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

zeke said:
eh i think we have plenty of assets.

full slate of picks, more than a few legit solid prospects, and then a number of secondary pieces of varying value that teams would be interested in of all types.....robbie maccelli domi joshua tanev oel carlo stolarz woll.

i think chayka has a lot of options tbh.
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Eh, no 1sts, one of the worst farms in the league and a combination of crap and things you might want to keep anyways.

It will be very hard for Toronto to trade for something desireable.
 
Eh there's bound to be good centers moving.

don't tie ourselves to iffy overpaid UFAs just cuz we have capspace for the first time.

we finally have a chance to have quality longterm capspace we gotta make it count.

and guys like Domi Joshua Carlo with short deals become much more attractive when similar UFA are getting bigger longterm deals.
 
MindzEye said:
I'm not against it, but then what do we replace Rielly with?

I mean, I think we need to come to grips with the fact that the blueline is way under talented. We're like 3 moves on the blueline away from where we need to be. It's one of the reasons I want Raddysh. Massive bomb for the PP that everyone keeps complaining about us not having a point shot on, and a really solid looking 2 way guy at everything else. Helps slot Rielly, OEL, and whoever else back a bit into roles they'll be better in.
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In my example it would be Raddysh. But yeah, if they're looking to become quicker and more mobile on the back end, it seems trading Rielly at his lowest value ever is a Treliving move.

But... San Jose may be desperate to make a win-now move and I'll always listen!
 
Feyd said:
That Pettersson contract looks horrendous until you look at the Huberdeau contract and realize what true horror is. Directed by Brad Treliving
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I'm intrigued by Pettersson, but can't think of a scenario that would be reasonable for us to take it on. I'm not in the camp that thinks Rielly is a negative asset, and I think if he went to market there would be a number of teams interested in giving us something at least okay for him....so Rielly for Pettersson is very meh for me. I also can't see Vancouver taking all of our junk contracts (Domi, Tanev, Joshua) in return as a pure cap dump.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Eh, no 1sts, one of the worst farms in the league and a combination of crap and things you might want to keep anyways.

It will be very hard for Toronto to trade for something desireable.
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What if something is actually desirable that most of the league feels isn't desirable. Isn't that one of the main duties of a gm? To identify those opportunities? I know it's foreign to the Leafs, but it does happen often!
 
Pettersson at $11.6MM long term is a gamble but unless the elite Elias died in 2023 and this is a replacement its a gamble I would take, if we can dump a couple contracts on vancouver as well.

Its the biggest HR swing we could take.
 
zeke said:
Eh there's bound to be good centers moving.

don't tie ourselves to iffy overpaid UFAs just cuz we have capspace for the first time.
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Maybe, but are we blowing our brains out on a centre that moves and how much better is this good centre than Coyle?

Let's say that good centre Robert Thomas ends up on the market. Do we push in all of our chips on him when our blueline looks like it does? Who handles our heavies? Auston again?
 
Preston said:
What if something is actually desirable that most of the league feels isn't desirable. Isn't that one of the main duties of a gm? To identify those opportunities? I know it's foreign to the Leafs, but it does happen often!
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Sure, and i go back to a Dougie Hamilton as an interesting idea.

I think he's less likely to move with Mehta involved, but he could be an asset only certain people in the league want.

Jason Robertson, Robert Thomas or Brady Tkachuk though? Leafs aren't players IMO
 
trujaysfan said:
Pettersson at $11.6MM long term is a gamble but unless the elite Elias died in 2023 and this is a replacement its a gamble I would take, if we can dump a couple contracts on vancouver as well.

Its the biggest HR swing we could take.
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Yeah i think Leafs could afford Petterson, cause he's probably close to a pure dump if Vancouver doesnt want to retain.

He's a fascinating case indeed for anyone with room.

I assume Sundin knows him better than most execs?
 
Gun to my head, I think Patterson is cooked. He just looks physically diminished. Probably not unlike Matthews, but 50-60 point player instead of 70-80 point. Not a risk I'd want to take personally.
 
MindzEye said:
Maybe, but are we blowing our brains out on a centre that moves and how much better is this good centre than Coyle?

Let's say that good centre Robert Thomas ends up on the market. Do we push in all of our chips on him when our blueline looks like it does? Who handles our heavies? Auston again?
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Even if you push all the chips in for Thomas, im certain that offer can be easily beat by anyone else wanting Thomas.
 
MindzEye said:
Maybe, but are we blowing our brains out on a centre that moves and how much better is this good centre than Coyle?

Let's say that good centre Robert Thomas ends up on the market. Do we push in all of our chips on him when our blueline looks like it does? Who handles our heavies? Auston again?
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oh yeah
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Sure, and i go back to a Dougie Hamilton as an interesting idea.

I think he's less likely to move with Mehta involved, but he could be an asset only certain people in the league want.

Jason Robertson, Robert Thomas or Brady Tkachuk though? Leafs aren't players IMO
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Meh on Dougie and I bet sunny feels that way too. And I wouldn't want to trade with NJ.
 
Preston said:
In my example it would be Raddysh. But yeah, if they're looking to become quicker and more mobile on the back end, it seems trading Rielly at his lowest value ever is a Treliving move.

But... San Jose may be desperate to make a win-now move and I'll always listen!
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Like I said, I'm not against it

But this blueline:

McCabe-Raddysh
OEL-Tanev
Benoit-Carlo

Doesn't look much better than

McCabe-Tanev
Rielly-OEL
Benoit-Carlo

All we've really done is shuffled the deck chairs on Zeke's titanic gif and put Raddysh in one of them. Our current blueline should look like this:

McCabe - XXXXX
Rielly - XXXXX
OEL - XXXXX

We need 3 bodies, not 1.
 
MindzEye said:
Like I said, I'm not against it

But this blueline:

McCabe-Raddysh
OEL-Tanev
Benoit-Carlo

Doesn't look much better than

McCabe-Tanev
Rielly-OEL
Benoit-Carlo

All we've really done is shuffled the deck chairs on Zeke's titanic gif and put Raddysh in one of them. Our current blueline should look like this:

McCabe - XXXXX
Rielly - XXXXX
OEL - XXXXX

We need 3 bodies, not 1.
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If the nerds think Raddysh >>> Rielly, it's just replacing one bad contract with another likely bad contract, but not as bad. That would be the only argument for it. Plus in my dream scenario, you'd get some good assets in the trade from San Jose. Assets that can be traded for.... Another d!
 
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