Recent content by herman

PPP t-7. Dennis Hildeby Freshly extended to a 3-year deal, and about to lose waiver exemption status next year. Good to great in the AHL, very skittish in the NHL. t-7. Henry Thrun I don't really count Thrun as a prospect or even a U25 at this point. He's this high on the list by virtue of the...

Lotta dingers tonight. And now relentless, aggressive small ball to pad the lead Good thing they gave Varland +6 to work with

Craig Berube 1-on-1 Season is kicking back into gear so the podcasts and interviews are coming out; this seems to be the only big Leafs interview this week. Yep, nothing else out there at this time.

PPP 9. Tyler Hopkins They recouped the loss of Minten to BOS with a younger version. Not quite as heavy on the forecheck, but equally cerebral and defensively responsible, and generally faster around the ice. Looks like a slightly higher offensive upside as well, but we’ll see this coming...

https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/my-nhl-draft-manifesto I'm trying to find their post on all the picks that the Leafs have traded away and what ended up happening to them. It paints the picture quite clearly. Vegas and Florida basically don't care about picks and prospects. It's all just fuel...

At this stage of the contention window, Cliff Fletcher rules apply. And at the end of the contention window, trading out the really good pieces that are too old for the next crest of the wave will net very solid future assets. We can trade roster players too. Everything south of...

Their first season was pretty spread out, but that was the Babcock way, and because he was a b-hole he was therefore tactically wrong about everything. Marleau-Kadri-Komarov Hyman-Matthews-Nylander JvR-Bozak-Marner If we get a really good 6-8M forechecky RW for Matthews Domi - Matthews -...

I think it's somewhere in between (as usual). Bullpen is just overextended right now as they've been sheltering the starters. I think the Jays like to get strikeouts more than they pitch for ground contact (we have a pretty great defense), so their starters hit their pitch count ceilings pretty...

It's true they lost a superstar and didn't get back any real juice at the top. I will push back on the doom and gloom though. Season opening roster is never the playoff roster, and we now have something we have not had since Matthews entered the league: cap flexibility. They may have lost a...

PPP 10. Victor Johansson Johansson stood out initially for being the skinniest possible draft pick ever selected. Similar to another Swedish depth pick in Andreas Johnsson, the reason for his sub-par performance and weird body stats were easily explained and correctable: Johansson’s medications...