The Official 2025 Offseason Thread: No childhood photo, no deal

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Bouchard gets 10.5 and four years

At that figure I would’ve preferred a longer term, lord knows what he’ll command when it’s up

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Marner’s $12 million AAV represents 12.5 percent of the salary cap next season. That’s actually less than his last contract with the Leafs, which represented 13.4 percent of the salary cap at the time.

Leaving this here for practice

[Cacophony]

At least that means Vegas won’t win a cup for a long time

[sutterfamily]

Seeing some excellently unhinged Leafs comments like:

Macelli 60pts + Roy 40pts = Marner 100pts

[sutterfamily]

(fan coping aside, I do think Toronto are doing a good enough job adding pieces currently)

[practice]

one of my Toronto buds was pondering if Marner is the biggest heel in Leafs history and I was thinking that ithe other contenders for that title from my lifetime are both hall of famers (Sundin and Larry Murphy)

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Larry Murphy is far too much of a doofus to be a heel

[practice]

well fans in Toronto managed to find a way to hate his guts

[practice]

At least that means Vegas won’t win a cup for a long time

you need to read up on your Leafs history m8

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I'm most curious about where Boeser ends up. There are too many teams* that need a top-six winger for him not to get a substantial contract, but he really needs the right fit given his footspeed and consistency issues.

* Toronto, Carolina, Winnipeg, Detroit at least. I'm trying to think of which other teams qualify.

Boeser seems like a guy who'd like a quieter market, Winnipeg is a real possibility for him. I don't see him as the Hurricanes' type.

It sucks that by all reports, Gavrikov is set on the Rangers, because he'd be an ideal fit for Detroit. The next best D is Orlov, who got roasted in the playoffs. Nate Schmidt and Ryan Lindgren are third-pair guys.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I’m listening to the most recent Athletic Hockey Podcast and would really appreciate 1. Not having to hear Chicago or Pittsburgh beat writers (Rob Rossi on this one) shit on the Wings 2. People thinking that the Wings have too many goalies.

When talking about the Wings’ D, Jesse Granger praised Ben Chiarot but not Simon Edvinsson.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Dreger says Ken Holland stepped up with a whopper of a deal for Rasmus Anderson & Andersson didn't wanna play in LA

This MF only wants to play in Vegas, I bet

[Cacophony]

GIMME DEM DEMKO BUCKS DO I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A FUCK?

[Grand Moff Larkin]

GIMME DEM DEMKO BUCKS DO I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A FUCK?

8.5 per? On a goalie who played 29 games last year and was outplayed by Kevin Lankinen? I thought they were more likely to move him

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Elliotte Friedman is reporting Edmonton and Boston are talking a Viktor Arvidsson trade.

Tarasenko trade two

[Cacophony]

GIMME DEM DEMKO BUCKS DO I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A FUCK?

8.5 per? On a goalie who played 29 games last year and was outplayed by Kevin Lankinen? I thought they were more likely to move him

Full NMC. Gotta lock that down at a premium price.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I am genuinely shocked by how optimistic 60% of Wild fans are about Vladimir Tarasenko. "We'll fix him, he'll score 20+ goals easy, there's no downside." Uh the downside is that you acquired a guy whose last team desperately wanted to dump him instead of getting a legit scoring winger. Remember how mad you were at Gus Nyquist for not producing? Now imagine you finally have cap space and use 4.75 million of it on a guy who is sub-Nyquist.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

St. Louis has traded Zach Bolduc to Montreal for Logan Mailloux.

Fuuuuuuuuck the Habs made another good trade fuuuuuuuuck

[Grand Moff Larkin]

The New Jersey Devils are re-signing free-agent goaltender Jake Allen to a five-year contract with a $1.8 million cap hit

He must be tired of moving

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Hurricanes lock down Logan Stankoven with 8-year, $48 million extension

He was probably the best Hurricanes winger in the playoffs, 6 AAV seems like it'll age really well