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

Negotiations are negotiations in any context, bud. It translates to everything.
Yeah it doesnt, and no one here agrees with you. Your feelings about me not withstanding, people that are really well respected around here have been trying to tell you that you make no sense and yet you persist.
 
Andersson and Marchment are most interesting. Nobody I’m dying for.
I think Andersson is prime candidate to be the worst contract of the entire offseason.

He looked terrible in the playoffs and has been middle pairish for a bit now, if he slips even further after signing like 6 x 8.5 that could be fucking gross.

Marchment i have no idea which version you are getting, but he probably costs 6 x 6, if you get the Cbus version you are probably pretty happy, but i'd rather pay more for the surer bet in Tuch
 
Marchment i have no idea which version you are getting, but he probably costs 6 x 6, if you get the Cbus version you are probably pretty happy, but i'd rather pay more for the surer bet in Tuch

Yeah, I'm on team go big or go home with the wingers here. Tuch or analytics weirdo for cheap. Marchment is a decent player, but I don't know if I want to pay his market price.
 
Columbus alienates players of all stripes — Panarin, Dubois, Laine, Chinakhov, Jones

I genuinely feel bad for their fan base — can’t see them ever winning anything
 
Yeah, I'm on team go big or go home with the wingers here. Tuch or analytics weirdo for cheap. Marchment is a decent player, but I don't know if I want to pay his market price.
Someone pays him for his size, his anger, and how he played in Dallas/Columbus, but if you get the Seattle version fuck me.

I'd be tempted, but i'd pass.
 
Sounds like Zach doesn't want Canada, but im not convinced Toronto is Canada to these guys, but what they arent is a contender yet, i think thats the drawback
Yeah, you’d need a con artist GM to convince them with Matthews, McKenna, Raddysh, Werenski, Tuch, they could be. Uphill battle but should at least try.
 
Yeah, you’d need a con artist GM to convince them with Matthews, McKenna, Raddysh, Werenski, Tuch, they could be. Uphill battle but should at least try.
I mean sure, if they sign Tuch, and convince Werenski Matthews is here more than the 2 years he's under contract for.

I know if i was Werenski and i was going to extend with the Leafs i would need to see a matching one for Auston before i even considered it.
 
I mean sure, if they sign Tuch, and convince Werenski Matthews is here more than the 2 years he's under contract for.

I know if i was Werenski and i was going to extend with the Leafs i would need to see a matching one for Auston before i even considered it.
They share an agent that’s all, an agent that has been relaying Auston’s hope we land two big impact defensemen.

Chayka would’ve already laid out the vision to Judd re trying to keep Auston.

Longshot, yeah prob. Gotta try if that caliber player wants out tho. We do have assets and cap space.
 
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