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

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Goil gets Connor Ingram from the Mammoth, I don’t think he’s any better than their existing tandem but hey he’s another live body

[Cacophony]

Yeah he deserves to get paid but I worry about his health at times. Not the biggest fan of BG but I don’t think he had a choice. At least he got good value on Faber, Rossi, and Boldy recently.

[Fleetwood mactavish]

Goil gets Connor Ingram from the Mammoth, I don’t think he’s any better than their existing tandem but hey he’s another live body

edmonton is hockey's perpetual rehab centre so why not I guess

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Sounds like Vegas will sign Carter Hart

A real mentor for Trevor Connelly

[Cacophony]

Sounds like Vegas will sign Carter Hart

A real mentor for Trevor Connelly

Oh course they will

[practice]

I say celebrate

Yeah that's my conclusion. You need star talent, star talent almost always out-performs their AAV, and I don't see another star coming to Minnesota, especially if Kaprisov had gone. It's a lot of money and I'm most concerned about whether he stays healthy, but if they're ever going to push above the "Happy to be in the playoff mix" tier, they needed him to stay.

It also feels like this off-season was a preview of a period where many teams have more cap space than there are worthwhile players to spend it on.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

The Canes are apparently out on Hart and McLeod and fans seem to be assuming that it's some kind of moral stand, while I suspect that the Canes just cheaped out on contract offers.

[Cacophony]

It also could be that they aren’t great players and haven’t had played in 2 years

[Alexei Ca$hin]

Yeah I assume the Canes are just pragmatic. If they could get a good player on the cheap, sure.

[Cacophony]

Gus Bus stuffed with cash

[Grand Moff Larkin]

The San Jose Shark have acquired defenceman Ryan Ellis and a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forward Carl Grundstrom and defenceman Artem Guryev on Sunday.

Do they just need a cap hit for the floor or something?

[captain]

[Fleetwood mactavish]

hoping it's 3 years not just 1-2

[Fleetwood mactavish]

don't wanna do this all over again next year

[Fleetwood mactavish]

lol didn't even take a raise, incredible

[Fleetwood mactavish]

literally just handed bowman 7.5M to sign a goalie (or whatever)

[Grand Moff Larkin]

Two years 12.5???

Man he did them a SOLID

[captain]

I knew it was gonna be a discount but not THIS steep a discount

Crazy

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I’m not sure if h’s more likely to leave in two years if they win a Cup or don’t win a Cup

Like if Bowman makes some smart (what McDavid wants) moves and they make two more Finals, I don’t think he leaves. But if they win a Cup and don’t look like a good longterm lineup, I think it’s LeBron to the Lakers.

[practice]

what a pyschopath, I love him. unbelievable.