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Winston Rose seems to be a pretty good corner.... great coverage

I think it is 525k

Well said indeed!!

Nichols stats looking ok now, 8/13 for 136, 2 TD 1 INT

Nichols will come back strong in the second half

Lucky has superstar written all over him

Nice pressure on the second down play there

Demski silencing the haters

BLUE IS THE COLOUR

Blame Nenshi

Needs a corkscrew to get his rings off

The last offer sheet to get signed and not matched was Dustin Penner who Edmonton signed away from Anaheim in 2008. Anaheim received a first, second, and third round pick in return and Penner was a disaster in Edmonton.

This year will be like all the others... months of speculation about offer sheets, and none get signed. Really how many players are worth trading a pile of picks for and then vastly overpaying their salary? You better be damn sure that guy is going to be your franchise player and I don't see any franchise players in RFA this year. Not Marner, not Aho, not Laine.

If Connor gets a 7 x 6 million offer sheet, Chevy will match it immediately.... that is way under market value. Remember if a player is signing an offer sheet it's because it is a significantly better deal than what their team is already offering them. So take what you think is fair and tack a million and a year on top of that. An offer sheet for Connor probably comes in at 8 million for 7 years and for Laine it would be 10 million for 7 years. And you match both. If Laine is offer sheeted at a value that gives you four first round picks, you let him go. Otherwise you keep him. Connor you match any offer that comes in because no one is crazy enough to offer him over 10.5 and give up four first round picks.

Eli may very well be a better prospect but he also would have gone a lot higher if the other GMs knew he was intending to continue playing football. I bet this guy is on the Riders roster within 2 weeks. He is better than Braden Schram at the very least.

Starting centre for three years in div1 FBS, with some pro experience and no NFL interest... don't think anyone needed to feed BS to 3DN, that's a top prospect profile every year.

That's a steal with their third rounder. Shocked that BC wouldn't bid a second.

Well safe to say I mostly disagree with this assessment floyd the polar bear expert but I do agree that they need an MLB, badly.

Well we need a top 4 D somehow. Let's say Connor, Laine, and Copp sign for 19 million combined. Then we've got about 4 million left to sign 3 players to fill out the roster.... you're not finding a top 4 D in free agency with that money. The only ways we can feasibly free up money is to trade Perreault, Ehlers, Lowry, or Kulikov. I believe Bryan Little has a no-move clause. I don't think there is a market for Kulikov and that leaves another hole in your defence anyways because he can at least play in your top 6 D. So you're trying to move Perreault on a not-great contract or shipping out one of your young homegrown players in Ehlers or Lowry. Or maybe Logan Stanley can play in the second pairing and solve all our problems, right?

The qualifying offer for Beaulieu would have been 2.4. I'm not sure if he is worth quite that much. Maybe.

In my opinion these changes actually make a lot of sense for the Lions and I like that they are taking drastic action to correct their poor start. Steward was a terrible centre, Foucault is a natural tackle, and most importantly Termansen was absolutely brutal at corner. Dozier at safety and Thompson to corner should be a big improvement in both spots.

Why would Drew Wolitarsky want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall ewoks? This does not make sense!

Oh great now everyone knows I made my picks at 1AM on a Wednesday

As much as I hate the Riders I actually think they are going to be ok. I actually thought Fajardo was a great prospect when he showed up in Toronto and I've never understood why he can't stick anywhere. I think he's going to end up as their starter for all the remaining games and they make the playoffs over BC.