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

[MindzEye]

He's coming to Toronto to check on how his boy's COD gameplay is coming along.

And also to march on our capital to free us from communist tyranny.

 

[zeke]

2yr AVG of 5v5 P1/60 and P/60

OEL 0.82 --> OEL 0.82
Rielly 0.80 ---> Rielly 0.80
McCabe 0.79 --> McCabe 0.79

Stecher 0.56 --> Raddysh 1.22
Carlo 0.25 --> Tanev 0.43
Benoit 0.26 --> Andrae 0.57
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TOR --- CAR --- VGK

Raddysh 1.22 --- Gostisbehere 1.02 --- Theodore 1.06
OEL 0.82 --- Miller 0.86 --- Andersson 0.92

Rielly 0.80 --- Walker 0.71 --- Hanifin 0.76
McCabe 0.79 --- Nikishin 0.67 --- Korczak 0.67

Andrae 0.57 --- Chatfield 0.63 --- McNabb 0.53
Tanev 0.43 --- Slavin 0.48 --- Lauzon 0.34


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[MindzEye]

Now do Werenski...

 

[zeke]

Man it's been forever since we had a zero-stiff blueline.

 

[zeke]

Playoffs Clods

25: Carlo, Benoit
24: Boosh, Benoit
23: Schenn, (Holl?)
22: Boosh, (Holl?)
21: Bogo, (Holl?)
20: Ceci, (Holl?)
19: Hainsey, (Zaitsev?)
18: Hainsey, Polak, (Zaitev?)
17: Polak, (Zaitsev?), Marincin

 

[Cal Gal]

"Clods"

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Playoffs Clods

25: Carlo, Benoit
24: Boosh, Benoit
23: Schenn, (Holl?)
22: Boosh, (Holl?)
21: Bogo, (Holl?)
20: Ceci, (Holl?)
19: Hainsey, (Zaitsev?)
18: Hainsey, Polak, (Zaitev?)
17: Polak, (Zaitsev?), Marincin

Barrie.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaGxnofAF7b/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

If Koblar is a thing, this is actually a pretty good youth core around the big boys.

 

[Preston]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2071394961543577751

 

[zeke]

 

[LeafOfFaith]

I wonder what Tre is thinking right now. Like, you ingrates, I got you McKenna, and Knies and Willy signed long term, and you fucked up by trading Carlo for a fraction of what I paid, etc.

Or is he like, yeah, I'm a fucking worthless sack of shit and almost fucked the team for the next generation.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

By the way, the deadline to make qualifying offers to RFAs is 5 pm ET tomorrow.

So...not sure what the plan is here, but I'd expect Andrae for sure has a contract by then, Robertson at minimum receives the QO, and fucking Danza I can only hope gets traded or left unqualified.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Huge rumor, huge offer. Berger proving he’s still super connected. Haha holy shit.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Why is he acting like 2 Firsts is a mega offer? thats JJ Peterka shit

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Uh, because a source told him maybe??

 

[Killer93]

Wait, Howard Berger is still a thing? Doesn't he work at a funeral home now?

 

[trujaysfan]

Wait, Howard Berger is still a thing? Doesn't he work at a funeral home now?

Yes, and those are his sources.

 

[Volcanologist]

someone needs to lay off the embalming fluid

 

[mbow30]

His companion, Dr. Watson, narrows his eyes and tells Holmes, "You're drinking embalming fluid."

"Yes," Holmes responds. "Care for a drop?"

 

[LeafGm]

Wait, Howard Berger is still a thing? Doesn't he work at a funeral home now?

He’s not really still a “thing”. No one’s paid him to be a hockey reporter since 2011. No one reads his blog that he writes Leaf articles for constantly. And yeah, he did go bankrupt trying to continue working as an independent Leaf reporter and has worked as a “Funeral director assistant” at a funeral home for the last several years since.

Still though, he’s on Twitter pretty much daily persisting with doing what he truly loves—making up ridiculous BS Leaf rumours and presenting them as fact, and trolling Leaf fans. At this point he’s just doing it for the pure love of being a shitbag.