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I'm going to talk myself into liking this trade but I feel gutted to lose Laine. He's just special. But, fit and attitude matter.

Laine after 3 years of playing for Tortorella...

Not at all. Laine is a great player, no doubt. But the Jets added a bona fide #1 center today. Jets fans WAY overrated Laine and are continuing to do so.

Center depth is how you win in the NHL. Scheifele PLD Stastny Lowry. That's how you ****ing win.

Okay, the Jets finally made a long-term deal to address a shortfall in their team, a centre. We moved from an area of strength, the wing, and added a piece that will mean out centre depth is set for many years. We have goal scorers and two way centres. We obviously need help in the back but we have a few pieces already and a few coming up. I feel like we should be a contender this year. We're better than Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal. We may be better than Toronto too. This team will be a top 5 team for the last quarter of the season. I'm saying we come out of the northern division on the playoffs and compete to go to the Stanley Cup.

For this season, no, but we definitely did for next year. Scheif, Ehlers, Connor, Morrissey, Lowry have all been drafted and are better.

Two big things to be seen before I decide who won the trade; Do Laine and PLD sign with their new teams? My guess is we'll have a lot better chance with PLD's dad around. Laine could very well still be on the move and a rental for CBJ When they sign long term, how much? Sounds like Laine is gonna be expecting a huge payday, and he'll get it get it somewhere because of the "flashiness". PLD may very well be a better value . Could we have fit Laine's contact and keep key pieces? I doubt it.

Gotta love our size and skill at centre now. PLD won't score like Laine, but it's not like we lack the talent to score without him. PLD's all-around game is better than Laine's, and he plays a more important position. His fancy stats are very good too, for people who care about that.

But Stastny should be in your top 6. He's better than anyone else in the bottom half. So, you have a player that can take faceoffs, if needed.

That's three guys who wanted out and Rolso is not a top player at that. Wheeler, Scheifele Connor, Morrissey, Wheeler, Hellebuyck, Byfuglien, Little have all signed long term deals. JCon beat me to it. But every team will have some guys who are not happy with their situation. Grass isn't always greener.

Torts is a total ****? Just a guess.

No, not at all.

Is it wrong that I am hoping PLD signs a long term extension in the summer, while Laine refuses to sign long term in Columbus?

Dubois' Dad is a coach on the Moose. Chevy would have inside track

Interesting article in The Athletic today grading the trade. Won't post it all, because it is behind a paywall. But one thing that was mentioning is that Dubois was in their their recent top 100 players and Laine was not. Here is how they grade this trade for both teams: Custance: Columbus: A- Jets: B+ Luszcyzyn - Columbus: B Jets: A- Pronman - Columbus: B+ Jets: B- They love Laine's goal scoring, which is a rare commodity. But his defensive play can be a liability. If we get Dubois from the playoffs last year, will have the centre depth with Scheifele and Dubois that teams dream about. Trade will ultimately come down to which team can sign who in the long term and which player can thrive with their new teams. https://theathletic.com/2341048/2021/01/23/nhl-trade-winnipeg-jets-columbus-blue-jackets-laine-dubois/

I've seen this nonsensical "we can't keep anyone" thing going around. Scheiffele, Connor, Ehlers, Morrissey. Just to name a few. Drafted, developed and signed long term deals. The draft and develop thing can and does work.

Russia did better selling Alaska to the US than we did on that Selanne trade...that was a stinker....just the worst.

Numbers don’t get dated, so much as the names do. If you’re crying from that, you must be a mess at rom-coms.

Anyone want a Laine jersey????

Well since i called this trade a while ago. I'm happy with it Roslo like Armia has the chance to be 20g guy but it's not going to happen with Wheeler/Laine ahead of him and Laine still ahead of him. Laine on top line in CBJ now but whose his center? 🤔 Cap space? We save 1m+ Schief/PLD/Stastny/Lowry After 1 game Laine finally became the Jets best RW and never played for us again 🤷‍♂️ Trouba would have left any Canadian team if that matters.

I totally agree. My rational side says this is a good deal on both sides but my heart wishes he wanted to be here and score 50 goals a season. 14 days. He'll miss 7 games. 26% to make the deal work. No biggie because it comes out of Thompson's pocket. We don't need cap space this year, anyhow. I think it means that the trade could have taken longer and he would have been stuck in limbo.

Roslovic has done nothing in the NHL and wanted out, Laine will be a great player if his back holds out and wanted out, players that don't want to play here need to be moved

I feel like this is an overpay, including Roslovic. We should get a 2nd for him.

The two week delay is going to pose some major problems for the Republicans: GOP was crying about the Dems "unfairly" rushing things through, and not providing Trump with enough time to mount a "adequate defense" Some more time is not going to help in that regard - there is no adequate defense for what happened. No lawyer of note, wants to touch this thing with a ten foot pole. The esteemed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed the papers calling for the impeachment of Joe Biden. You also have the impeachment of Donald Trump. The comparison is going to make the Republicans look like a joke, and serve to further highlight imaginary vs actual crimes. The Republicans biggest problem though..... is looming on the horizon: Watchdog Says Organizer of Capitol Protest Turned Riot 'Received Explicit Support' from 2 GOP Reps https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/watchdog-says-organizer-of-capitol-protest-turned-riot-received-explicit-support-from-2-gop-reps/ar-BB1d0nvz?ocid=msedgdhphttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/watchdog-says-organizer-of-capitol-protest-turned-riot-received-explicit-support-from-2-gop-reps/ar-BB1d0nvz?ocid=msedgdhp Trump planned to oust acting AG to overturn Georgia election results: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535510-trump-planned-to-oust-acting-ag-to-overturn-georgia-election-results “The President Threw Us Under the Bus”: Embedding With Pentagon Leadership in Trump’s Chaotic Last Week https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/embedding-with-pentagon-leadership-in-trumps-chaotic-last-week These stories are coming out on a daily basis. In the next two weeks, there will be many more. The full extent of Trump's attempts to overturn the election, the stoking of his base to "do something" about the "stolen election" and GOP complicity is becoming clearer by the day. The pool of potentially damaging witnesses and submission evidence grows larger, by the minute. Democrats will have the ability to showcase this stuff at trial, and put people under oath. I believe that this thing is going to morph into a trial of the Republican Party. Trump has thrown countless people under the bus, over the years. Now Republicans may have to think about throwing Trump under the bus, to protect the GOP party at large. Also the realization, that no matter what they do - Trump's gonna Trump. A real Hobson's choice here: Impeach Trump and deal with the enraged cult who are capable of anything and Trump in the background calling for civil war on the GOP, or a new patriot party or whatever passes as revenge. Acquit Trump despite the evidence and have Donald paralyzing things with threats to run again, and watch the GOP's reputation, as far as the donor class, swing voters and new demographic and young voters.....go straight into the tank, for a long time. Took longer than I thought......but Trump is now truly the Republican tar baby.

I just really really really think Chris Walby was something special and a guy that would never have played in the CFL, had things been different in the 80s (because he would have been an automatic NFLer...)

I've said it before, but I'd listen to an argument that Bryant is the best OL in the history of the CFL, and that's coming from one of the biggest Walby fans of all time...

Not sure it's Heinola love as much as it's a desire to get Niku out of the lineup. Heinola looked much better last year, as an 18 year old, than Niku did this season. Small sample size for sure, but imo he deserves playing time more than Niku does.

Guys will always sign here. It's the guys we lose that we don't replace that is the real issue. So, they move Stasny to wing? Put Dubois on the second line. Just saying Wheeler has a huge say with what goes on with this team, it seems. Maybe too much influence on a certain coach. I'm pissed off but I'll be okay in a day or so....

And Morrissey, Byfuglien, Connor, Wheeler, Hellebuyck, Ehlers garbage take.

Meh... It's been a crappy offense under Greg Roman. No surprise.

It'll be very interesting to look back on this trade and judge which team came out the winner..That will take time and anyone rushing to a decision will most likely end up with egg on their face...As things stand now, I believe each player has his own strengths...we'll see by the end of this season whose strengths shine the best...GO JETS

Blank jerseys are the absolute worst kind of jersey fail. It's why there's so many of them in Calgary. So many pretend fans.

I'm not crying. You are.

Pretty shocked but I guess it turns out the rumours regarding Laine's contentedness here were, at the very least, partially true. A real shame to lose such an offensive talent, IMO. But the return is good - and better if Dubois re-signs here in the near future. I was hoping for something higher than a third rounder for Roslovic but it is what it is at this point. This team looks lethal down the middle and that's crucial in today's NHL. I just hope whatever attitude problems Dubois had in Columbus stayed there. I don't think Tortorella is a good coach with younger players and Dubois didn't seem to be an exception. Looking forward to seeing him in a Jets jersey, anyway. He's a very talented centre.

Emotionally this may feel like the Selanne trade, but the return here is a legit 1B centre, not some prospects and pixie dust in Kilger and Tverdovsky. Selanne ended up in the HOF. We will see where Mr. Laine ends up. As was said earlier, not likely Columbus.

also my info is you can have a concussion without contact. Kurt Warner video showing that Lamar gets no help at all from the offensive play designs . I would add that he had no time whatsoever, o line was awful.

I caught him couple times last year. I would have said he was 2nd maybe 3rd year Schief but gritty.

3rd for Roslo / Laine for Dubois if you break it down. Was hoping a 2nd for Roslo, but meh. Wasn't progressing with us. C always carry more value than W in real life (vs fantasy) but I do think we should have got a higher pick or a prospect than we ended up with. Neither team was in a great bargaining position.

The impeachment notice will be delivered to the Senate Monday morning.

How ridiculously spoiled have we been with Bryant? That guy never misses any plays.

Individual accountability.

Article 14, Section 3 of the US Constitution: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

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Yeah, I was gonna say, I think the days of a Canadian playing the second most important position on the field are as done as a Canadian playing the most important position on the field..... they'll find another American to take over from SB66 eventually...

Representation matters.

That's part of the reason I put a name on the Grey Cup base

The club gets a cut from each replica ring sold, and the money from the Grey Cup base goes back to your club and its players directly.

Having our entire starting oline back is sick

It really just shows how selfish she was. Her actions should qualify her as the most American of any of our government or political leaders. Shouldn’t have been allowed to resign, likely keeps a massive pension but should have been fired for cause.