2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

I think very little of Kirby Dach at this point, and I don't particularly love Reinbacher when you look at where he was selected - I think that was a poor choice, and a case of Montreal chasing positional need vs. ceiling (hello Michkov, Leonard).

If I was Montreal, I actually would have made that trade.

I agree. Reinbacher already lost a year due to injury and Dach is what he is at this stage so that would be a huge win for the Habs who seem to be ahead of schedule for their rebuild.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I think they should have 100% taken Leonard. He fills a role they don't have right now particularly with their smallish forwards.
But I also think they didn't take Michkov because he made sure everyone knew he would only come over for one of his desired teams like Philly. He engineered things to make sure the Flyers picked him.

Ah fair point, I'd forgotten about the veiled nature of Michkov at that draft.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by 5abi

GioforPm to the rescue of his players.

If he can complain about me complaining, I can insist it’s because of a lack of effort. Effort that does not translate to results is a failure in sports, or a wasted effort. This isn’t the peewee league where just try your best pretty please or GioforPm will have to manufacture arguments on your behalf, it’s the nhl, the largest hockey entertainment league.

You always like to create a lot of straw man arguments, why is that? I don’t care if money is going to the player or the owner - that is not my concern. All I know is I am forced to pay tax dollars towards something that I don’t care for - money that could be better spent on other municipal initiatives

Hey so, you didn’t answer me - how else should I pay the flames? Besides going to games and buying merch, do I need to e transfer Anderson?

You said you might go to a game or two. But the fact is you don't pay them. The owners do.

It's not me creating the straw man argument. It's you inventing an argument that you are not allowed to complain. You are. And to your apparent surprise, others, including players, sometimes have reactions to that.

You can say all you want you don't care what Andersson or any other player thinks of your fairly lame "effort based" approach to critique, but you sure seem to.

BTW, anyone that thinks Andersson didn't give a good effort is making things up. Dude played on one foot for a major portion of the season.

[Macho0978]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

If I was as right as you were in the summer of 2024 I would be finding those posts and quoting them in here. I don’t recall anyone clamouring to trade Rasmus last summer.

Originally Posted by Macho0978

I would trade him. IMO Weegar is better, and I think we have a few d prospects that will displace Rasmus on the PP. By the end of next season, we could see him as a 2nd pairing dman who gets you 30 points and isn't a shutdown guy or someone who plays big minutes on the PK. Just a good dman but does not excel in any area similar to Hanifin.

I like Rasmus, but he is replaceable. His value is very high right now in a trade and likely does not get any higher than it is now.

Here is my post from 2024. There was a thread with a poll on should we trade Ras.

[gvitaly]

Not really news, but confirms what we all already know:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1966191245811921329

[Finger Cookin]

Private messages are a neat forum feature.

[5abi]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

You said you might go to a game or two. But the fact is you don't pay them. The owners do.

It's not me creating the straw man argument. It's you inventing an argument that you are not allowed to complain. You are. And to your apparent surprise, others, including players, sometimes have reactions to that.

You can say all you want you don't care what Andersson or any other player thinks of your fairly lame "effort based" approach to critique, but you sure seem to.

BTW, anyone that thinks Andersson didn't give a good effort is making things up. Dude played on one foot for a major portion of the season.

I give up, lol.

[stemit14]

This could be a crazy year for trades and the upcoming free agency. There could be real potential for the following players to be traded during the season:

Crosby
Kaprizov
McDavid
Panarin
Andersson

I’m sure there could be other top players that are in trade rumours right now but that list is stacked. Unfortunately, Andersson is probably the least valuable player on that list so it could mean teams hold off on spending assets to get Andersson until they know they can’t get one of the superstars on that list. A team would probably really regret spending picks and prospects to get Andersson only to find out they could have used those assets in a Crosby or McDavid trade.

Not saying it will hurt Andersson’s return. I just wonder if teams will avoid making any early season trades until they know if guys like McDavid, Crosby or Kaprizov are going to be available.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by 5abi

I give up, lol.

You were out of it ages ago.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Macho0978

Here is my post from 2024. There was a thread with a poll on should we trade Ras.

Well I guess we can both take victory laps then because I also thought there was a case to trade him

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

I actually think the lack of right shot dmen that might be available and are good that if a team offered a haul for Anderson the Flames should look at it. If you are looking for a right shot dman who is available via trade or UFA the list is extremely small. When you factor in the contract for the next two seasons and it is basically him that could be available, can easily play in the top 4 and has a good contract.

Losing him would really hurt an already bad group of dmen but if the return was high enough I would look at it if I was Conroy. I would really only do it if the team was drafting a dman with their first pick in this draft, because they would only have one legitimate top 4 NHL dman if they traded Rasmus.

So I guess we both win the internet sweepstakes. That being said, I am quite confident that Conroy will still get a good return for him and am quite confident that the time for that good return is not September. But we will see what Conroy does.

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by stemit14

This could be a crazy year for trades and the upcoming free agency. There could be real potential for the following players to be traded during the season:

Crosby
Kaprizov
McDavid
Panarin
Andersson

I’m sure there could be other top players that are in trade rumours right now but that list is stacked. Unfortunately, Andersson is probably the least valuable player on that list so it could mean teams hold off on spending assets to get Andersson until they know they can’t get one of the superstars on that list. A team would probably really regret spending picks and prospects to get Andersson only to find out they could have used those assets in a Crosby or McDavid trade.

Not saying it will hurt Andersson’s return. I just wonder if teams will avoid making any early season trades until they know if guys like McDavid, Crosby or Kaprizov are going to be available.

Not sure there are many dmen better than Andersson that are “available”. I think he will be a hot commodity if he turns things around early.

[Sandman]

We’re keeping Ras until teams meet Conny’s demands? I have said it before, but watch for his season-ending injury- that would be our luck.

[This post is terrible]

Originally Posted by Sandman

We’re keeping Ras until teams meet Conny’s demands? I have said it before, but watch for his season-ending injury- that would be our luck.

It’s like you’re trying to will it into existence

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Not sure there are many dmen better than Andersson that are “available”. I think he will be a hot commodity if he turns things around early.

I agree that he’s likely the best available defenceman in trade this year and that he will get a decent return… just think even teams that want a defenceman might hold off if there is a real possibility of getting Crosby or McDavid. Wven if a team needs a defenceman, I think any team would rather spend assets on those players and miss out on Andersson than vice versa. So I think teams could approach everything patiently when it comes to an Andersson trade.

[Sec214]

Originally Posted by Sandman

We’re keeping Ras until teams meet Conny’s demands? I have said it before, but watch for his season-ending injury- that would be our luck.

[Ped]

Georgiev has signed with the Sabres.


LOL

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by 5abi

If he can complain about me complaining, I can insist it’s because of a lack of effort.

He can complain about you complaining because you are complaining. You cannot complain about his lack of effort until you actually establish that he is lacking in effort. Otherwise, you are simply telling lies.

Effort that does not translate to results is a failure in sports, or a wasted effort.

In every single game, one team wins and the other loses. That does not mean that the losing team did not make an effort, or that they wasted their effort.

You seem to have the delusion that effort alone makes the difference between winning and losing, and you can look at a scoresheet and tell who made an effort and who didn't.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by Ped

Georgiev has signed with the Sabres.


LOL

Odd signing considering the goaltending carousel they already had, but honestly the starting spot is always up for grabs. Not convinced UPL has it down.

[Icon]

Originally Posted by Ped

Georgiev has signed with the Sabres.


LOL

Surprised they actually just gave him a contract, figured he'd be in PTO territory

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Sec214

Sec figured out why his balls are blue?