Ongoing Trade Thread 2025-26

[devo22]

Scorps conditions management was insane. How he managed to keep track still blows my mind.

[Swayze11]

I get anxiety owing a 4th round pick, no clue how Scorp pulled his off

[I wanna be like Miikka]

To CGY:

Sergei Bobrovsky
Tyler Toffoli

To STL:

David Jiricek

This deal came together fairly quickly. We had cap space and were able to add a #1 G in Bobs and a 2nd line winger on a great contract in Toffoli. Sucks to lose David as I think he is a 2nd pairing D in the NHL however this move made sense for our organization in our quest to repeat! Thanks Rumy for the easy talks, hope it works out well for both squads.

[simmer2]

1.3M in cheese for 3rd (PIT) 26'.

Thanks Rumy for the quick deal

[I wanna be like Miikka]

To CGY:

Jaden Schwartz

To STL:

Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Lukas Cormier

Simple deal here. Schwartz is a 72ov and can fit on our 2nd or 3rd line. TVR is a cap dump and Cormier is a young D with potential. Now we need to find a way to add another D.

[Harry Lime]

To LA
$1M cheese for this year

To SJ
2026 4th (LA), Massimo Rizzo, Scott Perunovich

Sorry to see Perunovich go, but I need to fill out the roster with some scrubs. With him gone, the last legacy player on the Kings is Gustavsson (and maybe Tarasov?). He's a bit of a frustrating player, because all of the talent is there, if he can put it together.

[simmer2]

3rd 27 for 1.3M in cheese from SJS

Thanks HaterTots for the quick deal

[MJK]

To Florida
Kopitar
Soucy

To Boston
Vatrano
Montour

[Jiri Hrdina]

Team: New York Rangers

- Marner, Mitch (RW) NHL
- 2026 2nd Round Draft Choice (ana)
- 3.75M in cap


Team: Minnesota Wild

- Rossi, Marco (C) NHL
- Geekie, Conor (C) AHL
- Brunicke, Harrison (D) AHL
- 2026 3rd Round Draft Choice (phi)


Gave up some futures here, but I wanted to bring in one more top line player to compete with some of the stacked clubs, including Calgary.

I think this now gives us a team that can contend for a cup.

[devo22]

At the core, I think my team is not there yet, so I felt splitting Marner into multiple youngish assets might be more beneficial in the long run.

There was no way I wasn't going to make a play for one of the top Austrians in the league at some point, and I'm happy to add Rossi here. I remain a big believer in the kid and think he will be a solid top 6 center for a long time. His progression has been solid and I think he has more to give ... just get him away from John Hynes, please.

Geekie was overdrafted a bit by the Coyotes and I think he would have benefitted from a full AHL season with big minutes, instead of playing bottom six minutes with the Lightning. But there's a player there and I think he can pop if given the opportunity higher up the lineup. Wheeler had him at 25 in his 2022 re-draft recently, in a similar bracket as my prospects Luneau, Poitras and Casey - I think that's fair. Brunicke has had a great D+1 year and looks like a steal for the Penguins. He adds to a D prospect pool that I already loved before (Luneau, Molendyk, Aitcheson, Casey, Boumedienne), and I think he has decent upside. Wheeler believes in the kid, and so do I.

Combining my big offseason deals with Colorado and Minnesota, it adds up to this:

IN: Marco Rossi, Matty Beniers, Connor Geekie, Harrison Brunicke, 2026 3rd
OUT: Yanni Gourde, Matthew Wood, Ross Colton, 2026 1st, 2025 2nd (#57)

I still like Wood as a prospect (skating remains an issue), and that 1st rounder next year might sink this sequence of trades if my team bombs and/or the lottery gods are cruel, but overall, I'm very happy with those moves. The bet is that either Rossi or Beniers can find another gear, then it might be a really nice 1-2-3 punch down the line with them and Caleb Desnoyers. Geekie and Brunicke just add to a suddenly pretty healthy prospect pool (11 players in Wheeler's recent top 100 drafted skaters list).

Thanks for the fun talks, Jiri. I actually think that's the first major deal we've made, so it was long overdue anyway.