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

[Cacophony]

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.

LeBron trying to overshadowed McDavid today. Pathetic.

[practice]

Putting aside Mcdavid's legend for a sec, what's the best case scenario here in terms of allocating the cap savings? They've got no room this year. Is there a good projectwd UFA goalie next summer?

[captain]

Boston and NYI are both in a pretty bad place in terms of contention window so I think Bowman goes hard for Swayman or Sorokin

Not a lot of good in having your star goalie locked up with nobody around to help?

[Grand Moff Larkin]

I can see the Isles more than the Broons. I think with Darche the Isles know they’re in a rebuild and probably too good with Sorokin (and Barzal / Horvat, to be honest) to get another Schaefer-level piece high in the draft. They moved Dobson, I can see them moving more pieces.

I don’t see the Broons moving Swayman unless they also move Pastrnak and McAvoy. My gut is that they think they’re back in the mix if they’re healthy, which given how some of the teams in the division are trending (Barkov being out, Marner gone) may well be possible.

[Fleetwood mactavish]

assuming Ekholm signs for like 5m I think they have like $17M cap space next year

IMO they need a goalie and a top 6 goal scoring winger and don't see too many holes beyond that

not sure who best fits the bill for both of those but they have a lot of cash to make it happen

[2PEENZ]

What a guy.

Was also reading how this contract coincides with Hyman's ending, Nuge has 1 more year I think, Nurse is tradeable/buy out-able by then, and the cap is expected to be like $120MM. It's the perfect time to re-load, even if Connor wants like $25MM at that time.

[practice]

What would they have to trade for Swayman or Soro?

[Cacophony]

I would think a lot but if they have draft/prospect capital why not throw it at them? Sorry I don’t follow their picks/prospects really.

[Grand Moff Larkin]

What would they have to trade for Swayman or Soro?

I think it could depend on whether they’d want to move unprotected future firsts

[captain]

What would they have to trade for Swayman or Soro?

I think you can build a package with Skinner, 1st and one of their top prospects and go from there. That's obviously not enough in theory, but sometimes it is? Goalies always tend to be undervalued on the trade market

[practice]

Im surprised they have all their 1st after 2026, it felt like they traded further into the future than that. But I guess they have traded or lost many of their 1sts in previous years, either the pick itself or the player they took