okay year.
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Cheap contract in a summer where teams are starving for high end talent and have loads of cap space, with just a few guys available as free agents. And most importantly, he's young.

I see many reasons why his value would be at all-time high. But obviously it's more likely than not that there is not a trade out there that makes sense for the Leafs. We are simply dreaming here. It's fun to discuss.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
And thinking that translates to the NHL is painfully incorrect.

And again, you have no idea to assess correct value because you are painfully emotional and forever an optimist. Which makes you a bad evaluator
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Negotiations are negotiations in any context, bud. It translates to everything.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
I dunno how he's at an alltime high value after an injured just okay year.
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I'm not saying his value wont be higher in the future, project that however you want. But right now, these past few weeks, he seems to be the flavour everyone wants. Feels like there's been a lot of churn since the MTL fax machine rumour. Funny how that works
 
Preston said:
Once the draft is done, all these Mo and Knies rumors will probably die forever so congrats to lof, this will end one way or another. This week is probably the best opportunity to get something done if you want proper value. You can throw Carlo in that mix too potentially, though he may have some value later in the summer to teams who struck out on d in the fa pool.
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They will die. He should be focusing on turning our fluff into picks and other stuff right now. I don’t want blockbusters just for fun. Keep the good, get rid of the bad, use free agency.
 
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