2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Royle9]

Flames could have signed Huberdeau’s coach in Florida in Andrew Burnett but chose to go to Huska.

Burnett is a higher offensively system coach, he was in Craig’s list but ultimately stayed internal.

[Ped]

Yet last year, Brunette's Preds were dead last in the NHL in scoring.

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by Ped

Yet last year, Brunette's Preds were dead last in the NHL in scoring.

Simply pointing out there were options outside of Huska, they didn’t even interview because they knew they were going internal.

I remember it was down to Love or Huska on here and I’m pretty certain more wanted Love at the time.

Let’s not pretend like Burnett didn’t do good things for a few years in Florida… how can they be ignored? He went to the Preds who were full of aging veterans and signed more of them as UFAs and then had to implement brand new systems for them.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

No, you are trying to gain sympathy after posting that it doesn't matter if we (not you, you never said you) find a 40 year old being sexually engaged with a 16 year, the law says it's ok in a bunch of States.

I am not trying to gain sympathy. I know CP is incapable of that. But I am saying that YOU have no business crying for sympathy yourself.

And that is not at all what I posted; but I should know better, after all these years, than to expect certain CPers to be able to read simple declarative sentences in the English language and see what the words mean, as opposed to spinning them to match their own emotional prejudgements.

[Ped]

There all what-ifs so we will never know. But even with their offensive success, the Panthers reasoned they needed to move on from Brunette and Huberdeau to win. Yes, Stamkos was declining, but Forsberg dropped by 28 points last year. And not only were they terrible on offense, but they weren't very good defensively either - allowed the 6th most goals in the league.


The coach can only play the players he has. This year, the Preds are 8th worst in goals allowed and 25th in goals for. Stamkos has 1 goal, Skjei has 0. Luke Evangelista has 1. Svehckov has 0 points.

[Calgary4LIfe]

I don't see anything particularly appealing about Brunette. Huska has more experience than he does now - certainly when it comes to coaching.


Brunette was the assistant coach in Florida, and when Quenneville stepped down with his past catching up to him, he became the interim head coach for the rest of the season. He got swept in the the first round.


His work in Nashville hasn't inspired anything either. I must be missing something, but I don't see an upgrade over Huska. I see a potential lateral move as a placeholder, with the added caveat that - like Huska - you would hope that relatively green coaches such as these two are - would perhaps improve over time. I just haven't seen anything on his resume thus far that makes me think he is a solid coach.

[Sandman]

There’s a reason Brunette was let go from Florida after a very successful season as head coach. His coaching style is a bit like pond hockey, and doesn’t fly in the playoffs.

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

I don't see anything particularly appealing about Brunette. Huska has more experience than he does now - certainly when it comes to coaching.


Brunette was the assistant coach in Florida, and when Quenneville stepped down with his past catching up to him, he became the interim head coach for the rest of the season. He got swept in the the first round.


His work in Nashville hasn't inspired anything either. I must be missing something, but I don't see an upgrade over Huska. I see a potential lateral move as a placeholder, with the added caveat that - like Huska - you would hope that relatively green coaches such as these two are - would perhaps improve over time. I just haven't seen anything on his resume thus far that makes me think he is a solid coach.

I’m not saying I want Burnett either, rather the opposite if I had to choose.
But again pointing out that CGY had lots of options and kept it internal.

There were lots of external candidates that never even got a call back.
Some seem to think nobody wanted to coach our team… lol.

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by Royle9

Simply pointing out there were options outside of Huska, they didn’t even interview because they knew they were going internal.

I remember it was down to Love or Huska on here and I’m pretty certain more wanted Love at the time.

Let’s not pretend like Burnett didn’t do good things for a few years in Florida… how can they be ignored? He went to the Preds who were full of aging veterans and signed more of them as UFAs and then had to implement brand new systems for them.

It’s almost like Brunette struggled with a subpar roster just like Huska is now. Huska at least squeezed some blood from a stone last season and now people are mad at him that the team regressed. I really don’t think it matters which coach has this roster, they are not a good one.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Royle9

Simply pointing out there were options outside of Huska, they didn’t even interview because they knew they were going internal.

I remember it was down to Love or Huska on here and I’m pretty certain more wanted Love at the time.

Let’s not pretend like Burnett didn’t do good things for a few years in Florida… how can they be ignored? He went to the Preds who were full of aging veterans and signed more of them as UFAs and then had to implement brand new systems for them.

So Brunette’s team last year did not score because of reasons and lack of personnel but Huska’s team does not score because of the system? I suspect most hockey people would take the Preds roster over the Flames roster when considering which team is more likely to score more goals, regardless of who the coach is.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

So Brunette’s team last year did not score because of reasons and lack of personnel but Huska’s team does not score because of the system? I suspect most hockey people would take the Preds roster over the Flames roster when considering which team is more likely to score more goals, regardless of who the coach is.

I don't think so. The Preds have three good forwards, two of which are in a steady decline and no depth like the Flames have. I think the Flames definitely have the better roster.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

I don't think so. The Preds have three good forwards, two of which are in a steady decline and no depth like the Flames have. I think the Flames definitely have the better roster.

Well I have seen others show a roster this way so I will use the same template but they have the following

Stamkos - averaged over 40 goals and over a PPG over the previous 6 seasons before Brunette got his hands on him.
O’Reilly - a perennial 20 goal man
Forsberg - a guy who averaged over a 40 goals per 82 games and 90+ points per season pace until Brunette got him.
Marschessault - a guy who routinely scored at a more than 30 goal a year pace until Brunette killed his offence
Bunting - a 20 goal a year guy
Add on a number of good young forwards like Evangelista and Wood and they have a pretty good group of offensive forwards.

Had to trade Novak last year who looked like an up and coming offensive threat before Brunette
Traded Nyqvist who had 75 points the year before Brunette showed up.

On the backend he has Josi who was an elite offensive dman until Brunette showed up

[DreDayPucks]

Originally Posted by Royle9

Flames could have signed Huberdeau’s coach in Florida in Andrew Burnett but chose to go to Huska.

Burnett is a higher offensively system coach, he was in Craig’s list but ultimately stayed internal.

Huge if true.

[DreDayPucks]

Originally Posted by Royle9

I’m not saying I want Burnett either, rather the opposite if I had to choose.
But again pointing out that CGY had lots of options and kept it internal.

There were lots of external candidates that never even got a call back.
Some seem to think nobody wanted to coach our team… lol.

Would you say 98% of the external candidates didn’t receive a call back? Was it cool being in the meeting room going through the call logs? Did management ask for your feedback?

Your attempts at seeming like an insider are becoming increasingly more out there and weak. It’s very standard for any job posting to have plenty of applicants not receive call backs. You are a fraud.

[GioforPM]

who is this Burnett guy?

[Aarongavey]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...place-for-him/

My god, Conroy taking direct shots at folks who just want to roll young guys, consequences be damned. A lot of folks won’t agree with what him and Iginla are doing here

He's as good a passer as we have, but there's different ways to play at different parts of the game, when you're down a goal or when you're up a goal — key situations on the ice,” said Conroy, explaining some of the nuances of the game the youngster needs time to adjust to.

In the defensive zone, instead of soft chips or rim around, make the hard out. If you soft chip in the NHL, it's not getting out. It's little plays like that. If you don't have a play, live to fight another day.

“Unlike junior, when it’s go, go, go, manage the game, learn when you can pinch and what the score of the game is.”

We're always trying to get the young guys in,” said Conroy, whose club also elevated Connor Zary to a top-six role Sunday.

“I know people will be in an uproar about how much they play, but you still want to put them in positions where they succeed and do well, and not just play them to play them, where they're in over their heads and it hurts their development.

Guys have to play well. It's the NHL. You have to earn your ice time, and coaches have to hold players accountable.

“The coaches need to make the decision on the players, and I'm there to support them, but you also want to do what’s best in the long term for the players.”

We're not going to tell people exactly what we're doing — it doesn't make any sense, because then you're telling 31 teams,” said Conroy, disinterested in a state of the nation address.

“We have an idea where we want this team to go, and how we're getting there. If these young guys were so lights out, that's what you need. You need players to come in and play so well you can't take them out.

“Young guys are gonna have ups and downs, and you get hard on yourself mentally. You do need mental breaks, but then when you come back, you need to perform. That's not about getting points. It's winning battles, doing the right things, being a positive on the team, and helping the team in the end. I mean, it's about winning games. We want to win games and get better and give them that confidence. You just can't continue to just play a guy if he's playing bad. It doesn't make any sense. How does he learn anything from it?

"I can see where fans don't see that and say, ‘just play the young guys.’ Yeah, it's easy to just say that, but are you helping them by doing that?”

[gvitaly]

Originally Posted by DreDayPucks

Would you say 98% of the external candidates didn’t receive a call back? Was it cool being in the meeting room going through the call logs? Did management ask for your feedback?

Your attempts at seeming like an insider are becoming increasingly more out there and weak. It’s very standard for any job posting to have plenty of applicants not receive call backs. You are a fraud.

Last I checked this was the rumors and speculation thread. That's what Royle9 heard, if you don't want to believe him then don't.

I like what he has to say, and most of it seems to check out.

I don't see what gain would there be for Royle9 to purposefully feed us misinformation, or why anyone would be upset by reading it.

Finally, feel free to put any poster that irritates you on ignore.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...place-for-him/

My god, Conroy taking direct shots at folks who just want to roll young guys, consequences be damned. A lot of folks won’t agree with what him and Iginla are doing here

Nothing incidenerary in what Conroy said in there. Simple interview.

The actual issue people seem to have had with the young players and their roles is that their being held to a different standard than the veterans. That's certainly the only problem I've really voiced - I think that is actually a misstep. Everyone gets held to the same level, and are rewarded/punished the same - that's the standard that should be set, and we've clearly seen that hasn't been the case so far this year.

I don't think anyone is just screaming for "play the youth, no matter what", and if they have - they're wrong, but if they haven't been saying then that's just other people grasping at straws for argument's sake.

Originally Posted by DreDayPucks

Would you say 98% of the external candidates didn’t receive a call back? Was it cool being in the meeting room going through the call logs? Did management ask for your feedback?

Your attempts at seeming like an insider are becoming increasingly more out there and weak. It’s very standard for any job posting to have plenty of applicants not receive call backs. You are a fraud.

and you are a dingleberry. Why the aggression? Go for a walk.

[GioforPM]

Conroy ain’t wrong about the soft chips and rings around the board. They’ve been bad. I think that was aimed at Parekh, because he does it a lot.

[DreDayPucks]

Originally Posted by gvitaly

Last I checked this was the rumors and speculation thread. That's what Royle9 heard, if you don't want to believe him then don't.

I like what he has to say, and most of it seems to check out.

I don't see what gain would there be for Royle9 to purposefully feed us misinformation, or why anyone would be upset by reading it.

Finally, feel free to put any poster that irritates you on ignore.

It doesn’t irritate me lol I find it hilarious common sense statements using logic is considered “insider info”

Crazy to think teams are calling the flames to see if they’re ready to be sellers while being dead last in the NHL. Or multiple applicants didn’t get a call back for a job, that’s never happened before in any occupational field ever.