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On the Big Show, Beyak said he would put Stuart and Thorburn back in, since they had to sit out the opener and it would have been tough on them. Thank god Beyak isn't the coach. PoMo better not kill the momentum, like he did last time, and send out Stuart and Thorburn because he feels bad for them. Keep the same line-up, IMO.

That's too bad. It was my go to after Capgeek went down. I guess I'll use Capfriendly now.

I love Hattrik Laine!

It embiggins us to improve our vocabulary.

No, everyone knew it was a terrible place to build. This is not new. Tickets sales and attendance have been an issue in Ottawa for ages. Now, they're competing with the RBs.

The temporary revival of the REDBLACKS. With Ottawa, I cannot believe this will be long term. That arena is in a terrible spot, which doesn't help, and the city has done nothing to help the process to get there.

It's like a Xmas miracle! Or maybe a Halloween miracle!

Problem is that it's an unregulated industry (for the most part). A supplement company, although 'reputable', could still have errors on their labels. Then you add in third party resellers like Popeye's or Gorilla Jacks, who have no idea what's actually in the products they sell, and you create an area of risk.

Really? Had nothing to do with drafting Canadian O-Linemen? And scouting Americans? And trading for a QB? And, it's not like we haven't had many misses in free agency. But if you make a mistake in the CFL, you cut it. Can't do that in the NHL.

And none were drafted first overall, which you need to build a Stanley Cup winner. Keeping top tier (not elite) talent around is important too. I really don't understand your argument. You want the Jets to build a middling team to eek out a playoff win or two, never getting to the Stanley Cup. You want them to overpay for people like Lucic?

Jets played there best game of the year against the Bruins. They should be even better against the Leafs.

You turn into the Oilers by drafting poorly. All recent Stanley Cup winners have had elite level talent that you get by drafting in the top 3. Jets have one of those now. Trouba wants to play close to home, in the US, where he can maximize he value. It has nothing to do with playing on the left or the right. It's just convenient. Sheif, Wheeler, Buff - all want to play here.

Of course not but you only add those pieces when you have the ELITE level talent of drafting high. Those are some pretty darn special players right there! (Except Fleury... but he's had his moments) You could be a team like Minnesota. Never bad enough to get a top pick but never good enough to be a contender. Edmonton is special because they thought if you were a Stanley Cup Champion, you could build a Stanley Cup Championship team. (I bet McJeebus turns their fortunes around)

Call Chicago. Call Tampa Bay. Call Los Angeles. Call Pittsburgh. All drafted high and built through the draft.

MLB and NFL have two leagues/conferences that have representation from across the country. We've cut the country in half. Not at all the same thing. It's 9 (and sometimes 8) team league. Let's have one division. You'll get East & West teams in the finals.

That was exactly my thought too.

Blink? Good god, I bet Chevy was hoping for Four-1st rounders! Some of those will be lottery picks, I think. (Chevy's not an idiot, unlike, Sweeney)

Here, here!

That's a real change from what we heard a few weeks ago. Sounded like it was Willy's team until the end of the year.

They should be able to expose the Bruins back-end and their lack of speed. Looks like Armia is back, hopefully Chariot too.

And they can't play again this year. No salary savings... no cap savings... So, why now? I guess they must have felt that they would make things worse. Heard Carter wasn't going to feature much over the final few games. I guess they thought he would become even more destructive. I wonder if the NFL is an option for Carter?

Nine other teams could conceivable sign Trouba today with their cap space. Two of whom would need to clear about $1.5M in space before doing it.

Myers has also been playing hurt for the past few years. He said it himself. He wishes he would have had the surgery he had in spring a while ago. I would call a former Calder trophy winner a pretty exceptional player. Elite? Depends on your definition but I'm not going to argue either way until I see him play this season.

That's the last thing we want. Chevy and True North are classy, which befuddles Overhardt.

I don't know about that. Ask the Corsi people and they would say Trouba is the better player.