Speculation: Speculation, rumours and trade & free agency ideas thread

[Hunter368]

Over 4K posts in our old thread, time for a new thread.

 

[buggs]

Hakuna matata.

 

[CanMerc]

Ooooooo….fresh untouched canvas…..lets dirty it up

 

[Buffdog]

Ooooooo….fresh untouched canvas…..lets dirty it up

Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me, as her body once did
All five horizons revolved around her soul, as the Earth to the Sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn

Great tune!

 

[Royale With Cheese]

First one to mention Ehlers is thread banned*


*except me of course.

 

[John Agar]

Free the Piccassholes....

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

A new thread = a new opportunity for fighting, rejoice!
My 2026 off-season hot take: I'm expecting last year's off-season all over again. No sense in making proposals for players who wouldn't accept a trade here, and we get blindsided by whatever bad news happens anyway. Buckle up and prepare to be underwhelmed.

 

[Gm0ney]

A new thread = a new opportunity for fighting, rejoice!
My 2026 off-season hot take: I'm expecting last year's off-season all over again. No sense in making proposals for players who wouldn't accept a trade here, and we get blindsided by whatever bad news happens anyway. Buckle up and prepare to be underwhelmed.

I feel like Chevy has to do something significant or it's all going to unravel.

 

[Gil Fisher]

Ooooooo….fresh untouched canvas…..lets dirty it up

Anyone have a gif of a dog dragging his ass across a carpet?

 

[Buffdog]

I feel like Chevy has to do something significant or it's all going to unravel.

Personally... If I were trying to win with this core and make some bold moves:

- Package around 8th OA for one of Wright or McTavish
- Trade for Dach and qualify him

Injects two young players with (hopefully) some upside into the middle 6

Now... if that didn't work out, I'd be fired for sure as I would have effed the franchise up by trading that pick lol

That said, I hope Chevy keeps the pick

 

[Gil Fisher]

I feel like Chevy has to do something significant or it's all going to unravel.

A recurring theme of the season will likely be the plug brought on to play 3LD blocking Philips and Freij.

 

[lanky]

-Sign Tuch as our 1RW
-Trade for Nurse as our 3LD
-Sign Ingram as our 2G
-Extend Baron and play him more
-Give Arniel a chance to play Lambert / Rosen / Zhilkin into steady roles if they outperform vets. Fire Arniel if he just plays vets
-Offer lanky a front office role in gratitude for such an easy to follow road map

 

[Gil Fisher]

Introducing Associate GM, Shane Doan...

LANKY!!

 

[MelikeJets]

Personally... If I were trying to win with this core and make some bold moves:

- Package around 8th OA for one of Wright or McTavish
- Trade for Dach and qualify him

Injects two young players with (hopefully) some upside into the middle 6

Now... if that didn't work out, I'd be fired for sure as I would have effed the franchise up by trading that pick lol

That said, I hope Chevy keeps the pick

I like most of this except I'm iffy on Each.

 

[FlappyGiraffe]

More Helle smoke. I wonder if it's kind of out there in the USA olympic chat but radio silence from Helle & TNSE.

40:50 Greg Wyshynski on Helle: "from my understanding, from everything I've heard, he's kind of itching to maybe get out of that market".

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[Mortimer Snerd]

Personally... If I were trying to win with this core and make some bold moves:

- Package around 8th OA for one of Wright or McTavish
- Trade for Dach and qualify him

Injects two young players with (hopefully) some upside into the middle 6

Now... if that didn't work out, I'd be fired for sure as I would have effed the franchise up by trading that pick lol

That said, I hope Chevy keeps the pick

A package around 8 for 1 of those 2? You mean you would give more than #8?

 

[Buffdog]

I like most of this except I'm iffy on Each.

I'm iffy on all three lol

 

[Buffdog]

A package around 8 for 1 of those 2? You mean you would give more than #8?

No idea

Cost controlled 2Cs aren't cheap

This is why it's a bold move. Could be an overpay, or could be genius

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

No idea

Cost controlled 2Cs aren't cheap

This is why it's a bold move. Could be an overpay, or could be genius

McTavish is pretty flawed. Wright is still pretty unproven. I don't think either is enough for 8. They need to add. JMO

 

[Buffdog]

McTavish is pretty flawed. Wright is still pretty unproven. I don't think either is enough for 8. They need to add. JMO

Flawed vs unproven

Both sides assume major risk

 

[Howard Chuck]

McTavish is pretty flawed. Wright is still pretty unproven. I don't think either is enough for 8. They need to add. JMO

They need to add JMo????

 

[GeorgeJETson]

Anyone have a gif of a dog dragging his ass across a carpet?

Ask and ye shall receive!

 

[Royale With Cheese]

More Helle smoke. I wonder if it's kind of out there in the USA olympic chat but radio silence from Helle & TNSE.

40:50 Greg Wyshynski on Helle: "from my understanding, from everything I've heard, he's kind of itching to maybe get out of that market".

Halford and Brough in the Morning

Boasting in-depth sports knowledge, entertaining on-air chemistry and a rolodex of sports’ biggest names, Halford & Brough in the Morning is ready to jumpstart the morning drive across Vancouver.

www.sportsnet.ca

Yep, no bueno.

 

[Buffdog]

More Helle smoke. I wonder if it's kind of out there in the USA olympic chat but radio silence from Helle & TNSE.

40:50 Greg Wyshynski on Helle: "from my understanding, from everything I've heard, he's kind of itching to maybe get out of that market".

Halford and Brough in the Morning

Boasting in-depth sports knowledge, entertaining on-air chemistry and a rolodex of sports’ biggest names, Halford & Brough in the Morning is ready to jumpstart the morning drive across Vancouver.

www.sportsnet.ca

"Kind of" itching to "maybe" get out of the market?

That's some serious hedging

 

[gojetsgo]

"Kind of" itching to "maybe" get out of the market?

That's some serious hedging

pretty sure whshynski said helle was 100% not coming back last time as well, I'm just going to wait until an actual report from an actual insider says something, we all knew after the exit interviews that speculation was going to happen