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Last years draft was not a good one. In terms of receiver/running back we want to start 3 Canadians there and we have 3 starting level players. We need depth there today as well as thinking into next year and beyond. Exact same issue with OL.

Yeah, gonna make our annual football trek into Winnipeg in September from Friday to Monday that weekend. Looks like the Banjo Bowl is close to being sold out based on what the Bomber Ticket Office was telling me on Friday.

My mock (aka the best mock ever aka I’m bored on the toilet) 1. Dublanko to EDM 2. Dumoulin-Duguay to OTT 3. Hergel to SSK 4. Cantin-Arku to CGY 5. Mital to TOR 6. Brubacher to BC 7. Mardner to HAM 8. Wallace to WPG 9. Labrosse to MTL

'A few glitches but not bad'. (chatGPT, 2024).

Very interested to see Bombers pick. I think aside from Dumoulin-Duguay there's not a lot to pick between the OL who will be available through about Round 3. Nkanu is probably most pro ready but no upside at all. But there's a lot of guys who could be significant players on D and at receiver available. Say with that 3Down mock exercise....if Brubacher is on the board for us in the first round I don't see them passing him over for a guy who probably isn't good enough to dress this year at OL. Could grab a similar level of OL prospect at end of Round 2.

That's not bad. I'd be ok with us taking 2 OL and a WR but would prefer OL and DL.

Interesting note on Julius Welschof: who was former Bomber Brandon Collier's first European recruit to sign with an NCAA program. I do believe he signed with an NFL team after the draft.

St Pierre used to have a great home made place called Oma's that sadly also closed down. I've had a co worker who has gone to Winkler and tried out Ralph's German Restaurant and said that it was authentic and really good. They also appear to have Rouladen.

We for sure need a wr from the draft but it has no urgency of being an early pick. We need to get a rotational front 6 guy or two and the ol could just as well be a futures guy. That’s the one position we can draft a teams type guy at.

I'm excited to see what Rocket can do out there.

I was reading the parentheses as College, and was wondering where Hodge University was.🤦‍♂️

I am actually taking my boys to their first whiteout, so I just have to accept it for the experience and try not to get too annoyed at the game. I hope for them that the crowd is into it so they can get a real taste of the whiteout.

That philosophy kept me alive for 29 CFL seasons lol

Nah, unfortunately I am a true sports fan. Anger will slowly turn to hope over the next couple days, and the cycle repeats.

because they actually want their defensemen to be able to play NHL level hockey?

The way he has been playing lately Winnipeg being one of those teams...😉

Man this feeling just sucks. I agree with the sentiment that game 5 is gonna suck and you almost wish you could forgo it. I'm ready for the CFL draft on Tues and then get TC underway...

This seems to work every April sadly ...

There've been some pretty good free agents available the past 2 years but Walters won't pay. Thinks there are priorities elsewhere. I never understood that line of thinking. I'd give up one all star receiver for one all star nose tackle.

If Mullinder is picking them 4th then they will finish near last. Last year he had them winning the Grey Cup.

Hergel didn’t get drafted, signed with New Orleans. I hope that’s enough to drop him to us.

Not merchandise per se but I just bought 2 tickets for my wife & I to this year's Banjo Bowl this morning. Rarin' to go!!

That’s a damn good way to put it. In general while I enjoy drafts a bunch of sports I follow, the lay out and time seems like a dinosaur. I feel like a really good podcast style setting with portions that involve each team and their picks in a fast paced format would reach todays target demo for sports a lot better. If we take 2 guys on the front 6 in our first 3-4 picks along with 1 ol I think we will be in great shape.

we need to go defence heavy...front 7...and not plugs who only translate to a few yrs of decent ST play A flyer on an Oline guy who may take 2 yrs to get here, and a guy who has no NFL interest whatsoever....I also dont look at certain players with no upside coming into the pro atmosphere, as thats something you can't assume...Much the same as guys who appear to be ready to roll and fizzle away a yr and half later... After round 1...maybe 2...after seeing some of the dust settling I would like to see us swing a trade as well if in our case remaining picks are just picks for the sake of having picks and dont fill a need for us

An attempt to match the glitz and hype of the NFL draft with a production that is cable access level, what's not to love?

Bombers signed Canadian punter Dante Mastrogiuseppe.

Any one else think the draft was better when it was mid day. Lightning fast and mostly followed on line? The tsn/live streams have been gong shows, and painfully slow. Making a big show of picking through the best of what’s left is like a tired old trope.

I can attest first hand how good it is,and the portions are massive. Highly recommend it.

For me is will Chevy finally realize this core that he drafted is not good enough? Can he blow up this team and start again? Alot of tough questions this off season. I am hopeful though that we will win this game and at least not go down without a fight.

I honestly thought it was a trailer for the 2019 Lion King movie, did they really need a Mufasa movie? I'll be curious to see if it does as well as the 2019 which made a billion plus dollars. The last many live action remakes have lost money for Disney and they've basically written off Snow White and it's 250 million dollar budget. They need this one to succeed.

I did a few years back, it was good but more of a Canadian diner with some German influence in the dishes. Mostly variations of schnitzels with fries.

The problem with the Jets situation is how do you fire the coach and GM of a team that finished with the second amount of points in the West during the NHL regular season? No way the Jets make those moves. It's a different game come playoff time. Unfortuantely since we can't use the Mark S was not available during the series excuse this time, we are left to think that this team is the classic regular season good/ playoffs bad kind of club ...

I agree that DL is more of a immediate priority but the draft isn't a great place to address immediate needs as there are very few players that can step right in and make an impact. I mean we took Bennett because he was the most "pro-ready" DL available and we saw what he did. The rational for a receiver isn't bad (IMO) and it's very similar to our OL needs. We have aging players in both spots (Demski, Neufeld) that will need to be replaced at some point and we've lost a couple of depth guys (BOLO, Gray) so it makes sense to get a couple more guys in the pipeline.

51 second mark. He's going to be elusive but I'm afraid he might bite people.

Well if you sign him he's here for 2 years same as anyone else.

Wide Receiver is not a priority....D line is...I would rather go O Line than receiver seeing as it's a deep draft in that area....Why do various media types keep insisting we need someone else for Zack to throw to, when we are solid in that position

TC in parking lots. Nice. lol

Everything starts in the trenches and moves out from there.

We got our backup of our backup in net. We got to play better.

Wow talk about grit and never give up from the Canucks today. That was pretty amazing. Now THAT'S playoff hockey! And yes, I threw up in my mouth typing this.

True. Still, the jets have won more reg season games than any other Canadian team since their return in 2011. And none of those other squads have done much better in the playoffs. and when you add in the fact that Winnipeg is the least desirable market for free agents in the NHL… Well, it just helps to keep perspective.

So they're either going to win or lose game 5? Thanks for clearing that up for us.

I failed.math ok.

Start him game 5. Jets seem to play better with him in net.

Clearly you weren't around for 1.0 lol

Not touching that one...

Mullinder is an idiot.

The whole city of Toronto is reeling from the sound of walking on eggshells. According to Friedman, Matthews could not skip his club fitting appointment today because if he did there was no way his clubs would be ready for early next week.