NHL 2025 Offseason

[Psyblast]

Majingir, I'm stealing your thunder this year. Call it the privilege of having your team in the playoffs while mine has been golfing by this time for a decade now.

Two items of note jump out at me from the non-playoff table:

1. Something I never thought I'd hear from an NHL captain:

https://x.com/spittinchiclets/status...26810130620616

The idea that the Red Wings were disheartened by the lack of deadline moves to the point where their season totally unraveled as a result is almost too incredulous to believe. That the captain of the team felt comfortable enough to say something this soft out loud to the media is...something else.

2. Of note for Doc:



Two thoughts: One, this feels pretty close to tampering. I'm sure the NHL has slapped wrists for less.

Two...is the groundwork being laid already for some sort of move? Are the Canucks going to pre-emptively move Hughes the way the Flames pre-emptively moved Tkachuk?

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by Psyblast

Majingir, I'm stealing your thunder this year. Call it the privilege of having your team in the playoffs while mine has been golfing by this time for a decade now. Two items of note jump out at me from the non-playoff table: 1. Something I never thought I'd hear from an NHL captain: https://x.com/spittinchiclets/status...26810130620616 The idea that the Red Wings were disheartened by the lack of deadline moves to the point where their season totally unraveled as a result is almost too incredulous to believe. That the captain of the team felt comfortable enough to say something this soft out loud to the media is...something else. 2. Of note for Doc: Two thoughts: One, this feels pretty close to tampering. I'm sure the NHL has slapped wrists for less. Two...is the groundwork being laid already for some sort of move? Are the Canucks going to pre-emptively move Hughes the way the Flames pre-emptively moved Tkachuk?

It is tampering, but in sports we always see the league just look away. It's like how guys suddenly sign at 12:01pm on free agency day.

If Canucks are going to trade him, this would be the maximum value they'll get with 2 years left on his deal.

Although the Devils don't have their first this year so if a deal happened it'd have to be something like both 2nds this year, 1st next 2 years and something else. Or do Canucks manage to get a guy like Nemec in the deal.

[DrJones]

Oh, I'm well aware of Rutherford's inability to shut the f*** up.

And everything - EVERYTHING - he and Allvin says is some variation of the same excuse: "It's all the players' fault, none of it is ours (or Tocchet's)." Dunno if you watched the entire press conference, but they're dicking around with their top/only prospect now (Willander). It's a loser of a franchise with bottom-5 ownership - Hughes should flee and never look back. So should I.