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I think Maurice has realized that in order for this team to win, they need to play tight defensively. I don't think he's a D first coach tho, I think the way the roster is shaped up and the division we are in, defense is important. Maurice recognizes this, His carolina team wasn't exactly d first, I think Maurice just uses the players he has and puts them in the best position possible to win, Wasn't D first in Toronto either. The Jets have a strong defensive team really, Very strong D players. Noel was fine for what he was, he had a long history of being able to work with younger players and make them succeed, Kane did have his best year under Noel, Let's not forget that. So did Burmistrov for that matter, the best years of their careers were under Noel.

Outside of that first period, the case could be made that the Jets actually outplayed the WILD. And they definitely outplayed them in the third. The first goal in on Pavelec? why? cuz the wild player made a nice move in close on the powerplay and scored? I dunno man. Maybe that was a bad goal, i don't really think it was, but... backstrom let in a goal from behind the net (the kane goal) so really it evened out.

Sounds like a case of too many cooks and no real head chef in that kitchen there. Hard to say what will happen with BC, all i know is buono has a reputation and history of having no issues getting rid of veterans. I suspect several are let go. Marsh i think has punched his ticket out of town, see one his tweets there saying 24 (banks) should still be with the team. That in my opion means that's all she wrote for Marsh.

We are in somewhat of a unique position as a team, where we pretty much need national help across the board, yes the biggest need is obviously oline but it's not our only need, we could use a receiver, watson ain't getting any younger or healthier, we could use some dline, we definitely need oline, we all know that so really what it comes down too, is... a couple things. 1. Free Agency - let's just pretend we sign a ben heenan or tyler holmes, do we still need that oline help? Even one of them 2. Who has NFL aspirations, that's an important factor, That Danny Groulx seems like he might be a nice pick if there at 2, Tackle from Laval but.. Laval seems to produce guys who want to try the NFL, is it worth it to draft him at 2 only to find out that he wants to give the NFL a try? 3. It's a deep draft OLINE wise, there are about what? 10 OLINE guys there ranked in the top 15 or 20, Means we could probably get one at 11 also if we wanted too. Unique position to be in, could grab Demski at 2 and get an oline at 11 who may end up being better than the guy at 2. It's really hard to say.

K. Gonna say this, i don't really have any issues with the Riders, my family has a couple rider fans in it, my moms brother married a girl from SASK, and they are fine, she is ok. She has been a fan her entire life, that's fine. She was there in the bad times, the telethon to save the team times and the good times, stuck around through the bad and got rewarded with some good. That's fine. I do however think that several rider fans are only fans because the team has been good the lasts couple years, it seems to me that the riders have a large portion of bandwagon fans, when the going gets tough, lots of those fans get or will get going. No issue with the riders organization, they are pretty good and pretty much the example on how to run a community owned team, wouldn't it be nice if the bombers were pulling in those profits? I do take exception to the fans who are new who say they have been there the entire time, through the bad and the good times, that's BS. And any fan base who prides themselves on being the best fans in the league, well, that's fine, we all think our fan bases are the best.. the difference tho, the rest of the teams fans in the league don't need to come out and say it.

Blaming Maurice or Pavelec is like blaming ETCH and the D for the bombers when the Offense keeps going 2 and out all game 0 for 8 powerplay no even strength shots in the first But lets blame the coach and the goalie.

Obviously, you haven't been following the Bombers drafts. We used 1 high draft pick on Pencer (Stupid pick) and 1 on Goosen (TBD) in the last 6 years. and a bunch taken in the later rounds like every team does, what's your damn point?

Team never gave up. Not sure why people always want to point to the negatives. Reality is, down 3-0. didn't show up for 2 periods, never gave up, came back tied it up, That's the team showing fight, never give up. LOL @ fans blaming coaches, like the fans are some expert or something.

Yeah pretty flat in the first 2, some bad bounces, but they had some chances. They didn't quit, and that's the important part for me. Oh i agree. I liked seeing that, they never gave up, never folded. Tough 5 game trip, could have been 5-0 with some puck luck but 2-2-1? i'll take it. 5 games in 10 days is tough.

Take the best player available. If it's Demski, take him. If it's an Oline, take him. This having to take this guy or this position crap is part of the reason we are what we are right now Its not like we have a bunch of all star canadians anywhere on the roster.

we stopped sask late in the game TWICE one game and still lost, why? because our O just sucked so bad.

I'd take Demski for sure, But i'm not convinced he's still there when we pick, I think it's likely he goes 1st overall to Ottawa.

tough loss, hard to believe nashville had zero penalties called against them.

didn't show up until the third, the powerplay is still a disaster but i'll take the point we didn't deserve.

Kane for a lack of better word likes to **** with the media, as if people haven't realized that by now? If he came out and said "i love winnipeg", some people would still say he's full of ****. Kane has been ripped on by our clown media guys since he's gotten here, lawless has been all over him. Fact is, if kane was going to be traded, the real experts would be talking about it, Not eklund who a week ago was talking about other guys getting traded too, This Eklund crap, it's just that, it's crap, if mckenzie or lebrun or even lawless mentioned the "rumor", sure go on about it but they haven't touched it which means it's total bullshit, Kanes job is to be a hockey player, not to kiss peoples asses or love the city he is playing in. Funny thing is, back in 2011 when the thrashers moved here, Kane was one of the most vocal about being happy to play in a canadian market. Lest we forget? ha

Nice win. Breaks calgarys home winning streak record in the process too. Off to Montreal now.

Really like Yantz, wouldn't mind the bombers giving him a chance. He has some talent there.

They will have a pretty big profit for sure. Those are solid numbers actually.

Pretty good game. Calgary struggling to move the ball for the most part. Go Bisons. Watching it on Shaw.

Think Lawless is going after the wrong coordinator. If i had the choice to fire one of them, it would be MB no doubt about it.

Kane also missed about 2 weeks of playing so far with his injury he had 5 minutes in to the first game of the season. He's had chances to score, he's a bit snake bitten and holding his stick to tight right now. The guy is a good player, has the potential to be very good. Do i think he will be a consistent 30 40 goal scorer? Probably not, but that doesn't mean he's not very good. Not really sure why these rumors always pop up, oh wait, i know, because people love to talk about it. Reality is, if you go to all the hockey boards where the self proclaimed experts reside, these rumors are just brushed off as just that.. rumors. Does Kane want out of Winnipeg? who really knows, nobody knows. Has he matured this season tho as a player both on and off the ice? in a very limited sample so far, it would appear he has. Does that mean TNSE told him if he wants to be traded, he needs to be a good boy? Doubt it, probably just means he's decided to grow up a bit. A while back, people told brandon to stop speculating about the bar fights or things like that, drug use etc, blah blah blah... whats the difference between what brandon was doing and what some are doing here? Speculating is wonderful but that's all it is. Fact really is, none of us have any clue if he wants out or not.

The D might have been terrible but the O regressed pretty significantly throughout the entire season. Just look at points scored really, or yards per game, the O wasn't very good. Reality all these ETCH articles and threads could probably be put in to one massive thread because we all know who wants him gone and for the most part, it's the same people who wanted him gone the minute he was hired. Even those who don't want him gone or i suppose, those who might not care one way or the other, it's all been said before Nothing really changes, different thread but same opinions were said in the 50000000 other "etch needs to go" threads. Personally, Etch probably should be let go, but IMO, the OC is the bigger problem.

I'm just gonna say this after watching Kane pretty closely the last few games. I think he's a good player, he's pretty much what you want in a hockey player, speed, skill, is responsible defensively also, But... i have noticed that he takes way too many shots, and dumb shots at that, like tonight vs Carolina, we had Carolina running around in their zone and he took a harmless little weak shot that Ward grabbed on hung on too, killed the momentum. He does do that at times, does seem to kill momentum, creates it tho also but kills it sometimes too with silly plays. I wonder how high his hockey sense is? I don't think it's that strong actually. I like Kane, i think he has some potential to be pretty damn good but he needs to stop taking stupid shots all the time and needs to learn how to use his linemates better, i mean c'mon bro you are playing with Scheif and Wheeler, that line is dominating, and they dominated tonight as did the Buff,Lowry,Perreault line (wow their offensive zone time is incredibly high) They are so snake bitten tho, once that line gets a goal or 2, look out really. But Kane, i dunno, as much as i dislike the idea of trading him, I'd be open to it if it means we got a few players that could help us in return. But i only trade him for an overpayment, some team will be desperate enough eventually. Wait till then if you want to move him.

In this day and age with Twitter and millions of bloggers pretending to have "inside sources" saying this that and the other thing, it is pretty easy to assume that KANE wants out, however, i agree with MIKE, his play and enthusiasm and i'm going to go ahead and add maturity this season says otherwise. I mean, the guy does give his all out there, he goes out of his way to pump up the crowd after a big fight, sticking up for team mates there too, He's been a good boy too, no money phone pics (like that matters) or anything silly like that. All i truly know, is that Kanes fiance, ex fiance actually, they broke up this off-season, weird eh, they break-up and all of a sudden Kane seemingly has a different attitude and seems to be maturing before our very eyes right now but all i know and this is true, Kanes ex hated it here, hated it, the other Jets wives and girlfriends couldn't even stand her, she was not well liked, she actually caused a lot of problems, kane took her on a road trip once to florida, think this is well known and took a lot of heat from the guys for doing that as most figured it was a business trip, not a vacation. They are no longer together tho and now kane seems to be more mature and even having a better time. I wonder how much of his 'wanting out' had to do with his ex fiance not liking it here. Well she's no longer in the picture..

Gibson might be an interesting option as OL Coach if Wylie isn't back.