Speculation: Armchair GM - 2026 CBJ Offseason Roster Moves, Rumors, and Discussion

[AnonCommentary]

Maybe. Or maybe it was that they didn’t have to face the Florida Panthers this season.

They won the cup - there is no maybes about winning it if they dont face someone else.

 

[majormajor]

I just don't like the thought of pretending that an existing player on the roster is going to have a drastically different season and having it be considered "an addition to the roster".

If he has a much better and great season. Great I love it.

I don't want it to be an expectation and an excuse to not go out and make the roster better. Jarmo did that stuff all the time because he loved his own draft picks like nobody's business.

Johnson was downright bad last year so its witin reason he should see some improvement but he also had a 19.5% shooting percentage 2 years ago. I'm not going to expect him to replicate that either.

Maybe he realistically falls somewhere in the middle. Is that good enough for this team? I'm not so sure, which is why we need additional acquisitions.

Who are we going to acquire that provides more certainty than you get from young players improving?

Maybe Kyrou? Does that give you more improvement than Fantilli and KJ can give you?

It's all taking chances.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Who are we going to acquire that provides more certainty than you get from young players improving?

Maybe Kyrou? Does that give you more improvement than Fantilli and KJ can give you?

It's all taking chances.

I don't know. I don't work for the team. I just want to explore all avenues of improving the team and not just settling.

"The answer is already in the room" is just almost a lazy cop out response IMO.

We saw what we had in the room last season and it ultimately wasn't good enough. It is all taking chances but status quo isn't taking chances. Status Quo feels like accepting mediocrity and hoping for the best.