Rich

Is there an age that decides this? He has never signed a CFL contract so I thought his rights would be retained by Winnipeg.

I know when they wasted a first round draft pick on Sergei Bautin, all the media experts were scrambling because on one had really heard of the guy before.

I agree this was the reason we hired Joe Mack. I agree the BOD has made some horrible choices from GM and even CEO (hello Mr Buchko). I just don't believe it is because they were being purposefully cheap. ie. that they could afford someone, they wanted to come here but we chose someone else because they were the cheaper option. In hindsight I would have loved Barker over Mack. But I don't believe we chose Mack because he was cheaper. We chose him because, as you say, there were people on the BOD who pushed to get him. I don't believe we didn't bid on someone because we could afford to but decided to go with a cheaper option just because. Makes no sense for an entity who doesn't need to turn a profit. If we could afford someone AND wanted them AND they wanted to come here, it makes zero sense to undercut and go with someone cheaper.

If the BOD could spend the money but won't, what would the rationale for that be? If an owner doesn't do it, it is usually because he wants to save the money to either pocket or not go further into a deficit. It is his own personal money, it comes out of his pocket. For the BOD, if the club cheaps out to keep more money for the bottom line, they certainly don't benefit. So why would they purposefully spend less money if they could spend more?

Not the first time he has been in trouble. They were saying on the Morning Show this morning that he doesn't qualify as a repeat offender because of the amount of time that has passed since these suspensions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Keith On March 23, 2012, Keith was suspended five games for delivering an elbow to the head of Canuck forward Daniel Sedin. Head of the Department of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan observed that the hit was "dangerous, reckless, and caused injury" in his video release.[11] On June 4, 2013, Keith received a one-game suspension for high sticking the Los Angeles Kings' Jeff Carter during Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.

Haven't seen anyone post this yet. Keith should be suspended for at least the first round of the playoffs.

It is very interesting he signed here. Assuming Connor is here next year there is a big log jam in our bottom 6 next year. Can't see Chevy promising NHL with who we have in the queue.

Merged a couple of different posts talking about this into this thread.

Saw this on the Twitter feed, and had to really think about this one. I think I would take the 9 p/o appearances and 1 cup. It means you have a much better consistent team.

Article on the charges with video. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/politics/trump-campaign-manager-corey-lewandowski.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Is The Flash from TV going to be the same in Justice league? Or is that not decided yet?

Here is an interesting article on this situation. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jimmy-vesey-sacrificed-gain-leverage-now-hes-using/ Have said it before, and I will say it again. The NHL needs to find a way to close this loop with NCAA players. This is every GM's fear when he drafts an NCAA player and why NHL clubs will push and do everything possible for these players not to finish their college education.

The extra year doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things IMO. Bring him in now. Get some money in his bank account, signing bonus and game cheque for the remainder of the season. Start getting those "good" feelings with the team and organization. Let him meet the team, the coaches, the trainers, experience how a pro club operates on a daily basis, let him get the feel for all of that so his expectations are set and less unknowns next year. Also to make him want to be a part of it. The chartered flights, higher end hotels, equipment, and all the perks. Get him on a training program and eating the right way. They did it with Copp and Trouba, and if he wants to come, I suspect they will do it with Connor as well.

http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_29685683/oliver-butch-mousseaux-ncaa-hockey-referee-dies-at-48 Crazy freak accident. I'm guessing he wasn't wearing a helmet during warm up.

Connor assists on the game winning goal.

Would be a huge fan if you could get Kernels popcorn for a movie. Though with the movie concession markup on an already expensive bag of popcorn, it would probably cost you $25 just for a bag. I think the salt goes up because salt is cheap and makes you want an overpriced drink.

The most frustrating thing I've found with the "generic" vendors at the stadium is the lack of training of their staff. I get these people only work together a dozen times a year in a high turnover job, but the wait time to get overpriced cold food makes it the three strike rule. I expect it to be over priced. Just watching how these people operate behind the counter, the wait times could be addressed with better training and guidance. Training should also theoretically fix the cold / quality problem as well, though I get there are limitations when you have all of your business come at the same times (pre game and half time).

No one is asking for fine dining. I agree there is a certain standard for food and service you expect at a sporting event. Having been to pretty much every Bombers game since the new stadium opened, they rarely even meet that standard. Though I admit I pretty much stopped going to the generic vendors this past season. Whoever they contract for these food kiosks has a real training problem. I usually stick to Clay Oven, Shwarma, or hot dog vendors outside the stadium (Bombers lose money on this, as even if they are paying for being there, it certainly isn't the markup they get on their $10 hot dog ).

This was true when Jets 1.0 was here. Winnipeg Enterprises was a city owned entity that ran both the stadium and arena. The Jets and Bombers were tenants and I believe even paid rent. Winnipeg Enterprises also got any concert revenue. Around the time the Jets left, Winnipeg Enterprises was disbanded. Chipman took control of the old Arena, its concessions, etc for the Moose. And the Bombers got control of the stadium and its concessions.

They had a lot of perception issues and damage to repair from the prior administration. They have invested a lot of time and energy into improving the game day experience. Now put a winning team on the field to get people back into the stadium to appreciate all that hard work.

Riders changed their logo Seriously, why even bother with this?

Why isn't fighting needed in any of the other major sports? Yes there are altercations in football, basketball, soccer, and baseball. These usually involve bigger brawls that quickly get diffused. Most of these sports have immediate ejections and fines for even throwing a punch. The NHL .. you get a coincidental 5 minute penalty. No other sport (other then MMA, boxing, etc) will have two people square off and hit each other with bare knuckles while everyone else stands around watching. Football is a bigger contact sport than hockey. Why isn't fighting needed in football to "police" the game. Fighting is part of hockey, not because it is needed, but because it has traditionally been a part of it. All the other sports have proven that it is possible to police the game without the players having to take things into their own hands.