Just overheard this at the MLB Winter Meetings from a rival executive:
“Pretty crazy Ross Atkins isn’t here. Also pretty crazy Shohei Ohtani isn’t either”

Wow.




Pretty weird for Atkins not to be at the winter meetings


Ben Nicholson-Smith
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Ross Atkins declined to say where he is right now, but the plan is for #BlueJays GM to be in Nashville before long for Winter Meetings.
- Santo_44

Sooo....you're saying that Ross Atkins and Ohtani might be the same person?!?

Since everything seems all basebally.... I think the premise of this blog is ruined by the fact that Zadorov is clearly a double at best.

And does anybody else have "Yesterday at ##:## PM" on their most definitely "Today" posts, or have I inadvertently time travelled into the future?

And does anybody else have "Yesterday at ##:## PM" on their most definitely "Today" posts, or have I inadvertently time travelled into the future?
- oldstyle

Yes

No one cares about tampa.
- Fakepartofme

Nobody cares about you or your opinion of Tampa. So there. You just jealous of my meteor anyway. 😂

I see the Isles are trading for Nylander again

I think he’s still at one goal for the year
- Canada Cup

Which is more goals and points than all of our Dmen outside of morgan.
Gio has 1 goal as well

Nobody cares about you or your opinion of Tampa. So there. You just jealous of my meteor anyway. 😂
- GalacticStone

Meteors are very cool, so possibly

Meteors are very cool, so possibly
- Fakepartofme

You guys don't have a game until thursday. Gonna be a slow couple of days. I'll be sure to keep yall entertained with lots of Lightning posts.

You guys don't have a game until thursday. Gonna be a slow couple of days. I'll be sure to keep yall entertained with lots of Lightning posts.
- GalacticStone

Lucky us.

Which is more goals and points than all of our Dmen outside of morgan.
Gio has 1 goal as well
- Fakepartofme

Yeah, no one touting them as goal scorers

Oh look…
Connor Ingram 11-3

Not surprising

Oh look…
Connor Ingram 11-3

Not surprising
- mr.sir

. Been very good this year, if he could of played every game the Cotes would be right up there.

Leafs should’ve kept Trevor Moore.

Another good one Dubas gave away.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

gotta give to get right...

Estimated cap next year is 87.6m

So ....Atkins and crew shot their shot in FLA to OHtani yesterday.

Now we wait ...

Estimated cap next year is 87.6m
- Fakepartofme

should be able to ease the cap strain of the Leafs with Nylander taken a good chunk of that increase.

should be able to ease the cap strain of the Leafs with Nylander taken a good chunk of that increase.
- dmnted

1.6 of that will be am's cap increase.
So that leaves 2.5m ....that will almost cover willies increase

Ohtani
Soto
Paredes/Arozarena
Carlson/O Neill
Kepler/Polanco
Jimenez

Hoskins

So ....Atkins and crew shot their shot in FLA to OHtani yesterday.

Now we wait ...
- The Law

You can see why they wanted to show off the complex

https://twitter.com/kpape...&t=zXygQ9RZlVYvHUlIXsYVmg

Tampa gets revenge on Dallas for the 8-1 beatdown.

Vasi pitches a 4-0 shutout.

Ex-Leaf Glendening continues his heater (3g in 24g and 57.9% on faceoffs). He's on a torrid pace for a 10g season.

In all seriousness though, he's been a good depth add.
- GalacticStone

Skalapy?

Oh look…
Connor Ingram 11-3

Not surprising
- mr.sir

He's a tough read. He has Jack Campbell vibes in his numbers. He's 26, has had moments of hot streaks - like last January & February - with a lot of mediocre to his game - like he was on the cusp of finding his game. He posted a pretty decent 21-22 in the AHL, and was once a top WHL goalie which led to him being on the World Junior team for Canada - but he wasn't particularly good against the best of his peers - at least at that time.

The challenge I have with giving credence to Ingram's game yet is that he has to do it with consistency for a year, year-over-year - not just for a month or two months.

The problem - at least for me - is that it's so rare for a goalie to find their consistent game at age 25+ after having been pretty mediocre against elevated competition. It feels like they've made an adjustment that took them 6 years to figure out - but the shooters will make an adjustment soon enough and how long until the goalie can readjust to it? I'm not going to pretend Tim Thomas didn't happen, but for every Tim Thomas there are a heck of a lot more Jack Campbells.

He's a tough read. He has Jack Campbell vibes in his numbers. He's 26, has had moments of hot streaks - like last January & February - with a lot of mediocre to his game - like he was on the cusp of finding his game. He posted a pretty decent 21-22 in the AHL, and was once a top WHL goalie which led to him being on the World Junior team for Canada - but he wasn't particularly good against the best of his peers - at least at that time.

The challenge I have with giving credence to Ingram's game yet is that he has to do it with consistency for a year, year-over-year - not just for a month or two months.

The problem - at least for me - is that it's so rare for a goalie to find their consistent game at age 25+ after having been pretty mediocre against elevated competition. It feels like they've made an adjustment that took them 6 years to figure out - but the shooters will make an adjustment soon enough and how long until the goalie can readjust to it? I'm not going to pretend Tim Thomas didn't happen, but for every Tim Thomas there are a heck of a lot more Jack Campbells.
- Monkeypunk

There's also the "fit" with a team that's very hard to quantify.

Campbell worked with Toronto. Clearly
Bennington works with St-Louis (well sometimes)
Talbot somehow works with LA
Montembeault works with Montreal.

Not saying these guys are Vezina candidates, but they were/are playing well enough to not be considered a liability.

Would they all know the same success elsewhere? The smart ones try and stay where they know it works for them.

Even Tim Thomas, could have fallen off a cliff away from Boston imho.

There's also the "fit" with a team that's very hard to quantify.

Campbell worked with Toronto. Clearly
Bennington works with St-Louis (well sometimes)
Talbot somehow works with LA
Montembeault works with Montreal.

Not saying these guys are Vezina candidates, but they were/are playing well enough to not be considered a liability.

Would they all know the same success elsewhere? The smart ones try and stay where they know it works for them.

Even Tim Thomas, could have fallen off a cliff away from Boston imho.
- Scabeh

Thomas probably would have been pushed

Thomas probably would have been pushed
- Canada Cup

Of course but who?