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You would think the plan is to hopefully get another quality year or 2 from Jamaal... then pass the torch on to Trent Corney...

Odd that they hire a "special advisor" without having a gm or hc... I wonder if he is basically overseeing their operation in the interim...

If anyone is interested in new Als AGM Catherine Raiche... http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/alouettes-assistant-gm-catherine-raiche-breaks-down-another-barrier http://en.montrealalouettes.com/nomination-thoroughly-supported-throughout-media/ male, female, black, white or purple... this is a pretty impressive resume for a 27-year-old...

not sure if there has been any discussion about Trudeau's town hall in Winnipeg yesterday... Here's a cbc article about it... posted (legitimately) without comment... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/trudeau-winnipeg-town-hall-1.3953563

huge ego + thin skin + power = typically not a good equation...

This is for the Bombers O-line job?... interesting... I love Glenn January and feel he could possibly be a good coach one day, but I wonder if he is ready for that position yet... would have been nice if he spent a few years under the tutelage of Bob Wylie... Re: the Durant situation... I believe it was reported that in the 2016 off-season, both Dressler and Chick were offered take-it-or-leave-it, low-ball offers from Jones (I don't care to look up this info )... I have no reason to believe the Durant "negotiation" went any differently...

Hard to imagine he signs in Edm to back up John White... when he could potentially start in Sask, Hamilton or Toronto...

If they had called that a slash... I would've thought it was a bad call... but I can live with that... to call it a penalty shot was insane...

I think the more interesting part of this story is Catherine Raiche... is she the first woman to work in a front office position like this? Also thought this was funny: The 62-year-old, graduated from Villanova in 1977 with a degree in political science, specializing in international relations. While at Villanova, he played nose tackle and linebacker, where he earned team captain and all-star honours. Only in 1977 could one have played nose tackle and LB... 2 positions where the players are typically separated by about 50-75 lbs now...

I'm not one to blame the refs... and I don't "blame" them for this loss... but that penalty shot was one of the worst calls I've seen in a while... that would've been a borderline slashing call.... honestly looked like a pretty good defensive play to me... The no-goal... seems like we were probably just the victims of a premature whistle... not much you can do about that...

Might as well get Hutch some time on the 4th line with Thorburn...

Chabot was phenomenal in the WJC this year... that's about all I know of him... I wish he was in the Jets system but to say picking Connor 1 spot ahead of him was a mistake is revisionist history and I don't care to partake in that nonsense... I still believe Connor will turn out to me a good NHL player...

he sounds like a hockey player... so that will probably help!

rather than ridiculing him for how stupid this is... media should humour him (in a way)... sincerely ask where this happened, who was involved and promise a follow up investigation... since he obviously has no proof, he'll probably (one would think, but we're dealing with a different character here) back off from making these allegations in the future... if his response is "I don't have proof, I just know it happened" then ignore it and move on... the more attention these stupid little stunts get... the more frequent they will be b/c Trump loves getting the reaction/attention...

possibly... but Popp would have been available, what, a month or more ago? Generally a GM will want to pick his HC... if it's Popp, Milanovich might be his guy...

Wow, that's incredibly late... why wait til 2 months after the season ends to do this (basically 3 months for the Argos)...

While I agree with your analysis, Best and Labatte are critical to the Rider NI depth... you have actually gone on to agree with JPan on both fronts... see the part I bolded...

I don't use it for 2 reasons: 1) home games I'm there and road games I prefer to not have my phone out while watching... 2) I usually go on a message board moratorium for a few days after a game (win or lose) to prevent drunk/emotional posting... But I have used it a few times and I can see how it's a fun tool to use during the games...

I'd have to agree with you on all fronts... but I hope they bring in an experienced Canadian O-lineman... and I'd be ok if that was Keeping...

what? did you see Leggett play at all last year?... I bolded the attributes that really describe Doug Brown... not that he couldn't the other stuff... they just didn't stand out as much...

Not sure if was posted anywhere yet... Hurb Zurkowsky reporting that the Als have officially added Joe Mack as their AGM... probably not the worst choice... he had a decent track record of bringing in imports...

which seems about right... I am already losing track of days here, who was signed first, Nichols or Durant? And did we get any numbers on Durant's contract??

I think it's safe to say this is a little premature... beating the worst team in the league with 6 goals for... If Pavelec stands on his head, helps turn the season around and leads the team to the playoffs... then you'll certainly have an argument...

wasn't he asking for (unconfirmed) 4 years @ $25M per year mid way through last year... this signing makes sense... that's the market price for a slugger and they aren't locked in after this year if his play drops significantly...

yeah... I trust the guy that was beat up and thrown in his locker in high school for sports analysis...