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

[leafman101]

Oh man, I wish there were still Sens fans here now.

 

[Volcanologist]

Does Sundin know about this?

 

[zeke]

elite offensive player associate head coach (alfie) >>> shitty AHL defensive dman associate head coach (DJ)

 

[Blackheart]

Even the thought that Alfredsson could be a coach here is bizarro world. Just imagine if the team manages to win a Cup with Sundin and Alfie in the org. Koreaboy would spontaneously combust.

 

[LeafGm]

View: https://x.com/friedgehnic/status/2074531251390669217?s=46

We need a puke emoji for this. What the fuck? Absolute fucking garbage hire.

 

[LeafGm]

elite offensive player associate head coach (alfie) >>> shitty AHL defensive dman associate head coach (DJ)

I’d rather bring back Ricky Ley than see Ratface behind the Leaf bench.

 

[LeafGm]

Like…I’m not even sure I want us to win if it’d mean this fuckface would get his name inscribed on the Cup too.

 

[drewser]

View: https://x.com/thefourthperiod/status/2074538780128653679?s=46

 

[leafman101]

What about Sullivan? they have 4 assistants?

 

[zeke]

Alfie >>> Spezza

 

[Preston]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2074539279515082838

Best news of the day. The alfie thing is cool, but this is probably more meaningful

 

[leafman101]

Werenka and Hiller were teammates in college, and Werenka has basically no coaching experience.

Was an assistant in Canadian university hockey.

 

[Preston]

Yeah no coaching experience = he's definitely there for the data, which is a good sign.

 

[CH1]

The more awful meaningful news for me is that I might to have to look at Derek Lalonde's ugly mug on TSN again

 

[Preston]

Maybe Sullivan will slide in as the marlies coach. Weird that they made no mention of him

 

[CH1]

BTW, why doesn't TSN hire a pure numbers guy for their intermission panel. I bet semi retired Zeke would do it for free.

 

[thehabhater]

View: https://x.com/i/status/2074539279515082838

Best news of the day. The alfie thing is cool, but this is probably more meaningful

It will be fun to watch the coaches pull out calculators and spreadsheets mid-game and get called for delay-of-game penalties while trying to use the new stats.

 

[Preston]

BTW, why doesn't TSN hire a pure numbers guy for their intermission panel. I bet semi retired Zeke would do for free.

The only people who still have cable are 50+ year old boomers (and presto) that despise numbers. They know their audience!

 

[CH1]

The only people who still have cable are 50+ year old boomers (and presto) that despise numbers. They know their audience!

if CNN (55+) has that election numbers guy, so can TSN!!!

 

[MindzEye]

Elliotte has enough time to have Claude write an article on Sportsnet.ca for him (with the AI dash abuse and all) before anyone else breaks the news. He really is on an island as the only one to trust.

Yup, it's all Elliotte or gtfo from now on.