The Official 2025 Offseason Thread: Just me, I guess

[sutterfamily]

Toews to JERTS

[Grand Moff Larkin]

That felt like a foregone conclusion. They permanently need a 2C.

[practice]

I could see Toews working out there, in the sense that he'll be leaving practice some afternoon, heading home, a darker grey breaking through a lighter one, the same route everyday, and in the turning lane, someone's stalled again

[nick]

I’m pretty good with giving Toews a try, and it’s a great story but I’m not holding my breath tooooo much about what kind of player he’ll be at this point.

[nick]

Marek said he figured Nill owed it to Marchment to trade him to another no tax state since Marchment signed for a pretty team friendly cap hit. given how unlikely it is that the NHL would act to address this imbalance that benefits the teams in the southern markets that have just about enough fans to fill their arena most nights I think the most practical move here is to petition to congress to change the constitution so that all states charge the same level of income tax.

I’m pretty surprised that Washington’s a no-tax state, tbh. Politically they couldn’t be further than Texas, Tennessee or Florida

[Cacophony]

Looks like user nick has some parade planning to do this weekend.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I’m pretty good with giving Toews a try, and it’s a great story but I’m not holding my breath tooooo much about what kind of player he’ll be at this point.

I have no clue how he'll do. Could he come in an be a 50-60 point two-way center, lock down their second line, and become the biggest voice in the room? Sure. Could he make it a week into training camp, realize he can't do it, and never play a regular season game with them? Also plausible!

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I could see Toews working out there, in the sense that he'll be leaving practice some afternoon, heading home, a darker grey breaking through a lighter one, the same route everyday, and in the turning lane, someone's stalled again

To be fair, the idea of driving home from the United Center and losing your mind at the traffic might be worse

[linseman]

I could see Toews working out there, in the sense that he'll be leaving practice some afternoon, heading home, a darker grey breaking through a lighter one, the same route everyday, and in the turning lane, someone's stalled again

i am your palmateer

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Chicago trades Joe Veleno to Seattle for Andre Burakovsky

Hope he didn’t buy real estate there

[Cacophony]

Dominoes

[Cacophony]

[media] [/media]

[sutterfamily]

Bouchard wants $10M per. I do think the turnovers thing is overplayed and he gets blame for things that he should not... but that also seems too high to me? Guy is very good, but how good/many points would he have on a team without McDavid/Draisaitl? (maybe I just don't watch them enough and he's literally amazing?)