Rich

Tanev's deal is 1 year @ $1.15M. Will be a UFA next year.

They try to do much during the game. So tired of interviews starting between plays then continuing on during a play. I tune in for the football game, not the other stuff. Show me the damn game. Also the stupid camera angles or sideline shots are too long between plays as well. I want to see how the teams are lining up prior to the snap. Keep it simple and do the simple stuff well and people will be happy. Try to do too much and do a bad job at it, and they will piss people off.

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Why is everything you disagree with often labelled as silly. Present your argument and let people decide what is silly and not Are you suggesting a corporation who wants to build a 40 story tower is going to support what is in the best interest of Winnipeg traffic or the best interest of their investment? As for the solution, I gave you one I’d support that wouldn’t affect traffic and still have the ability to open it up. Also, from over 25 years of driving experience in this city, I have no confidence the city planners can “fix” traffic as simply as you imply it to be. It is great to say fixing traffic isn’t like curing cancer or going to Mars, but you still didn’t offer a solution. Also, the last time it was opened up was in the 70s. How much has population density increased in 40 years and how many more cars per home do we have now as compared to then?

My issue with opening up Portage & Main is that it really can't be compared to other intersections in most major downtown cities. Most intersections are true 4 way intersections where the majority of traffic flows straight in all directions and you have some cars turning left and right that can be handled with turning lanes on busy streets to minimize the impact on the majority of the car flow as those turning cars wait for pedestrians to cross. When Portage hits Main Street the majority of the traffic flow is turning either left or right onto Main with a smaller percent of traffic going straight on Portage Avenue East. It is the opposite. So having the majority of your car flow having to wait for pedestrians to cross will absolutely have a huge impact up Portage and probably Main if they make the green light longer to compensate for pedestrians. Does anyone really think opening up Portage & Main will revitalize the downtown? I worked downtown for years and even if they made patios and whatever to try to make it compelling, I'm there to work most of the time during the day, so I'm not going to get a lot of use out of it. Seems to me, the motivation to open up Portage & Main is to revitalize it as a "meeting place" downtown for significant and special events. It is Winnipeg's most iconic intersection and people want it to be open to gather for special events. Take down the permanent barricades, replace them with something that can be easily removed. Keep the barricades up for rush hour and most days. Take them down when you want to use the intersection as a "meeting place" for whatever event you want people to gather for. I don't work downtown anymore, nor do I need to go through it for my daily commute, so this doesn't really affect me one way or the other. But I don't think the benefits of this outweigh what is already a horrible rush hour bottle neck.

The arbitration system in the NHL is designed to be combative on purpose as motivation to have teams and players settle outside of it. And for the most part it is successful in achieving that, as very few players actually get to arbitration despite filing for it. Each side gets 90 minutes to make their case in front of the arbitrator. The Jets will have to rip apart Trouba's game and highlight all of his deficiencies and list all the reasons on why they think he is only worth $4M and not the $7M. Trouba gets to sit there and listen to all that. Teams want to avoid this as it certainly can sour the relationship with a player.

One thing to keep in mind with those numbers, those are arbitration numbers, not a long term deal. So Trouba is asking for $7M per year for 1 or 2 RFA years. That is vastly different then wanting $7M over a 6 - 8 year deal.

Of course they are far apart. Both sides will need to give in a negotiation and they will meet somewhere in the middle. If you start at the low end of what you will accept, you lose.

Not officially. And likely won't be until after an autopsy is performed.

Do you have a source for this other then speculation on reddit and hfboards?

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Nope, but shoot me a reminder if I forget when I enter the picks.

At 25 he isn’t actually that early into his career. Goalies just take longer to marinate. I think he only had one RFA year left. He will be 31 when this contract expires. I think it is a reasonable contract, he was a Vezina finalist. Some concern is justified I think on a regression in his play, just the nature of goalies. On the flip side, if you sign him for a lower AAV, term is shorter, and he may walk in free agency. Don’t want to go back to having a big ? at the goaltender position.

Yep. Changes can be PMd to me as long as they come prior to the start of the game you are changing.

Not deleted, hidden to make entering the new weeks picks easier easier. I've unhidden if you want to take a look. Will be hidden again Thursday when I enter in the picks,

Short week with only 3 games on the docket. Picks need to be in by Thursday @ 6:30 PM Current standings below:

And the NHL.

Ladd had 5 years left @ $5.5M AAV and will be 33 next season. He had 29 points in 73 games last year and 31 points in 78 the year before. Seems to me Ladd would have to be considered a salary dump at this point and make Ottawa want way more to compensate for that.

Doesn't seem like the type of player True North would be too keen on bringing in.

And their rosters are smaller.