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That stadium is beautiful.

Jack. Let's hope not. Although, by the sounds of things, Jack was in the know about a lot of what was going on. Shocking, really.

Jacob for Jakob. Makes sense.

Think of it this way, it doesn't necessarily require the Jets to have a bad start but a bad start by another team may drive the trade. It only takes one team to get nervous and the all the pieces will fall into place.

But took so long that it did boil over.

I don't agree that Chevy acted quickly. Kane asked for a trade every year. It just took an 'incident' and a nice match-up for the Sabres and Jets to come together.

Coyotes may not want anything to do with Overhardt. But I like your thinking.

The Coyotes have a lot of interesting prospects and some cap space to make something work. Chychrun being one of them. However, are the Jets ready to wait for Chychrun to grow? Sounds like they want an equal replacement for Trouba... meaning a young, LHD, who's ready for big minutes right now.

It was also leaked that Hamonic requested a trade. Yes, both sides did confirm it and then when on to explain why the request was made. Trouba made this public (or his agent did, I forget now) and it was done to put pressure on the Jets. Not sure where the Hamonic leak came from but it doesn't sound like it was done on purpose. Both sides seemed embarrassed by the situation when it came out.

I don't believe this is the same thing as 'no one wants to play in Winnipeg'. Although, it may appear that way. I think this is about playing closer to home, in a US market. Or, in a US market, period. Also, let's face it, the rumours about the kid might be true and his family might want to bring him home to protect him.

The LHD/RHD is a convenient red herring meant to distract from the fact that Trouba doesn't want to play in Winnipeg. Unfortunately, for Trouba/Overhardt, it's a terrible excuse and is not working on the fans. They won't even listen to a contract offer, which tells me it's all about Winnipeg. Even if Buff and Myers both offered to move over, Trouba would find another excuse. He's be better signing, playing LHD, and waiting on the trade. At least he plays and earns money. It's known now that he wants out, so the Jets are just waiting on a proper offer. The offers won't get better with Trouba sitting.

Perfect fit. Let's do the deal right now. On a side note... I would love for Buff to call Trouba's bluff and say that he's happy to play on left with Trouba on the right. Wonder what Overhardt would say then???

I seriously doubt anyone is preparing a contract offer for Durant at this point. Still lots of season left to explore other options and see how Durant does. Even if it is hyperbole, He's probably just guessing and probably read a fans forum or something. But then again, anything Pedersen says is a joke, meant to elicit a response.

Let's pounce!

But that was my point. Illegal downfield blocking should be treated the same. If it's illegal, it should be called. Can't pick and choose when to apply rules or when to follow them. The current batch of refs is so horrible, I don't trust them to make any calls.

I don't agree with this. You have no idea how an illegal contact downfield could have affected a receivers route and affected the decision the QB was making. The rule is in place for a reason. And, if they do have someone looking for it, good for them. We probably do too.

Perhaps there is some Stockholm syndrome thing happening and we can fleece the Sabres once again. If I were Buffalo, I wouldn't answer any phone call with a 204 prefix.

Nurse can't even make a bad Oilers defensive line-up. I don't want Nurse here and can't believe anyone thinks this would be an equitable trade for the Jets.

Bombers only need to win one game in Calgary this year and that wasn't it. I hope we get another chance because I know we can beat them.

Was it a contract issue? Okay. I wasn't certain. I thought maybe he wanted a new challenge, out of MTL, or a clearer path to a HC job.

Didn't he try to leave last year?

So, Hervey built a Grey Cup winner and Jones has only managed to build the mother of all practice rosters!

I think they'll be happy given the Grey Cup they won.

Hooray for Harris!

That's recency bias. Sask has been a sustained gongshow going all season long. That trumps the current drama in Montreal. I'm sure we can trust Jones to 'up his game' in the next few weeks to take the headlines once again.