Bizarro-meter 2025: Which Eastern Conference team had the weirdest offseason?

With camps finally opening, we can say goodbye to the 2025 offseason. And that can only mean one thing: It’s time to fire up the bizarro-meter, and figure out which teams had the strangest offseasons.

We’ve been doing this on various sites since all the way back in 2013, when the David Clarkson signing nearly shattered the bizarro-meter on its very first use. Ever since, we’ve used the gimmick to rate each team’s offseason, which we define as everything that happened since their season ended – transactions, hirings and firings, and anything else that made headlines.

Here’s a quick spoiler: This year’s offseason was not all that bizarre.

Yep, the weirdest thing about the 2025 offseason is that it wasn’t all that weird. Oh, it had its moments. But after years of a stagnant cap finally gave way to a summer where everyone had money to spend, we were expecting some serious fireworks. Instead, we mostly got business as usual. Let’s just say the Ottawa Senators and their infamous 10/10 rating from 2018 don’t have to worry about anyone stealing their thunder.

Still, we solider on. Today is the East, while tomorrow is the West. Let’s fire up the trusty bizzaro-meter and see what it has to say about a summer of leaky roofs, angry dads and accidental retirements.

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