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The thing is Trudeau can use Bloc or NDP whenever he wants, he doesn't need both. We won't lose confidence in the House but he may not get everything through that he wants. Trudeau has not learned anything from his first term. And, he won't. But, his ministry will probably feel more empowered and we may seem some other leaders emerge.

I got my tickets for December 19th! I'm looking forward to this, even if it's just closure.

Liberals don't need to do much to hold onto power. The NDP are broke and can't afford another election. The Bloc have zero desire to run another election. They'll rule like Harper did with few concessions.

Watch the replay. He watches it the whole way. Bottom video - 28 second mark, you can see the ball and him looking at it. https://www.cfl.ca/games/2633/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-calgary-stampeders/#videos

Good business. And, if Fredo can win in the playoffs, they get a good deal. Low risk.

Hoping for a speedy recovery.

https://www.tsn.ca/fighting-stomach-cancer-dale-hawerchuk-wants-to-live-to-tell-the-story-1.1384658 Hockey Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stomach cancer in August, saying he is optimistic as he battles “the fight of my life.” The 56-year-old Hawerchuk took a leave of absence from his position as coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s Barrie Colts in early September. The team said Hawerchuk was stepping away because of a health issue but wasn’t more specific. “For some reason the Lord put me in this kind of fight and I’m ready to fight it,” Hawerchuk said in an interview last weekend with TSN. “I want to live to tell the story.” Hawerchuk, who grew up in Oshawa, Ont., idolizing Bobby Orr, entered the NHL with sky-high expectations after winning two Memorial Cups as a junior player with the Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Winnipeg Jets took him first overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. When he signed a five-year, $800,000 contract with the Jets that summer, an armoured car escorted by police drove to the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street, the city’s main intersection, and dropped off the bright-eyed, curly-haired 18-year-old. He instantly became Winnipeg’s most recognizable sports celebrity. Hawerchuk played in the NHL for 16 years before retiring in 1997 with an arthritic hip. He played 1,188 games with Winnipeg, Buffalo, St. Louis and Philadelphia, scoring 518 goals and 1,409 points. Winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year for the 1981-82 season, Hawerchuk also played for Canada in the 1987 and 1991 Canada Cups. Hawerchuk famously won the faceoff that led to Mario Lemieux’s iconic goal late in the third period of Game 3 of the 1987 Canada Cup final against the Soviet Union. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001. Hawerchuk said he began suffering from acid reflux symptoms in the summer. While a CT scan failed to show any cancer, doctors found a tumour in his stomach on Aug. 22. He is currently being treated with chemotherapy to shrink the tumour, which should provide doctors with the opportunity to remove it. “The chemo has hit me pretty hard,” he said. “I do it one week and it breaks the body down and then the next week I take a break and build my body up so I can do it again. I have to do that for two months. I really struggle to eat and have a feeding tube, but the last few days I’ve been able to eat a little bit, too. You’ve got to keep your nutrition up.” According to the latest annual report from the Canadian Cancer Society, of the 113,000 Canadians who are projected to be diagnosed with the cancer this year, an estimated 2.3 per cent (4,100) will be diagnosed with stomach cancer. Hawerchuk said he has already talked with stomach cancer survivors who he said are now are left eating a half dozen smaller meals per day but for the most part are living “a normal life.” Crystal Hawerchuk, Dale’s wife, says her family is rallying around her husband and that he has a mindset to beat the disease. “He’s just so himself and low maintenance and doesn’t have a big ego. He’s just such a good person,” she said. “Dale has always been a very focused person, very determined. He’s got mental strength today just like he had in hockey...I want people to know he’s helped so many people and so many kids and it's terrible this is happening to him because all he has done is give back to the sport. There’s no better person in my life than him. He’s a very selfless person." Dale said his family has been drawn closer together since his cancer diagnosis. His children, Eric, Alexis and Ben, are all staying close to the family home in King City, Ont. “You don’t have anything without your health, your family and your friends and sometimes we underrate that,” Hawerchuk said. “An illness like this can definitely put things in perspective. My surgeon told me I’ve got a hell of a battle on my hands, but I’m young and healthy everywhere else. “Like anything in life, you just got to dig in and go for what your goals are. It’s kind of no different than trying to make the NHL. Who knew if I could make it, right?”

I missed putting in the link to show Begelton CLEARLY watching the ball the entire way. https://www.cfl.ca/games/2633/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-calgary-stampeders/#videos

I have no idea what your point is. Begelton saw the pass coming the entire way. It was not spectacular. BLM was fortunate that there was no communication among the Bomber DBs. Still, they manage this stuff week after week.

Not to belabour the point too much but if you watch the replays, Begelton is CLEARLY looking at BLM when he throws the ball. He knows it's coming and catches it. It's a great catch but not at all the same as the Smith catch where he didn't know it was coming and made no effort to catch it until it hit him. There's replays on here, bottom video, 23 second mark. Ball is leaving BLMs hand and Begelton is looking at BLM. Missed the link - https://www.cfl.ca/games/2633/winnipeg-blue-bombers-vs-calgary-stampeders/#videos

No, Begelton was looking. Smith didn't even know the ball was coming, it just hit him.

Here it is but not at all comparable to the Begelton's catch.

Yes, he's going to learn to play at both ends of the ice on wing where his mistakes won't hurt as much. And, Little remains a better two-way forward than Copp and Roslo. Copp would be good as the 3C but not as good as Lowry, so he stays out on the wing on the third line. I would like to see Roslo grow into the player everyone seems to think he is but he hasn't produced enough yet and he's still weak defensively. I mean, if we're just going to have guys work out their shortcomings on the go, then may as well bring up Vesa too and go all in. It will hurt but we could move Little, Perreault, Copp, etc.

If he knew it was coming. Why didn't anyone shout it out? His eyes are on Begelton.

That guy...

Nope, set in stone. Esks play in Montreal at noon Central on Sunday November 10th. https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/#week-22

Honestly, this board is so split... It's Nichols' fault, Stevler's fault... MOS's fault... Lapo's fault.... It's everyone fault and it's no one's... Ultimately, it's Roberts fault for drinking all night and Glenn's for diving for that ball.

Collaros.

I have no doubt he does and I remember those plays too. Even in warm-ups, he throws a nice deep ball. However, he won't be allowed to throw the ball downfield.

Guaranteed, if we put McGuire out there, Lapo gives the ball to Harris 35 times. McGuire will only be asked to make throws to receivers behind the line of scrimmage. May as well sit Adams too, as he'll never see the ball.

Yeah but if Rios looks back, presumably he can knock it down (or intercept it); however, he doesn't.

In the context of what is expected of the 2C in the NHL? No. He's learning what he needs to do as a winger now. We don't need to rush him into the spot. Let him learn.

Well, that tells a more complete story and it doesn't flatter Rios. Although, he was closer to Begelton than any other DB got all night.

It's clear because he doesn't know what to do as a centre in the defensive end of the ice.

It's not more than a half second. I'm not saying he played it welll, I'm just saying you can't see what he did for the first half of that play, until he comes into frame for a half second before the ball gets there. AFAIK, he blew coverage and was just getting back to Begelton before the ball got there. I don't know.