Recent content by bustaheims

Yeah. There's real upside for both teams here. Stephen is doing great in the lower levels of the minors, but, lots of pitchers have done that in the past only to end up being bullpen guys instead of quality starters. I suspect that's the likely trajectory for him. Bieber has a player option for...

I'm not sure I'd put Stephen at the same level of prospect as Cowan, but, it's hard to make comparisons across the two sports. There's a really wide range in what he could turn into. It's a good to very good prospect for a guy who has won a Cy Young and is coming back from TJ surgery - so...

Jays are apparently close to adding Shane Bieber, who is finishing up a rehab assignment where he's looked good. If he's even 80%, that's a great add to the rotation.

If Cowan is the antithesis of what Treliving is looking for, why did he draft him - especially going off board specifically to nab him? That’s just absolute nonsense.

Joshua, at the very least, will be a very effective forechecker who can chip in a little offence. He might not justify his cap hit, but he'll be an effective player and the Leafs still have space to make moves - especially if/when Kampf and/or Jarnkrok get moved. Maccelli is a bit more of a...

Wasn’t he in St Louis with Bérubé?

Welcome back, Dakota!

That would be why the math wasn't mathing for me. It didn't look like he was on the roster long enough for those to count as accrued seasons, but, if he was on IR/LTIR, that would explain it.

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed forward Miroslav Holinka to a three-year, entry-level contract. https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/news/maple-leafs-sign-draft-pick-miroslav-holinka

The quick release and the deceptiveness look better there, for sure. Still doesn't look like he has the same zip to his shot, but he's likely holding back some, considering the circumstances. It's certainly encouraging.

Really? He looked slower to me for a large part of the season, his release was off, and his shot didn't seem as hard or accurate. It got better as the season went on, but he never looked normal. He didn't dominate shifts the way we'd grown accustomed to. There weren't anywhere near as many...

Free up a reserve list spot. Always a good idea to have a few of those open.

Not exactly a bridge, as it walks him straight to being a UFA (per some reports I've read - math doesn't math for me, though).

With the big jump in the cap and the lacklustre free agent crop, we definitely need to realign our expectations on contract values - especially on short term deals. In this market, teams are likely willing to overpay on one year deals to get away from having to sign multi-year deals for guys...

Just the players in the lineup (18 skaters and 2 goalies) have to be cap compliant, so teams still get some wiggle room.