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Barring a Sabres-like collapse, the Jets will finish their 12 game split road trip at 7-4-1. Last Monday their “magic number” (points needed in remaining games to clinch a playoff spot) was 43. After tonight it will be 27. Watching Gaudreau try to go around Logan Stanley, and all I can think is “this looks like take your kid to work day”

Ok thanks. Only heard Beyak say Thompson lost his stick, did not see what happened.

F*ck yeah!!!!!!!!! Great passing. Copp makes it 4-1.

If Stone doesn’t spin after that hit and end up head first into the boards, that penalty does not get called. Shoulder hit, and I guess you could call it a cross check, but that shouldn’t be boarding. And Giordano shooting Thompson’s stick out of the zone seems like something that should be a penalty if the stick was not broken.

No goal as Lucic slew foots Bucky’s stick. And more whining. The “punchable face” debate between him and Tkachuk steps up as they are both petulant tonight. But in the vote for ugliest player in the NHL, Lucic wins......by a nose.

Maurice’s line shuffle paying off.

Oh don’t apologize. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that viewpoint.

Don’t think it would be screwing us. Calgary fans would say total kick because he extends and lifts his leg. Can’t say I would disagree with them but I don’t know the minutiae of the rule as well as Sawyer explained it. Whatever, I will happily take it. And another one! Scheifele rag dolls Tkachuk and gets a great pass form Connor. Sweet all around.

My gut is this will be waived off.

Another stupid 3 point game between Edmonton and Toronto tonight. Beyak’s new favourite catch phrase is “finds pipe” for shots off the goal post. Sounds like the tag line for a porno.

I get your point, just hard to accept that Trump has that kind of power. Fauci is still plugging along. And his followers are just plain crazy. Lots of noise but I don’t see physical threats coming from him.

But unlike a real mob boss who could have you killed for crossing him, what real life-altering threat would Trump be to a non-political person who is not in line to get re-elected? Birx could have spoken out, and it’s not like she would never get a medical job again. The way to combat loud bullies like Trump is to stand up to them, because their phone power display masks insecurity and weakness at its heart.

Would be curious to know how much more they would have projected to have lost had they played the season with no fans like many wanted them to.

Just add her to the list of Bolton, Scaramucci, Cohen, Sondland, Mattis, Tillerson, Kelly, Sessions, Comey, etc. who happily stayed quiet and did the President’s bidding or at least muted their criticism until after they got fired, and then only spoke out when it was too late to generate any meaningful change, and was usually only an attempt at self-promotion or rehabilitation rather than for the good of the country. Not sure what dangerous power Trump held over them to keep their silence and buy their complicity? Even Vindman only suffered a non-promotion, and Trump’s bullying was so transparent that it’s hard to imagine Vindman’s reputation would be so sullied by an attack from Trump that it would make him a pariah to the rest of the thinking world. There is nothing redemptive about this 24th hour atonement.

Brossoit adds a goal to his assist as he puts one in his own net. Makes that 3rd goal look pretty.

Paywall.

Stastny with a huge PP goal. Flames make it close but a nice punch to Tkachuk’s head by DeMelo on a scramble and we get 2 clean points.

Yeah, my initial gut call for Lucic has been validated. Dirty hit.

Is it just me, or does it feel like ever since Forbert had those 11 blocked shots in that one game that the whole team has now bought in to sacrificing themselves to get in front of the puck a whole lot more than before?

KFC gets his own rebound and we go up by 2. Mid-game poll: Who has the more punchable face - Matthew Tkachuk or Milan Lucic?

I would re-consider my original stance. And possibly risk exposing UFA Lowry to keep Appleton protected. Now if Lowry signed, then who of Lowry, Copp or Appleton do you expose? Factor in potential contract cost as well as ability and Appleton might hang around over Copp.

Best stat I saw was Connor McDavid has 60 points, Buffalo has 64 goals. Who will win that scoring race?

I feel like it is freaky Friday and Speedflex has inhabited my body, from co-opting my “harsh reality” stance on the state of the league to the very wordy posts. I swear I have not hacked his account.

The TV rights come nowhere close to covering 60% of team costs. For the 2019 Bombers, it covered 11.8%. And I don’t know if it the CFL preferring to be on cable. Bell media owns TSN and CTV, so they could broadcast on network, but TSN needs an anchor tenant to fill broadcast space. CBC is publicly owned, so who can the league get into a rights bidding war with? You are left with Global, CITY TV, or Sportsnet - another cable outlet. As you said, revenue streams in Canada are limited. I recall that when TSN bought the rights they were buying a dead product TV-wise. It took creating Friday Night Football to build interest in the league.

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