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They've turned the guy into a celebrity. He's probably the network's biggest personality since Jay & Dan left. Sportsnet also offered him a pile of money to take over Millard's duties there. Black must have some fans, or they wouldn't keep bringing him back. As much as we might like to think so, a couple dozen fans on a message board don't speak for the general population.

Why? Duthie is hugely popular.

Serious question...are you drunk right now? First, neither McDavid nor Eichel is small. They're both already 190+ pounds and over 6' as 17 year kids. Second, being very good hockey players is how they'd help.

He's my first choice too.

Klinkhammer isn't a centre and he's not very good, but he's at least a capable 4th liner on a good team. He'll certainly have a regular spot with the Oilers. He's a pending UFA. Perron is actually younger than him, and has another year left with a reasonable cap hit. His offense should go through the roof now that he'll be playing with stars. Look at what moving to the Pens did for Hornqvist. I like this trade for the Pens. The 1st rounder they gave up will likely be in the 25-30 range. More than reasonable for a 26 year old who should put up 60-70 points in a full season with them.

I'm not sure about that. Donny O shouldn't be able to command too much money. He missed most of last year and he was never dominant prior to that. Hickman has one good CFL season to his name, and Bear Woods potentially has two other starting calibre mlbs to contend with that will bring his value down. My guess is their cumulative total would be closer to $600k. IMO Holmes is the only one of that group that should approach $200k.

Although Hall is third on my list of wanted DCs, I'm happy with any of Claybrooks, Benevedes, or Hall being hired.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/12/29/byfuglien-playing-elite-defence-maurice From Paul Maurice on December 29: "The way he's playing defensively right now, he's got to stay there."

This is the first I've heard of a meeting between the Bombers and Claybrooks. There was a rumour from one of our media guys (can't remember who) that Claybrooks was in town shortly before Etch was fired.

What an absolute disaster of a trade that would be. No chance this happens. Byfuglien is one of our top 2 D. ROR would be a 2nd/3rd line winger. Terrible trade-off. Not to mention O'Reilly has a $6M cap hit and will also be UFA after next season. Buff has a similar cap hit and will also be a UFA after next season too. That's why I said also. Why trade a guy with an expiring contract for another guy with an expiring contract? That's trading for the sake of trading. Buff's cap hit is $800k lower. He has comparable value as a winger and can play a top pairing role on D. It would be a terrible trade.

What an absolute disaster of a trade that would be. No chance this happens. Byfuglien is one of our top 2 D. ROR would be a 2nd/3rd line winger. Terrible trade-off. Not to mention O'Reilly has a $6M cap hit and will also be UFA after next season.

Chairot has to go on waivers to be sent down. We would almost certainly lose him to another team. Will he considering he was called up due to injury to someone else? From Capgeek: http://capgeek.com/waiver-calculator/?player_submit=1&player_id=1924 Ben Chiarot's waiver exemption of 3 year(s) and 138 career NHL regular season and playoff game(s) has ended. He has been credited with 3 year(s) and 13 career game(s).

Chairot has to go on waivers to be sent down. We would almost certainly lose him to another team.

was the DC for Ditka they were at each other's throats for most f the season. Actually had to be physically separated during a game as they nearly came to blows .. was during their only loss of the 85 season. Monday night vs the Dolphins. That's the first NFL game I ever watched and it made me a Dolphins fan. I remember telling my mom the team with the cool helmets would win that game.

Because they will be lousy team with or without Hank. A couple legit receivers and I think they'd be a pretty good team. Pretty good might be an overstatement, but I don't think they'd be terrible again. Their receivers last season were awful. What sucked for Ottawa last season was DeMarco getting hurt. They lost a chance to see if he could be their guy. Now they've been forced to hang on to Burris and that nasty contract for another year.

I think that would be a mistake. He's good at forward, but he's been great on D. I'd go with the same six guys Floyd named, though I might change the groupings. Stuart could finally be the bottom pairing dman he should be. Buff-Enstrom, Bogo-Trouba, Stuart-Chiarot. Those first two pairing have worked together before so it's not like they'd be strangers to each other. When Kane's in the lineup we have three effective lines. If we want to add another guy we could probably deal Postma for a decent 3/4 line player. He's big, young, and has some offensive upside.

Roy's off the market. Sent to the Oilers for Arcobello.

Which posts do you consider to be trashing him?

I'd be willing to consider it if you asked with more confidence. Who cares what college Stewart came from. As for the length of his career, EJ Kuale has been in the league for six seasons. He must be really good too...

Roy isn't very good anymore, but he's a lot better than Heatley. He's finished as an NHL level player. I'd rather see Galiardi in the lineup.

Pavelec has been terrible in Minny. Playing Hutch was the right choice. Unless there's a shutout in this game, I expect Pavelec in the return game in Winnipeg.

Great is a pretty strong word. I'll give him a "pretty good" rating while he was here. He was tried in a few spots here and was only able to maintain a starting role as the field corner. I'm not sure why Hamilton thought he'd be able to play a different role there. He's a freakishly good athlete, but for some reason he can't cover anybody who has a running start.

So they put all that money into their past-his-prime qb rather than extending guys who will be their core going forward? That doesn't seem like the best plan. Seems like they're pretty much tied to him again after paying him what amounts to a signing bonus for next season.

Angle didn't tap. He probably would have had to, or had his arm broken, if the ref wasn't smart enough to make the 3 count, but he didn't tap.

If they were attacked? I'd be shocked if they didn't.