HardCoreBlue

I hope you're right and like I said I still think they back up the brink truck for him. But there have been cases in history that teams can't come to an agreement with a young elite player ergo some other team does.

Yup. I guess I just don't want to see us with a Nylander issue on our hands.

If they can't come to an agreement and then we trade him.

I think/hope we will still back up the Brink truck for him. I'd hate for another team to reap the benefits of the growing pains he is going through now.

Getting spoiled the last couple of years with these Jets. Everytime this team loses two in a row, you feel the bottom is about to fall out. Help me ease this unwarranted concern with a good bee drubbing tonight.

Going out on his terms.

Chiarelli’s successor facing NHL's most challenging fix . Jermain Franklin Challenging? Ask McDavid what he needs and make it happen. :-)

Mikko Koskinen agrees. :-)

Nope. Dallas Eakins fault. :-) Sorry couldn't resist. I have no sympathy for the Oilers as growing up having to face their power house teams. They can wait another 20 years collecting first round draft picks on the way. It's our time now.

I would take Barry Trotz as a coach any day.

A good way to prove that is ask yourself if you took the best player off of every NHL team how would they fare? Out of the 31 teams, I say Edmonton would struggle the most.

Coaches fault.

After another disappointing performance, William Nylander says he's never experienced a slump like this in his life, admits that it is weighing on him, but explains that he doesn't think it's a result of his contract situation. TSN Whatever, thanks for driving up the prices and giving leverage to certain players (and agents) who really shouldn't demand the money they think they are worth but pointing the finger at you and making their case.

Thank you. I'm adding that to my Rider vocabulary.

Where's Buff when you need him . . .

Unfortunately, he frequently looks for that type of hit that distracts him from being in the right position in making a proper tackle and/or play on the ball.

Have the Jets resolved themselves that Petan won't be a regular NHLer? Or can we hold out hope he may be a late bloomer?

Darian Durant is keeping an eye open as he sees a lot of potential spots for veteran QBs in 2019. Should the #Riders be interested? Jamie Nye Absolutely.

On the other hand there aren't many pushover teams in the NHL these days. He has earned this start imo. Lets hope he builds that wall. :)

Ken Wiebe: How close was C Paul Stastny to returning to the #NHL Jets this past summer as a UFA? "At the end, I had it down to two or three teams and (the Jets) were there.” So what made him cancel out the Jets in the end? $$? Whatever, Go Jets Go. :-)

I think it is all about patience when it comes to his development. I'm not sure if I agree with you that he 'stinks' this season but I do think he has definitely regressed a bit. Back in the day this was normal, now we get anxious when young players with little NHL experience don't consistently produce. I'm not giving you personally a hard time about this btw, we all (well at least most of us who don't have other favorite teams) want the Jets to succeed (i.e., win a cup) sooner than later and it won't help matters when our young star(s) are struggling.

The kid is really hard on himself. Most young athletes (even seasoned ones) go through this. Patience. He will bounce back and we will look back at this as growing pains.

My math, not knowing whether a player wants to stay or not and not knowing exactly what each player will command, controlling for all those things, will it be impossible to keep everyone we have now for next season?

Man you're an idiot. Moderators please take care of this.

I actually enjoyed watching Barker working on the CFL telecasts. I thought he brought some keen insights to the analysis.