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The last 2 seasons it has been a minor miracle keeping the guys around that we did. This year we have still been able to keep the majority of our players, even more than I would expect from a team that went to the Grey Cup. It's time for our scouts to earn their keep like great teams often have to do.

I remember reading anti-Bomber Friesen articles in the Sun in the break room at Sobeys 20 years ago. Consistent hack.

Both Brady and Schoen back. Didn't think it was possible but dammit it feels so right.

230k? Wow. He really wanted to stay here. We love you Dalton.

I'm just waiting to see what Richard Karikari signs for

Hurts less when you have a guy in waiting. I have high expectations for Richmond

Bede can change a game with his leg. Would be worth it as a DI. Castillo, while a great FG kicker, is not a punter and is a pretty average kickoff guy.

I'm a huge fan of Tim White. Could be a good fit here if Schoen is the guy everyone else is targeting.

I'd consider Betts at 200k. Not anywhere near 300k. I also think he's pretty one dimensional but sometimes one dimensional players pay dividends if that's what you need

If we are matching pound for pound backup Canadian DT with other teams in the league, is Jake Thomas really the issue? I think there was some issue with the amount of reps he got last year. I can't imagine that he signed on this year to be the starter. But his passport and his ability to play at a veteran level is valuable. The way I look at it is Lawson is going to be the Canadian on the line and we will get good value from Thomas. We could be looking at bringing kongbo back to rotate which may leave Thomas as the third. Im all for moving on from Americans because the pool of talent to replace them is vast. Dumping Canadians who can still play...

If it's a reasonable salary and he's backing up Lawson then I'm fine with it. He's still a decent Canadian player

Those are some really nice numbers especially if he was rotating.

Bailey would be an option too. I just really can't see us wanting to be on the hook for half a million dollars between two receivers. Defense wins championships and our offense is set to be a bit more dynamic with Streveler the leveler coming back

I agree on the injury front. But I think he's only gotten better as a receiver since he was here. And he will still stretch defenses... Which is something that we don't have a lot of in our receiving core

I'd be going for Whitehead at just over Bane money instead of Schoen at Lawler money. We have Lawler. We have Demski. We have Woli. Whitehead is super versatile and could fit back in here very well. Then you have a training camp battle for the last spot.

Really expecting Strevelers contract to max out around 300k. I'm actually surprised his base salary is so low.

The negotiation window does not apply to Streveler. He has been a CFL free agent for a couple years now. The negotiation window is for players who are still under contract. Teams have already been negotiating with Streveler and can sign him any time.

I don't see Gray signed. He wasn't a world beater and who knows what is going on with him. Seems like the kind of guy that has a future outside of football and may be taking it. My guess is that we had money set aside for kolo/gray with a timeline and this is what happened.

The one thing I'll say is that people have taken our o line depth for granted. I wasn't a particular fan of kolo but we will need at least 4 Canadians that can play. Kolo can play

Strev is worth more to us right now. Don't think we would be spending that much on Strev in hard money , but I can definitely see a performance/incentive laden contract in case Zach gets put on the 6 game at some point.

Augustine is your backup RB and special teamer. He's got some great tools - speed mainly. He can gash you if he gets a hole. He's no joke. But not the greatest blocker and I don't think teams are game-planning for him.

Extremely good points

This Barriere fellow sounds like the most exciting QB prospect we've signed in a while. No offense to Brown.

Yeah I can see that. Ottawa may have been in the running for Strev. This essentially puts them out of it. Also, as pointed out, the negotiation window for Ottawa is a lot smaller than it would have been if they had him earlier so hence the lower value. To me it just comes down to timing and I think to an extent we blew it a bit.