2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Sylvanfan]

It's amusing how some people are focused on wanting to suck that they forget the other team looking to add a good player could just pony up to do the deal now and not lose out on a player who will improve their team. Anderson isn't like a David Jones or Freddy Modin, every team doesn't have one in the closet ghey can take out and give you with a 7th for a 6th round pick. Teams trading for him want to make their team better.

If these folks were writing Insurance policies we'd be paying 20k a year to insure an 06 Corolla because driving is too risky until we all start walking everywhere and they think that's now too risky if we're not enclosed in bubbles.

[Jason14h]

I’m pretty sure the NHL PA wasn’t happy about the Hamilton “benching” threat either

They could easily sit Ras today and nothing would happen per se but it’s a headache the team doesn’t really need to annoy the PA and league .

Plus a trade can still take days and 1 game everyone is probably fine with - multiple not so much

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I just don't understand, the Mangiapane thing was for trade reasons they said. Why are other teams allowed to sit players for trades but not us lol.

Mangiapane is barely an NHLer at this point vs an ice time leading dman in a contract year. Ras doesnt want to be sat. Its not that complicated.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I just don't understand, the Mangiapane thing was for trade reasons they said. Why are other teams allowed to sit players for trades but not us lol.

They scratched him and gave him and his agent permission to talk to other teams.

It was basically "We think you suck so we aren't playing you tonight but feel free to find a place for us to trade you to".

[Roko]

Id be playing him 7 minutes and only pp or O zone starts

[Harry Lime]

Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ

I don’t know who you are either but the one thing I do know is you post the same repetitive garbage over and over again. Nobody is listening any more dude. Go for a walk, go see a movie, turn the game on, do something. You hijack every thread with the same old negative nonsense and drag the entire forum down. Is that you Moon?

I love it when a poster whose been around a while calls out a potential Moon sighting. Will never not be funny.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I just don't understand, the Mangiapane thing was for trade reasons they said. Why are other teams allowed to sit players for trades but not us lol.

Source.

[5abi]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

Wow, I can’t believe that I am actually able derail this thread and everyone is falling for it.

[All In Good Time]

Counting down until Moo…….Pauli…..Rhett claims to be a victim

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Hackey

Exactly. That was such a massive missed opportunity. Trade Tkachuk for futures. You have Lindholm, Andersson, Hanifin, all with term and coming off career years you could have dealt for good returns. You tank for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. You're probably almost done your rebuild.

Instead, we're sitting in 30th place right now, have the worst contract in the league, have zero stars, and are still scared to make any type of bold decision.

Murray is an idiot.

Murray wanted to do it but Darryl Sutter said over his dead body. Imagine Darryl coaching a rebuilding team LOL.

[dissentowner]

Who gives a crap who posters think Rhett is or was or if his takes bother you. Just scroll past it or put him on ignore instead of flooding the thread complaining about him. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even Rhett. I really hate when we get this pile on effect on a poster whose position is not popular. It is not constructive in any way.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I don't even know who you are, but thanks for your nice feedback.

He’s been around since 2010, so you’ve probably seen a lot of his posts if you combine the time you’ve been here + the years you said you spent reading all of our great opinions before you signed up.

[browntrout]

Originally Posted by Macho0978

Isn't Buffalo one of the hottest teams in the league and has one of the youngest rosters in the league and their core all wrapped up or on ELCs?

High end prospects still coming too?

When does Buffalo stop being the example. They are 5 points back of Montreal with 2 games on hand and Montreal is consistently labeled one of the next cup contenders.

Frig... whatever the owners may not want a rebuild, but reality is going to #$&_#@ing hit him in the face

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Who gives a crap who posters think Rhett is or was or if his takes bother you. Just scroll past it or put him on ignore instead of flooding the thread complaining about him. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even Rhett. I really hate when we get this pile on effect on a poster whose position is not popular. It is not constructive in any way.

Including opinions about repetitious posters. And if the said poster elicits similar responses from a lot of people, that's relevant. And maybe even constructive.

[browntrout]

Frig...I quoted this wrong....are we playing tonight, are we hoping for a win, lose, I have no idea anymore, time to refill my drink

[topfiverecords]

Robert Thomas won’t play tomorrow, he must have been placed on IR for the purposes of a trade. Why can the Blues do this but the Flames can’t???

[saillias]

I was thinking, if you combine the assets of Vegas, Toronto and Dallas you still can't really put a good package together for Andersson. These trade talks must be infuriating for Conroy. Just fielding calls from the most broke GMs in the league over and over

[traptor]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Including opinions about repetitious posters. And if the said poster elicits similar responses from a lot of people, that's relevant. And maybe even constructive.

Ive even see pages of posts complaining about what Rhett might say, when he hasn't even said anything


It gets a little ridiculous sometimes.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Robert Thomas won’t play tomorrow, he must have been placed on IR for the purposes of a trade. Why can the Blues do this but the Flames can’t???

Flames have, they did that with Coleman.

[SuperMatt18]

Honestly the opposite side of Rhett in these discussions is just as repetitive, and troll threads just as much.