Rich

How does one explain the other? 18 and 19 year old players playing in juniors have their contracts slide until they start playing in the AHL or NHL. Meaning Stanley will still be on a 3 year ELC after this year. No year of his signed contract will be used up. It is just asset management to get him under contract. Doesn't mean he will be in the pros any time soon.

That's some pretty decent company to be in.

A Colorado reporter calls Winnipeg's weather a death sentence. http://globalnews.ca/news/3136243/colorado-avalanche-reporter-calls-winnipegs-weather-a-death-sentence/

If you read the last part of the link, it typically gives you a pretty good indication of what the link is about. In this case: bombers-re-sign-long-snapper-chad-rempel

It wasn't the droid I was looking for.

Any word on Friesen?

This seems to be a trend in pro football in general, including the NFL. http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shrinking-shelf-life-of-nfl-players-1456694959

Sure, but I would say the thread should be renamed to spoilers at that point... I was thinking more on the rumours to the lead up.

Just a reminder ... the "eye" button in the toolbar can be used to post text as a spoiler which will give people the option to open it and look or not.

Apparently he had a heart attack while playing hockey with his son.

I watched season 1 but couldn't get into season 2 at all. I'm curious how Netflix attributes a $200M loss to a specific series when all of their earnings are subscription based for their entire catalogue and not ad revenue or box office revenue for a specific franchise.

He wants the players to prove they can be defensively responsible before giving them more ice time. Putting Connor on one of the top two lines means he has to shelter that whole line. It is really about line matchups against other teams. NHL isn't just about offence. These guys need to learn the defensive side of the NHL before they are going to get bigger minutes, and you ease them into that until they learn and prove they can do it

Why do you have to imagine yourself naked to do this?

I believe he is locked up through next season (2017/2018). Extension next off season?

True enough ... had to look him up and saw that he only played 2 seasons. Didn't realize he was only 24 and still playing!

This is always a fun site to peruse for some "hindsight" http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_team/Atlanta_Thrashers/1 Their trade for Tkachuk in 2007 for their playoff push which resulted in them being swept by the Rangers in a first round exit was probably one of the worst. They gave up all of this for Tkachuk in a trade deadline deal: Now granted most of those draft picks didn't turn into much, but that is a lot of asset mismanagement when you aren't even close to being a contender. Desperate for a playoff push to generate excitement for the team in Atlanta. Then there was when they traded their superstar Kovalchuk. Gave up: Received: Traded Kovalchuk in his prime (27 at the time) for Patrice Cormier, Johnny Oduya and a first rounder and trading DOWN with your 2nd rounder. Kevin Hayes and Justin Holl didn't amount to much, but they weren't drafted by Atlanta, they were drafted by Chicago. Those picks were part of the Byfuglien deal, so maybe not quite so bad as it first looks.

They did explicitly ask permission and signed an extensive contract on how the logo can and can't be used. It isn't the exact logo but it is certainly inspired from and had they not signed the contract could have had legal issues.

Have to wonder if they Jets would have even drafted Kane, or would his attitude have come through in the interviews. Evander was a 4th overall pick. Some notable players to be drafted after him, Brayden Shenn (5), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (6), Nazem Kadri (7).

Comeau, who was the Jets head scout until last year was also a scout with Atlanta, but I believe they changed a lot of the scouts under him and increased their numbers as well. This was an article from 2014, but it shows how the Jets have invested heavily into their scouting. It wasn't just lip service that they were going to be a draft and develop team. If you know you aren't going to be in the running for a lot of free agents and rely on the draft, you need to do better then average in drafting. http://www.canescountry.com/2014/4/21/5625796/nhl-scouting-staffs-carolina-is-light

Here is a list of all the Jets draft picks since they returned. Once you get into the 3rd round and beyond, your batting record is going to be pretty low for most teams NHL wise, but the Moose are now pretty stacked with drafted talent, especially compared to the sad state we inherited from Atlanta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Winnipeg_Jets_draft_picks 2011 - After Scheifele (1) and Lowry (2), not much here. Brassard had a cup of coffee with the Moose Kasdorf (AHl / ECHL so far) was traded in the Kane deal. 2012 - Trouba (1), Sutter (2) was a bust. Kosmachuk (3) AHL player / injury callup in the NHL, Hellebuyck (5) starting this year, Ryan Olsen (6) AHL, Jamie Phillips (7) starting to make some noise as a goalie, still murky on if he will have an NHL future though.\ 2013 - Morrissey (1), Petan (2), Comrie (2), James Lodge (3) AHL, Lipon (3) AHL, Copp (4) Solid 3rd / 4th line NHL, Kostalek (4) AHL, Tucker Poolman (5) still have hope but with NCAA, Kichton (7) AHL 2014 - Ehlers (1), Jack Glover (3) NCAA - Still a potential NHL prospect, Chase De Leo (4) AHL, Nelson Nogier (4) AHL, 2015 - Connor (1), Roslovic (1) AHL, the rest too early to tell 2016 - Laine (1), the rest too early to tell

Reward for the the reported $6 Million she gave to his campaign? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/16/wwe-co-founder-linda-mcmahon-gave-6-million-to-pro-trump-super-pac/?utm_term=.11b17f6d12ef

Jonathon Toews donates $1 Million to community centre. http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/manitoba/million-dollar-donation-fundraising-fieldhouse-dakota-1.3885413

I don't think there is any rule about trading a player they select. They can't buy any of the players they select out for a year. These are the only restrictions I've seen from the Vegas side of things when they do the expansion draft. https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-expansion-draft-rules/c-281010592

I think part of the reason Maurice is reluctant to put the younger players in the top 6 is those lines often get the tougher defensive minutes and he tries to shelter players until they can prove they are responsible. This applying to Connor more so then Armia at this point. People are often trying to put lines together based on pure skill, but there are defensive responsibilities and how the coach wants to play his matchups against the other team that are hard to take into account because while a lot of us will track Jet lines during a game, I don't really track / pay attention to who Maurice is trying to match them up against. As to the blender of lines last game, not a big fan of it either, but Maurice said in post game comments that he thought the team basically just ran out of juice as the game went along. I think he was trying to find people who still had legs. Jets still at the top of the league with 29 games played (tied with Calgary). Teams with the least amount of games played are at 24. Fatigue still a factor with this team I think.