kelownabomberfan

Manitoba with a crap team out-draws the Marlies, with a better team and a much bigger drawing radius. Well done Winnipeg!

I really hope with Toronto getting into BMO and away from Skydome and those Rogers morons, and Sask getting a new stadium (and hopefully soon Calgary too) and with new facilities in BC, Hamilton and Ottawa, that this league is only going to get stronger as the years go by. We've seen Winnipeg now field three years of some of the worst teams in decades and still make money, because of IGF. A new facility sure makes a difference. More money should mean higher salaries which should lead to better talent which should lead to better football. I will always support investing more money into talent on the field. It all starts and ends there. As teams hopefully get even stronger financially, I really want to see those dollars invested in higher salaries for those warriors who go out there every week and put their bodies on the line for our entertainment. They deserve every penny.

yup - lying about things always comes back to bite you. Unless you say that you are going to run max a $10 billion deficit and then you run a $30 billion deficit. Then for some reason you go up in the polls instead of down.

Heaven forbid Manitoba is being run by someone who actually knows how to manage money for a change.

I think Pittsburgh made a mistake rushing Malkin back. They were just crushing it without him. Kind of like how Philly was dominating in 2000 and then brought Lindros back, and totally started tanking. Hockey is weird that way.

he's starting his 3rd season as HC and this was only his first social? Yikes! Get it together Winnipeg! Invite MOS to every social from here on in! Start the social media campaign! #MOSsocials

I wasn't an Islander fan going into my pool but now I am! If they take out Florida that will screw a lot of people in my pool, and I'm cool with that. I honestly thought that Florida was going to stick it to em but then I saw that Florida and NYI are only separated by a few points in the standings. I really hope Anaheim turns it up a notch. My Getzlaff pick is looking pretty brutal right now.

The previous government put in a carbon tax? Seriously? Sounds to me like the machinations of an NDP apologist. On Wednesday of this week, there will be only one NDP government in Canada. And the clock is ticking on them too.

I sure do. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/syrian-refugees-spending-deadline-1.3533313 The CBC is even lowering itself to report negatively on the Liberals, so perhaps the honeymoon with Mr. Selfie finally is over.

He can't win in the playoffs?

Thanks for that. Go Islanders!

I went into my playoff pool draft all smug thinking I'd just pick off Panthers and then watched as they were gobbled up in droves, so then I started thinking hey maybe the Islanders can go three rounds...and grabbed a bunch of Islanders. That's how I've won a few pools in my day, just grabbing a dark horse and going against the grain. That's also how I've lost a lot of pools in my day too. Anyway, I grabbed Tavares and Okposo while guys were taking the third line guys from Washington...

I thought Aussie-Rules paid their players pretty well.

sounds like this thread title needs to be changed...

got any info on this? Who does he play for?

I haven't seen Dubois play. Anyone here seen him play?

yup, AM not North American as he played in Europe this year. Why was that? So he could play pro hockey instead of going to college?

Doesn't Reilly get a lot more PP time than Trouba too?

if he's saying that then he's never been to Winkler.

No love for Petan or Lemieux? I thought Petan and Copp had some good chemistry. I thought Perrault and Dano had some good chemistry too. Ehlers seemed to have good chemistry with everybody he played with, other than players whose names rhymed with Borburn.

https://www.nhl.com/news/pierre-luc-dubois-named-top-skater-in-final-2016-nhl-draft-rankings/c-280262490?tid=277764372 PLD now number one (ok number two behind Matthews)

Perrault on the third line seems like a waste, but Perrault and Dano had some good chemistry.

yeah I know what you meant.

If that's your definition of poor then I'm coming over later to hang out at your place! Make sure the scotch isn't younger than 18 years, would you old chap?