There's a lot of talk about the UFAs and what they could do, but the word around the Maple Leafs now is that they're widening their scope of what they'd consider. Now I don't think it is anything like Matthews or Nylander - I don't think we're talking about anything like that - but the word around them is that they're widening their ideas of what they may consider. And they are talking a bit more about players with term.
The Leafs made a few acquisitions in the offseason, trying to fill a massive hole in the lineup that was caused by the Mitch Marner departure. In the Marner deal, forward Nicolas Roy was the return. Toronto also acquired forward Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks, with hopes of him adding more depth. To round out the trades, they also got their hands on Finnish forward Matias Maccelli. They have also given youngster Easton Cowan a try.
The Dallas Cowboys are starting the second half of the season on Monday night, and with that comes a few new faces that are new to the team and also just new to playing this season in general. All of these new faces come on the side of the ball that has been the worst in football, the defense. Not only are we going to see defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and linebacker Logan Wilson, who were added via trades,
By the by, it appears that Alex Anthopoulos spoke to reporters yesterday. While I haven't seen a broad summary of his remarks, we have teeny-tiny snippets like: If you take it at face value, this suggests two-plus serious-money additions at key positions, and then whatever "a lot of relievers" means, which could range from a bunch of cheap deals and speculative adds, to this Front Office's erstwhile-or-maybe-not strategy of dumping a big chunk of payroll into the bullpen for whatever reason.
Lynch is for the most part off limits during the regular season in terms of media access, except for his weekly appearance on KNBR-680, the 49ers' flagship radio station. He explained on air Thursday morning why things were so quiet at the deadline as the 49ers made no late moves to add to their roster with a 6-3 record but some obvious needs.
All of a sudden, one of the Dolphins' biggest weaknesses entering the season, cornerback, isn't a big weakness any longer. It's an interesting phenomenon, a curious turn of events. This trio of castoff and no-name cornerbacks - Jack Jones, Rasul Douglas and Cornell Armstrong - has emerged as a reliable crew, something that was on display in Monday's 27-21 win over the New York Jets.
1913 The White Sox purchased the contract of a future Hall-of-Famer, pitcher Urban "Red" Faber, from Des Moines for $3,500. Faber would go on to win 254 games, with four seasons of 20 or more wins with Chicago. In the 1917 World Series win over the Giants Faber went 3-1, throwing 27 innings, with two complete games and a 2.33 ERA.
Some transactions result in meteoric success, like the Thunder and Celtics acquiring players like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jayson Tatum through trades.
Ingram didn't play a single game for the Raptors this season but what he brings on the floor for a team that is starved of offensive creation is unquestionable. He is a potent mid-range scorer, a proficient pick-and-roll ballhandler, a solid catch-and-shoot player, and can play well off of Scottie Barnes, similar to how Pascal Siakam did.
