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Dont have to worry about places like calgary winnipeg sask and even edmonton but ontario? quebec? i dunno man.

ricky foley at it on twitter.. these guys are trying to bury the league. If players strike, will fans come back? this isn't a lock out, this will be a strike. I'm not convinced the fans come back in all places. And if the players strike, can the cfl not just get replacement players? i mean, really.. get rid of the canadian ratio and there you go, i think we still see CFL football this year tho. if not, this may be the end.

yeah, i was thinking meet in the middle so thats why i said 5 5.5 ish.

I like Mario lots but Gretzky is the best player in the history of the game by far. Not only could he score but he also would assist on lots of plays. Gretzky was a very good hockey player, overall... better defensively than mario too. And IMO, Gretzky single handily made hockey relevant in california and regardless of what i think about there being too many teams in california, the reason for that is quite simply put... wayne gretzky.

when would this new salary cap kick in tho? i mean, realistically it couldn't kick in until next season, how do you even make that work? 7 million? these guys are on crack if they think they will get that. That is just unreasonable. Teams are losing money, a cap of 5 5.5 million might be more feasible, 7 is completely ridiculous actually.

looking at the bluebombers.com roster, looks like both griggs and paliwoda are no longer on there so i'd suspect paliwoda. There are a few other guys there too that make me wonder why they are still on the roster aaron kelly, greg peach being 2 that stick out.

Really like this signing, was and still am a fan of the detroit lions, actually like all detroit based teams (lions tigers, bears i mean wings) Watched a few lions games when Smith played for them and he was in beast mode most the time. Seems to be a runner who is suited for the CFL, more north south runner here, power type runner, I hope his injury problems are behind him cuz if they are, look out. We may have found something here. If not, well, so be it and there is no harm in bringing him in.

I've generally found in sports when gm's or coaches say this is our guy that it's just a ploy to not lower his value (what value pav does have and he does have some i suppose, very little tho). I dont think chevy coming out and saying pav is the guy moving forward means anything, it's not like he was going to come out and say no we are buying him out or gonna trade him and bring someone else in. You just never hear gm's say that EVER.

also blues resign elliot and say that miller is done is st louis, look for miller to end up in california somewhere. His wife is an actress and is based out of california, could see him signing with the ducks or sharks.

Is Foo Co any different or better than Matt Sewell or Other Canadian oline who were given a shot down south, stuck around a bit and then a year or so later ended up in the CFL? is he any better? There are other guys but the names escape me.

Price done for the series apparently, probably wouldn't have mattered anyway but

Brisson has declined. He will not be the Pens next GM.

not a big wine fan at all, not even that big of a fan of alcohol in general but... moscatto is a really good wine for sure.

or chris randle

didn't he take a puck to the throat area in that last game vs calgary, thought it had something to do with that. Nothing overly serious i dont think, should be good to go by time camp rolls around, keep in mind here that the USA absolutely have sucked and crapped the bed at the WHC so really they got nothing to play for so if a guy like trouba is even injured a tiny bit, its best to be cautious and send him home.

Tate seems to be a solid recruit, could see him lining up as DE or LB, perhaps he is one of the 4 DI's. Grigsby has a chance to be our starting running back, if not, i dont think he makes the team. Can he return kicks? cuz if not, its either starter or Fodder really Neman i think will be a player this year, whether that be as a starter or backup, im not sure. But he will definitely make the team. Could see him platooning as a lb on some plays Brohm, when they traded for him, they said he was a max hall type of guy, a natural born leader, i actually could see him becoming the backup over hall due to halls lack of arm strength Kemp? he's an interesting one, lots of competition at the receiver spots it seems, has seemingly dealt with injuries his whole career but if he could stay healthy, he very well could be an impact player, my guess tho.. he's fodder.

Joe brought in new guys frequently... The only problem was he ignored the o line and kept Burke Not exactly though. He didn't ignore the oline really, he brought in guys, greaves and everyones favorite jarvis jones were brought in by mack, so was swiston and pencer, he didn't ignore the oline, i'm not exactly sure why you think he did, what did you want him to do? trade a pile of crap for some all star? Fact is, mack tried to fix the oline, it just didnt work really. and Burke? really, he may have been one of the problems last season but this team hasn't been good for a few years, 2011 was a fluke really it seems, Let's not pretend that this team was actually any good and then burke came here and ruined it.. cuz he didn't. There were way more problems than just tim burke thats for damn sure. If you wanna talk about what mack didn't do, maybe you could talk about not brining in veterans, maybe not being active in free agency (although not much really made it to free agency and those who did, why would they have come here anyways??) but to say he ignored the oline just isn't true, he drafted and brought in several olineman, they just weren't good enough. Just cuz they werent good enough didnt mean he ignored them. Just for the record, im not defending mack cuz he did do a lot of dumb things, was very stubborn it seemed, did seem to ignore certain aspects of the team at times, mainly free agency trades and the veteran issue but... anyone who thinks he didn't try to fix the problems, man you are kidding yourself. He definitely tried to fix the problems, it just didn't work out the way we all hoped it would. It is what it is. This team was in shambles when mack got here, it's a bit better now than it was when he took over but we still got a ways to go.

why? cuz some people have a different opinion than you do?

I don't really have any concerns here, they are scheduled to meet on Wednesday again so... Honestly, i think both sides are posturing a bit for the media, this is what happens it seems, doubt a strike happens, think they get a deal done. They pretty much have too and i think regardless what you hear in the media, both sides know this and will get a deal done soon.

israel vs palestine. The never ending war, based on basically " my god is right, your's is wrong". I find it hard to believe that if there was a god that they would be cool with half the crap that's going on in the world and im sure michael sam is the least of their concerns.

I know it was another era and another time, but would koch want to come back here? did he not get unceremoniously released or not signed? even though it was his dream to play for the bombers? is he not local or somewhat local? perhaps kenora/thunder bay if not manitoba born. I guess, if no other team has interest he might be but... you think he holds a grudge a bit? People were wondering if glenn wanted to come back here too, gotta wonder if koch wants to be here or if he still feels a bit betrayed by what transpired, sure those past regimes are gone but... As for if he's an upgrade over CK, i'd imagine he is, CK, honestly i dont even know why he's still here. Of all the signings this off season by the bombers, the 2 that surprised me most, cuz i was certain both would be gone were CK and west.

no,nothing to jump up and scream about but... for a chance to live your dream, it's worth it. Pretty obvious the guys who play in the CFL, sure they want the NFL big money but lots are definitely playing for the love of the game. That is what makes the CFL so unique, people like all of us here can take our family and friends to a game and see guys who, hey you know what.. they aint making that much more than any of us, people complain lots when ticket prices go up, you keep raise salaries, ticket prices will keep going up.

yeah so what, it's their choice. its per week man, thats 1200 every 2 weeks, thats nothing to cry about exactly. i know lots of people who actually went to college and don't make that much per week right now after taxes.

or is this board full of lawyers doctors pharmacists and all that? cuz 750 a week aint that awful really.

750 a week eh, i guess when you think about it, that's not that bad for a few months of the year, besides, players dont have to agree to be on PR's, they can decline and try to catch on elsewhere or try to get a job somewhere else also. For a guy straight out of university or college, that's nothing to sneeze at exactly. Fact is, this is the CFL... these guys aren't gonna become millionaires playing up here, they all know this ahead of time, maybe the qb's and elite players can become millionaires if they have long careers, guys like ray probably have a few million in the bank already... but. I played football for 2 years when i was much younger, quit because i enjoyed hockey more... Tell you this much, if some hockey team offered me 750 or 3000 bucks a month to play hockey and have a chance at maybe making the pros, i'd strongly strongly consider it. Yeah sure, this year or this week you might be making 750 bucks a week but next year or the year after... who knows really. Gotta start somewhere. Few years ago when i was in college, 750 bucks a week would have been very nice, but at that time, it was more like 750 or even a few bucks less every 2 weeks. 750 a week, aint so bad at all really for a few hours of work really. For me, a few years ago to make 750 every 2 weeks, that was almost 80 hours or so of work, these guys work what? 5 6 10 hours every couple weeks? if that? how many hours of "work" do these guys get, sure its 750 a week but what happens if you break it down in a per hour type of scenario. Bet its not that bad at all.