Rich

Former US president Jimmy Carter in Winnipeg for Habitat for Humanity rushed to St Boniface hospital. http://globalnews.ca/news/3595988/former-u-s-president-jimmy-carter-rushed-to-hospital-thursday-morning/

The problem with those contracts is they are not exact comparables (for sure with Lindholm and Slavin, didn't check Klefblom). Lindholm and Slavin signed those deals immediately after their ELC. Trouba took a bridge contract for 2 years. So if Trouba signs for similar term, you are going to have to pay for 2 extra UFA years, which will bring the overall AAV up. Expect Trouba to get more. And his contract negotiation will be anything but easy with the agent he has.

It's Game Day! 7:30 PM start. Ricky Ray and Marc Trestman bring the Argos into town to challenge the Bombers. Forecast is sunny and 22. Perfect evening for football. Jack Jacobs will be the 2017 player being added to the Ring of Honour. His name will be going up tonight. Time for another win.

12 people currently in the lead with 8 and 9 picks, a tight race and so early in the season, anyone's game still. Picks this week need to be in by Thursday @ 7:30 PM. Current standings are below.

According to this article, not much difference. http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/manitoba/bombers-free-tickets-game-opener-1.4196425 Personal experience, not much different then other years. We got moved to the soccer complex parking lot this year. 10 - 15 minute wait to get out of the parking lot. Smooth sailing once we hit Chancellor Matheson. Not an unreasonable wait with that many people leaving all at once. Exiting the stadium ... whole other story. Coming down from the 200 level, going down the stairs that lead to where they setup the pregame fan area. Security guard won't let people out the door. We get funnelled into the 100 level concourse. Lots and lots of people there all trying to exit. Seems really stupid to funnel people from the upper deck in with people on the main level. Can't be up to fire code No problems leaving through that door other years. This is new and happened for the preseason game as well.

http://globalnews.ca/news/3582995/video-officer-berating-mother-accused-leaving-kids-in-hot-car-viral/

That shouldn't be PI

You don't build a church for Christmas mass. You can add extra seating for Grey Cups. 30k proved to be that sweet spot at CanadInns. 33k is proving to be too large. Something to be said for when there is demand for tickets. Creates a sense of urgency for the buyer.

The article said they sold more then 1000 in a day, not that there is less then 1000 tickets remaining.

A sellout for the home opener would be very nice.

No guarantee he is going to arbitration, filing is just part of the process. Chances are they will work something out before it gets there.

http://3downnation.com/2017/07/05/new-cfl-commissioner-randy-ambrosie-has-open-ended-contract/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JustinDunk3downnation+(3+Down+Nation-Justin+Dunk+)

Daley also had 3 years as head coach in Saskatchewan prior to his stint with the Bombers. And although he squeaked in a Grey Cup appearance in a year he went 8 - 10, his overall head coaching record is 28 - 52 with a .350 winning percentage.

Maybe its just me, but I suspect most coaches will game plan based on what they see on the film, not what is said or not said in media interviews. Other coaches will also judge how capable Mike and his team of coaches are based on game film, not a media interview.

Pretty funny impersonation.

It's okay, the Canadians just signed Ales Hemsky to replace him

I don't see how your percentages go up any if you plan on picking a player from the last game and you make the pick today or make the pick right before the last game starts.

Might need some depth pieces for the Moose / callups. I would guess Sgarbossa ends up going to the Moose, Copp centres the 4th line with Connor / Lemieux / Petan, but there are some nice young pieces on the Moose that will be used for injury callups. Can see some more depth D signings for the Moose. Wondering if Nosier and Poolman would be the first to get their chance with injury callus.

Washington signs Kuznetsov to an 8 year $62.4M deal. $7.8M AAV.

Standings are below. Picks this week need to be in by Thursday @ 6:30PM

I'm thinking it is something on your end as there are 20 people in chat. The chat server does connect to a different IP then where the website is hosted so that may be being blocked on your end.

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