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

[LeafOfFaith]

Zharovsky is a lovely prospect who looks real gud in Russia. Depending on who the other prospect was, that's not horrible "value" from a pure value standpoint. But the fact he was scrambling around trying to sell off our 23 yr old high end power forward to recoup futures from his epic fucking failure deadline purchases and that was his best idea. What in the flying fuck.

Same guy didn't manage to sell off OEL because he was spending his time on this. Almost fucked up the Roy trade because this is what he was spending his time on.

Easily the worst executive in hockey.

In fairness, after the deadline he said he was going to start formulating a plan. So this was pre formulation stage.

 

[zeke]

View: https://x.com/RobWong34/status/2062617477876429131?s=20

 

[MindzEye]

In fairness, after the deadline he said he was going to start formulating a plan. So this was pre formulation stage.

Fuck, maybe we should have seen what his plan was first before we fired him eh?

 

[leafman101]

Why would you trade Knies for a winger prospect?

 

[mbow30]

Knies for a lesser prospect and a fee late firsts.

On what planet does that make sense

 

[zeke]

like that's a pure blowitup move, meaning he was gonna trade matthews too.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

To reiterate, there was no plan in place yet!!!!

 

[Hoss]

no one has posted that Larkin wanting out?

Stolarz + Col 1st + Macelli + Robertson and another pick or a marlie prospect

Does that do anything? There's our 2C

 

[hockeylover]

It’s in the Around the League thread

 

[Preston]

no one has posted that Larkin wanting out?

Stolarz + Col 1st + Macelli + Robertson and another pick or a marlie prospect

Does that do anything? There's our 2C

That's a fantastic lof offer

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Too much. Hold onto Robertson.

 

[leafman101]

Detroit wants to compete. Yzerman is going to get fired if they suck next year. They need Rielly and Carlo.

 

[Kritter]

Detroit wants to compete. Yzerman is going to get fired if they suck next year. They need Rielly and Carlo.

They really need them more than we do !!

 

[MindzEye]

like that's a pure blowitup move, meaning he was gonna trade matthews too.

Yep

The reason he doesn't want to talk about his plan was that it was to blow it up and rebuild.

 

[Cal Gal]

View: https://x.com/RobWong34/status/2062617477876429131?s=20

The timing of those "complications" was almost uncanny. Almost. Seems that Rainbow Glasses Boy was at least smart enough to do the right thing once he took an actual look at what was going on (or not going on. . .), by firing the cause of all the mess. It would likely have gotten very much uglier in Leafs Land had he not done that.

 

[hockeylover]

Even if you're blowing it up or whatever, can't see why you wouldn't want to keep Knies really unless it was for a deal for a player of some positional scarcity. Not just another winger prospect and a couple late firsts.

 

[MindzEye]

Even if you're blowing it up or whatever, can't see why you wouldn't want to keep Knies really unless it was for a deal for a player of some positional scarcity. Not just another winger prospect and a couple late firsts.

Your mistake is that you haven't factored crippling stupidity and spending your entire life with daddy's money manufacturing your success into the equation here.

 

[Leafin']

Fuck that trade. And fuck Treliving. What a dummy.

 

[hockeylover]

my god did he ever get off fucking easy here.

 

[MindzEye]

my god did he ever get off fucking easy here.

They still don't want to say bad things about him and if word comes out that he did want to blow it up, they'll say he was right and MLSE should have let him do it, Pelley was meddling in hockey ops, etc.