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Maybe the offers out there for him aren't any better than what the Jets are offering and he would prefer to stay if the Jets just bump theirs up a bit.

I think JFG showed flashes of star power with his clutch catches last year and his everyday performance at training camp this year. I have high expectations for him this season. 600+ yards, 5+ TDs. Still not blowing the roof off, but enough to prove that he's a legitimate starting NI receiver.

Avs signed Soderberg

Lol!

Very few were from the new rules. I think there were two illegal contact penalties. The rest were mostly holding, offside, and illegal blocks.

I'd be shocked if they don't sign him.

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I always find it so disconcerting when you post with such a positive attitude.

7-11 Starbucks McDonalds Tim Horton's //coffee

lol JR really was incredible. Every episode of RAW would end with JR having a full-scale meltdown over whatever was happening in the ring. So good.

Ok. Still not hearing what he doesn't do well. Seems to me that he fills the role that Lawler filled with JR.

I like Mace, but man, he has played less than half the games since coming into the league 4 years ago. I believe I saw on Twitter that he has played 33 out of 72 or something. Now he's back on the 6-game.

lol yet you still left my post that started it all! Just so everyone can see how lame you are, I'm sure.

OK now compare the last two years and Frolik has had 84 points in the NHL while Burmi had 73 in the KHL against vastly worse competition. (Best line in the league has Dustin Boyd and Nigel Dawes playing on it, for frame of reference)

You say that like fans are taking JBL seriously when he says "Face X is terrible!" If you're watching wrestling and the way the announcers perceive the talent doesnt impact how you view them, then you're not the audience they're speaking to. In other words, if you're watching in a "not taking it seriously" role, then really, none of what wrestling does as an industry to present and promote it's wrestlers and angles really makes much of a difference to you. Though I'd argue that on a subconscious level it probably does. How can you take it seriously? JBL hates the faces and loves the heels. What part am I supposed to be taking as serious commentary?

Richards is practicing and I'm still expecting Kohlert to play.

I think there are two main points that people need to realize: 1. Winnipeg is going to have to overpay in most situations. That's a fact. 2. Our prospects are still prospects. You can't just load a team up with 21-year-olds and expect them to win games.

Yes. And then next year? "Well Ladd isn't really a #1 LW and he's going to want to be paid like one so we better get rid of him." And the year after that -- "Well Perreault isn't a #2 C/LW and he's going to want to be paid like one so we better get rid of him." And so on, and so on. I mean, who exactly are you comparing Frolik to when you say he's a sub-par 2RW? Look around the league and you might be surprised by who is passing for a #2 RW on other teams. We could do a lot worse. And Burmi is a lot worse, if that's the solution. You can't look at Chicago and say "Well player X wouldn't be a second liner on Chicago so we shouldn't pay him like a second liner."

So basically what you're saying is you'd be okay with playing a worse lineup this year in the interest of building for the future. I feel like we're past that point. Missing the playoffs this season would be a huge step backwards and the city will NOT take it well.

Bagg is going to "continue" to decline? After he just posted the best season of his career?

You say that like fans are taking JBL seriously when he says "Face X is terrible!"

And yet one wants $5 million and one could probably be had for $1.5-ish. Burmi is a very good possession player. I'd be comfortable with him at 3RW if the other option is over-paying Frolik to play 3RW and get paid like a 2RW. I prefer the combination that gives us the better team. If it all fits under the salary cap, who cares if Frolik is overpaid by a million/year. The Jets care. As others have said, pay Frolik $1 million too much. And then Ladd and Buff want $3million too much. And Scheif, Lowry and Trouba want their "too much". Then what...? You over-pay for the final piece that makes you a cup contender. Dont over-pay one player when you're a bubble team. You can add Burmi, Ehlers AND another player for what Frolik would cost you. And I dont think Frolik is worth Burmi and Ehlers. You guys are putting way to much emphasis on this silly idea that agents and players are comparing themselves against only players on the Jets. It doesn't make any sense. If Frolik gets $5 million somewhere else, Ladd can still say "OK I deserve $7.5 million because look what Frolik is making." It makes no difference whether he's on the Jets or not.

And yet one wants $5 million and one could probably be had for $1.5-ish. Burmi is a very good possession player. I'd be comfortable with him at 3RW if the other option is over-paying Frolik to play 3RW and get paid like a 2RW. I prefer the combination that gives us the better team. If it all fits under the salary cap, who cares if Frolik is overpaid by a million/year. If you do that for every player, you've suddenly used up a 1/3 of your cap. Term matters just as much as that dollar value But Frolik is going to want term. Who's talking about every player though? We need to establish a solid top 6 and have good depth guys in the bottom 6 capable of moving up. You can't just sign no-one and say "OK let's go with a **** lineup this year because otherwise our hands will be tied in the future." You can't mortgage the future for the present but you can't sacrifice the present for the future either.

Market value is market value. Frolik is going to get paid somewhere, whether it's here or not doesn't matter. Agents aren't comparing their clients to players just on the Jets, they are comparing their clients to other players league-wide. Should Frolik be paid more than Little? That question doesn't really make sense because Little is underpaid by today's contracts. If he was entering free agency this off-season he would easily draw $6 million+.

Oh this again! Spare us!