Mike

The silver lining is that Wylie did enough with these hoggies that they should be developed to the point where a new coach can more or less come in and be status quo. They should be able to manage themselves at this point, it's not a young group.

Imagine the opening game at their brand new stadium and the last guy out of the tunnel during player introductions is ... AAAAAAAAAAAAND YOUR STARTING QUARTERBACK Jake Waters

Drew Willy nets us a first overall pick and a divisional all-star defensive back Darian Durant nets Chris Jones two middle round picks, one of which is conditional ... hehe

I've basically had it with Paul Maurice at this point. I always struggle with my hockey opinions because while I actually played the game at a fairly high level, compared to football where I never played at all ... I feel like my knowledge of hockey as a viewer is way lower. I don't really expect to be right, but here's what I would say about Maurice: - no creativity on zone entries, just standard dump and chase and we can't sustain secondary pressure on the dump in to win any battles on the boards. Our one-and-done attack in the offensive zone is frustratingly inefficient. - I don't see our players being used efficiently in their roles on offense (Wheeler on the PP1 comes to mind immediately) - the line juggling is just nonsensical to me at this point - our power play deserves an entire paragraph of it's own but I'll sum it up by saying the combos are stupid and we still can't run a successful PP with this much talent so what the hell are our coaches doing? - too many forwards lost on defense, which leads to sustained pressure in our own end and discombobulated breakouts when we finally control the puck POMOMUSTGO.

End of this year.

I was a big Hellebuyck fan before and I still believe he can get there. But we need a #1 until he gets there.

If he was traded for Adams, I'm sure they'd be thrilled.

Wouldn't touch Bourke these days. He's cooked.

Whonderful.

Just for the record, they didn't spend anything extra on Medlock + Bryant. What they did was ask for a pay cut in 2016 in return for the same dollars in 2017, restructured in a way that gave each player more take home income. Zero increase to 2017 money.

... a smart one? What's the downside? Either you get paid money by a team you have no obligation to or you get cut and get a headstart on free agency.

The thing to keep in mind is that a lariat is, kayfabe wise, a devastating move in Japan.

Any chance you could PM me some deets?

Best wrestling match I've ever seen, that's for sure. Not a huge NJPW fan. Just haven't invested the time to learn about it. But Kenny Omega has me sold. I've actually run into Kenny a couple times and I've never had it in me to pester him and say I was a fan, he just seems to be so private. He came into my office once for some information and introduced himself as Tyson (which I'd expect) and this was after I'd run into him at the gym a couple times. I think he must've known by the way I was temporarily starstruck that I knew who he was, but I didn't want to bother him. I think I'm going to get one of his shirts just to show some support. The guy is a legend.

I'd bring back Mack as a scout under the condition that he spend no time in Winnipeg.

Probably same amount of people who thought your initial post was the right idea

Yes.

As if they went to the Nob. Aren't the rippers there on Tuesdays?

I love it.

I think that they really need to dedicate one LB spot to a SAM, but they don't and until they do, it's somewhat hard to argue Leggett should be there over the other 3. I guess.

Sounds about right.

Breaking up the Little / Laine / Ehlers line in the third period yesterday was mind blowingly dumb from an (my) uneducated fan perspective. I don't know the rational behind that move, nor do I really think that any explanation is going to convince me it was intelligent. I can't stand the constant line juggling. Especially when I then hear him trot out the "we haven't been healthy enough to build any chemistry" excuse in front of the media. Bull****. And for all the talk about how Ehlers has been slumping and maybe that's why you don't look his way in a shootout, Stafford has 1 goal in 13 games. And has been horrible lately. So give me a break.

Ian Wild isn't a free agent

Good for Burnett, I'm a fan.

Well, looks like my Blue Jays interest will top out at 2 years. What a shame. I like Donaldson. But the rest of this lineup is going to be meh