Cecil, Redmond, Hendriks.
Estrada basically is out of options too since he has 5+ years service time and would have to consent to a minor league assignment.
Well Hoffman was never really regarded as a top prospect until the Cape before his third year. I don't think he was even drafted out of high school. He had some big increases in stuff between his second and third years in college.... for whatever reason. He's a beanpole like you so maybe he just filled out a bit and the fastball went from low 90's to mid/upper.
Scouts would probably put a role 45 on him and say that he might be able to carve out a career as a #5/swingman/LHRP.
Projection systems would probably say that he could be a league average SP.
With more games, there's higher variance in teams/scores so I'd think the optimals would do better. With a small slate of games it's actually pretty easy to just look at lineups and pick a lot of "optimal" players yourself.
Basically with more data to sort through, the human brain will be worse at picking a close to optimal lineup. So the computer should shine!
Theoretically
Bruins fire Chiarelli.
Guy builds a solid 5 year contender that wins a cup and then makes another finals.
One garbage trade and just missing the playoffs once and poof, done.
Hockey is cruel.
Leafs might have interest?