SpeedFlex27

Flames made the playoffs to lose the 1st round every year. Four of 5 extra games, whatever. They've never won another playoff series after 04. Then, they couldn't even make the playoffs with Iggy on the roster.

Don't know if it's irrational but yeah I haven't the same respect for Iggy as other players. He could have stepped up just once & played for his country when the annual Flames tailspin occurred. I think I may have looked at him a lot differently as a player.

Sports coverage in this country isn't very good unless you live in Southern Ontario. Or love the Jays & the Leafs.

One frigging season. How many years with him did they miss the playoffs? Or were eliminated early?? Iggy was a great regular season player. When it came to the playoffs he couldn't do what he did during the season. Either the Flames were eliminated early or never even made the post season but he put up lots of points.

We have a winner! Thanks!! His nickname was Captain Canada

Yeah, agree. One of the reasons I never liked the guy. He seemed to like it better when the Flames were eliminated so he could golf instead of play hockey for his country. Always had a lame excuse for never playing in the World Championships. For over a decade, every year. Now he's a fourth line winger that Canada would never want unable to win a SC championship.

That does not sound good.

Ha, ha. rather have seen Dirty Harry asking, "Well, do you feel lucky, punk?'

Don't we have a 292% tariff on milk imported from the US? Sounds like both countries have tariifs that skirt or exclude NAFTA.

Matthews is American so I don't care what he does. I just remember Jarome Iginla always turning down his country to go golfing in Kelowna as the Flames sucked (still do) when he played for them except for 2004. Shane Doan always said yes as did that player from the Oilers. He ever said no. Can't remember his name.

Other GMs shouldn't be mocking other teams. Desjardins was an ass for the things he said about the Bombers. Yes, they were a dumpster fire but they were OUR dumpster fire, so he should have kept his mouth shut. When he was GM in Hamilton, he did sweet **** all & was fired. The only track record he had in 2013 was he was a loser as former GM for the Ti Cats. Yes, he has been successful in Ottawa but it was still unprofessional to say the things he did about the Bombers. I certainly won't forget it.

When you start the show off with three wrestlers for 25 mins trying to have competing television shows, I don't care who it is, that just sucks. Blah, blah, blah... it just went on forever. Click. Watched something else. Just garbage. Never bothered to turn back.

Exactly.

That's Dave Dickenson's brother, Craig. He's in his mid-late 40's.

Has Bannon been neutered? One can only hope.

The one thing you notice about that staff is how young these guys are. Not an assistant over 50 in that group. Some 20 something's there. Usually on a staff the HC mixes it up having the younger guys learn from the experiences of the older guys. I don't see that here.

A typical NFL team has 20-25 assistants so no surprise here although obviously they'll pay for coaches but not their 1st round draft picks.

Nothing good comes from a strong, athletic man striking a woman. Especially one who wants to play in the NFL.

Here's one NFL career over before it even started. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2705313-caleb-brantley-charged-with-misdemeanor-battery-after-fighting-with-woman?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Agree, however it has to be the single biggest consideration when comparing the success of the Bombers & RedBlacks. It wasn't an even playing field at all. I also agree that you're right that the Mack regime really hurt this team badly as well as Mike Kelly when he was Head Coach & GM. We're a lot better now but still recovering from their incompetence. Have to give Walters credit for doing a really good job rebuilding our Canadian talent & depth.

Desjardins had a huge head start compared to the Bombers in 2014 starting from zero. We were already handicapped with overpaid & underperforming players under the salary cap. We didn't have the financial resources the RedBlacks had at that time. They could target areas in the Draft & free agency they felt they'd need with veteran players while we couldn't. They had no encumbrances but we sure did. They were able to poach coaches from everywhere. Plus the Bombers were considered a dead franchise back then. Where coaches & players go to die whereas Ottawa had all this excitement & optimism going for them. Players wantd to go to Ottawa but they didn't want to come to the Bombers. It really was a Tale Of Two Cities. Put Marcel Desjardins in Kyle Walters position with the Bombers after Joe Mack in 2013 & maybe he wouldn't be as successful as Walters has been to this point with us. Kyle literally had nothing to work with & was constrained by the problems this franchise had at the time. Desjardins had nothing of the sort in Ottawa.

Aw shucks, don't you feel so bad for them? Now they know what other teams felt like when they poached coaches & management off other teams. Besides, how can you feel badly for Marcel Desjardins after he so gleefully drafted players off other team in the Expansion Draft then mocked the Bombers for having no players good enough to play for them. Love to see the RedBlacks go something like 5-13 this season. The Riders & RedBlacks are 2 teams I hate & despise. In that order.

That's a lot of snow, lol! I really don't mind spring snowstorms as they're totally different than the ones in winter. For one, usually in a day or two the snow is gone. We also don't get the bitter cold that sweeps in from the north after a winter blizzard with the cold north winds. There's no extreme windchills. So, it stays warmer, the snow goes away, the farmers are happy & the forests don't become tinder dry as in Ft McMurray last May. It's a win, win.

Well, have to say... my hatred for the Ducks usurps my disdain for the Oilers (though they are a fun team to watch) so if I tune in to any of this upcoming series I'll be cheering that the Oilers knocks off Anaheim. No liking Perry, Getzlaff & Kesler.

Well, I'm entitled to my opinion as well. I didn't like the guy so it is what it is. I know it's news. It's all good.