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

The more I think about it the more I like EP as 2C if Vancouver is retaining.

Dom projects +7 next year (6 OFF, 1 D). He hasn’t been sheltered at all. Can play with Willy and is better defensively than JT. Will make Mats happy.


Yeah, the more I think about the idea of acquiring Pettersson, the more I warm up to it. Not every day you can acquire a 27 year-old potential #1 center essentially for the cost of taking on his contract. And there’s also the possibility of Vancouver retaining.

Also feels like a strong potential bounce-back situation if you get him out of what’s been a very toxic situation in Vancouver for the past few years and drop him into a lineup where he’s well insulated and has teammates who can actually score.
 
Chayka will talk to the media at 1pm via Zoom.

(how much do you think the old school reporters hate all the zoom availabilities)

Maybe this new regime was always going to operate this way, but I can't help but wonder if this is Pelley's way of slapping down the media cabal for being unreasonably aggressive and unprofessional at that first PC.
 
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