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I almost feel like jasper is a bot of some kind.

Yeah

Linebacker, especially middle linebacker, seems to be one of the easier spots to recruit for and have the new guy step in right away. Lots of examples of American linebackers who came in and had success right away. Barrin Simpson is one, off the top of my head. JC Sherritt would be another.

Maybe Burmi and a 6th will get it done

The optimism! It's so... Overwhelming. Can someone be that hopeful? Didn't think so. Or maybe I just know what I'm talking about.

Washington is going to light us up tonight so its probably better that Pavs is in net.

If we got Jagr I would buy a Jagr Jets jersey the same day. That would be amazing.

Yeah you could debate whether she was ever really a country star but now she seems to purely release pop music. Anyways she is pretty great.

Well... obviously nothing applies in all cases. You can buy a cat and train it for 10 years but it will never fly like a bird.

I don't think it has to do with showing the human body naked. I think it has to do with showing the human body in a sexually explicit pose on the cover of a magazine for everyone to see. Not that anyone buys magazines anymore. The only time I ever see a magazine rack is when I go into a gas station when I'm on a road trip. Going to the beach and seeing people in bikini's, even thong ones, is different then someone who is pulling their bikini's down in a sexual way. It has to do with body language. Oh, and just to make a comment about kids, not all kids are raised on the internet. Parents who give a crap don't let their kids do whatever they want on the internet. Please don't generalize. Don't under estimate the ingenuity of a kid who wants to see some titties. Unless you're really going to clamp down on what the kids are doing and be one of those overbearing never trust them with anything types, where there is a will there's a way. Really though I've seen the cover I don't think it is a sexually explicit pose at all, just pulling down the bottoms a bit, not like the model is spread eagle on the cover or anything. really suggestive isn't even about how much skin is overall shown it's all about how the model is posed and there is no question they'd put the cover model in a suggestive pose even if she was covered head to toe. This is entirely much ado about nothing. That's exactly what I am. It will make my kids that much smarter cause they'll need to outsmart me in order to get their hands on it. I also try to allow my kids to be kids and not grow up too fast like a lot of parents do. I am strict and I could don't what anyone thinks about it. And yes, I'm sure they can find it at a friends house, but I'm not going to encourage it by being a pushover parent who lets their kids do whatever they want. Back to the topic at hand. It may not seem sexually explicit to guys, but to others, someone pulling down their bottoms past the pubic line is a lot more sexually explicit then if she was just standing there. I'm just saying, not everyone is as desensitized as we are. Your kids have already outsmarted you. You might not know it yet, but the amount of time it takes you to figure it out is directly related to how seriously your kids will take you. Good luck!

Honestly at this point I wouldn't mind Thorburn hanging on to that spot over Halischuk. He has been playing well.

Not even slightly surprising, unfortunately.

"Overrated" is of course a very subjective term. I'm not going to get into a debate over who is *most* overrated, so I'll just revise my statement to say I think he is wildly overrated. A good player but not a star by any means. Very inconsistent.

I think any discussion for Eberle starts with two of Trouba, Morissey, Ehlers, Petan. Myers. Not that I want to give up that much, but I think that is what Edmonton would be asking for. Watching Eberle over the years, not a huge fan. Yes, high point total (39pts 57 games) and yes very very soft hands but very soft when it gets physical. Just doesn't seem to play the style PM has put in place. Definitely would not sell the house to acquire his services whereas if Lucic came available . . . Lucic has gotta be the most overrated player in the NHL

How about Vermette for Postma straight up considering Postma is a young, puck moving D man. I realise bidding is going to shoot up Vermette's value though. Yeah that deal would never happen, unfortunately. These rental player deals always gouge the buyers. And at this point, we have to ask ourselves how much do we want to sacrifice for success this year? Because as much of a Jets booster as I am.... I mean, we're not winning the Cup. Hell, we could draw St. Louis or Nashville in round 1 and get rocked, if we make it at all. I'm not sure now is the time to be blowing away your prospects and picks on a rental.

Why? Lots of American RB's that come up here on their first CFL contract aren't making anywhere near league minimum. Chad Simpson for example. Brought him in from the States and he was making well above league minimum. Sure, some RBs that arrive might be making league minimum or close to it, but I wouldn't just assume that a guy like Toston (who wouldn't be coming in as a starter), will be making a whole boat load of cash or really any more than Joe NFL-Cut. Every contract is different. It's not about the money, it's about the fact that we should be able to recruit a decent running back and not pick up a retread like Toston who's proven that he isn't a starter. He's never proven that he isn't a starter. He has had 6 carries in the CFL for God's sake. Someone spends too much time over at Riderfans.

That's really all there is to it.

Perreault out for the bulk of the regular season. Lower body. Stafford day-to-day, will skate in DC tomorrow.

Why? Lots of American RB's that come up here on their first CFL contract aren't making anywhere near league minimum. Chad Simpson for example. Brought him in from the States and he was making well above league minimum. Sure, some RBs that arrive might be making league minimum or close to it, but I wouldn't just assume that a guy like Toston (who wouldn't be coming in as a starter), will be making a whole boat load of cash or really any more than Joe NFL-Cut. Every contract is different.

Willing to part with the price it will take to get him? Thinking first round and a prospect at least.

If Stafford is still in, that makes things a little better. Really don't like the idea of Galiardi in the top 9 so hopefully we can avoid that.

I don't think it has to do with showing the human body naked. I think it has to do with showing the human body in a sexually explicit pose on the cover of a magazine for everyone to see. Not that anyone buys magazines anymore. The only time I ever see a magazine rack is when I go into a gas station when I'm on a road trip. Going to the beach and seeing people in bikini's, even thong ones, is different then someone who is pulling their bikini's down in a sexual way. It has to do with body language. Oh, and just to make a comment about kids, not all kids are raised on the internet. Parents who give a crap don't let their kids do whatever they want on the internet. Please don't generalize. Parents who think they can control what their kids are seeing these days are either naïve or helicopter parents. Maybe you can watch them until they're 8 or 9, but after that all bets are off. They will end up at a friend's house where the parents don't watch as closely as you do and away they go. My parents were fairly strict when I was young and if I could figure out a way to get my hands on a Playboy then kids today can sure as hell find porn or whatever else they want on the internet.

Klingberg is also a natural winger while Cormier is a centre. It's ugly but we might go into next game (and the foreseeable future depending on injury news) with forward lines of: Ladd - Little - Wheeler Frolik - Scheif - Byfuglien Galiardi - Lowry - Thorburn Klingberg - Slater - Peluso And that's assuming they move Buff up to wing temporarily.

Makes sense. Winnik and Galiardi were basically the only 2 noteworthy forwards left a month into free agency and Galiardi signed here a couple days after Winnik signed in Toronto. I think its safe to say we were bidding on Winnik and Galiardi was a distant plan B.

It's funny. It's how social media should be used by teams.