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Congratulations, @JohnnyAbonny! I'm still wondering if Demski re-structured?

Awful news. Loved Malveaux when he was here. 47 is way too young...

Fwiw Ayers turns into a really solid end in Madden

Whattt??? You mean McManis didn't follow Mace to Riderville as the local "insider" over there claimed he was hearing? Wow...color me shocked.

😂 I know, it’s just interesting to argue over exact dollars and cents when we don’t really even know what they mean. Let’s see a big Friday signing and argue about that instead. Fingers crossed.

Yup, Stefansson spent over $100k on a recruitment trip to the Philippines that landed a whopping 23 new employees. Dropping a few bucks on Forbes to make GOM seem like a good place to work, would be nothing.

So bad in the playoffs they took money away

Others may yet head to the rectangle (or other places). Consider how any of these names could make an impact for virtually any other team: Bede. Brissett. Coxie. Daniel. Hendrix. Jones. Leake. Oakman. Ouellette. Peters. Pickett. Richards. Tate. I trust the group who build our roster to do the right thing for us.. but dang it's going to be a nervy few weeks.

You wont see any significant guys following him there....like why would they?...Just like nobody followed Lapo to Ottawa Why would a vet guy in peak of his career wanna go to some big unknown, and really Mace hiring and all...still a dumpster fire until proven otherwise? Only way would be for a huuuuuge over pay, and even then....that limits you to maybe 1 guy...2 tops That Stronson is such a moron

He was such a hard hitter and fun db to watch. way too damn early.

Awww man, one of our better players on D, back in the day.

Damn, one of my favorite players when he was playing here, 47 is way too young to go whatever the cause

We better fight amongst ourselves.

We're what two weeks or so away from FA starting? I need to see some bigger fish signed.

Some good news. Was worried about Morrissey.

Forbes is pay-to-place. And, companies pay to be on "Best Employers" lists.

Not yet! Ayers was one of the names revealed from our neg list this year, he's been on our radar a while. Bridges and his North Dakota State team won 70 of his 75 games (including his redshirt season)... played and won 12 playoff games and 4 national titles. Goes on to win the IFL championship as a first year pro. All the guy does is win! Bounced around a couple NFL camps before landing here.

It's fun to play in front of a whole crowd, but I'm sure it's pretty low on the priority list when you're negotiating a contract. My main concern would be housing. If I'm moving from Edmonton/Regina/Winnipeg to got to Toronto or Vancouver - they better be paying a housing bonus or have some off the books living accomadations.

Some around here would say they overpaid him anyway so this is just a correction.

It's a recruiting tool. So, GOM does, the Gov't Reporting Entities do, etc.

Just read his post about the Bombers signing Fine lol. Buck said he liked him, sooo that means they were definitely going to target him in FA lol. He makes statements like that and then gets pissy when others push back..."it was just my thoughts"....yeah well you said it like it was a fact you dumbass.

Wasn't expecting Scheif to play anyhow, so the news about Morrissey and Vilardi is good to hear.

Success brings restructuring of contracts. It's never significant but every penny counts.

I really hope they find/draft/sign a normal traditional punter this year. Just get a guy who can kick well directionally without the bouncy gimmick stuff and isn’t going to have a **** hemorrhage if it’s windy. Yeah I’m not sure what the criteria for that list is, but there sure are some god-awful employers on there.

Hmmmmmmm let’s hope it’s just MM’s grammatical faux pas.

Now next step crush the Leafs please and thank you.

Bring them to Fort Hew!

Because it's the off season. Give us a break.

I just noticed that Princess Auto came in 27th from a survey for Canada's best employers. Thats the best showing for a retail company by a large margin (number 2 retailer is Apple at 75). https://www.forbes.com/lists/canada-best-employers/?sh=82519bd2790b

Blue Italic's...guys we should focus on.....Black bold....If price is right....and prove they still got it......rest....a nice parting gift....I exclude BO in the thought he is gonna have too high a price....I guess I will include him as a if price is right

^^ 17to85 rolls up his sleeves and cracks his knuckles...

24 Free agents left: Dakota Prukop (A) Brady Oliveira (N) Rasheed Bailey (A) Janarion Grant (A) Greg McCrae (A) Brendan O'Leary-Orange (N) Dalton Schoen (A) Geoff Gray (N) Jermarcus Hardrick (A) Chris Kolankowski (N) Thiadric Hansen (G) Jackson Jeffcoat (A) Jake Thomas (N) Ricky Walker (A) Jesse Briggs (N) Malik Clements (A) Shayne Gauthier (N) Brandon Alexander (A) Alden Darby Jr. (A) Kerfalla Exumé (N) Nick Hallett (N) Demerio Houston (A) Winston Rose (A) Sergio Castillo (A)

I would assume Walters took all the money saving loopholes into consideration when negotiating Zach's last contract to get the most mileage out of his dollar. But maybe there is a way to restructure it further without Zach taking a pay-cut. If I was Walters I'd play the "save Dalton card".

You bet. Zach's having a good time & good on him. Could you imagine if an entertainer like Swift was dating a CFL player? The popularity of the league & the eyes on it would explode. The CFL can only wish for the kind of coverage Taylor Swift would give them. Which brings up another question, why doesn't the CFL try to reach out to entertainers & actors to come to their games to be seen & heard? The league has no clue how to do anything to get the crowds back & interest up. Every year, the same damn thing...

What Edmonton tells me is the pacific is garbage this year. Calgary Seattle San Jose Anaheim all absolutely suck. LA has the PL Dubois Virus infecting them lately also. cuz oilers were damn near last in the league at one point.

The market has seemed to have changed again for starting qbs. The numbers are going down while the salaries for backups seem to be going up. As I said before, I'd like to see Zach restructure to give the Bombers a little more breathing room to sign our key free agent veterans that we truly need. If I know how the GMs in the CFL do business, I'm sure Walters has already approached Zach to restructure his deal.

Carey is a good back likely, has decent wear left, but he’s gonna be 32 this year. He probably gets a contract, but I doubt he goes into camp as a no1 or gets much money. It was talked about with Dru but not with Brady. The cfl is pretty set on starting RBs right now. It might really hurt Brady’s draw in free agency. The best shot he has is if some team decides to flip ratio despite having a really good back. Toronto maybe?

You can’t pitch to Johnny! I’M Johnny!

So, full disclosure, I didn't read the list so I don't know which services you're even talking about. But taking a local example - why does MPI spend money on billboards and commercials when we have no choice but to go through them? (And if I'm talking out of my butt here and this is completely different let me know).

Gov't does, my employer does. Lots do.

Cutting Liegghio showed how serious O'Shea is about having a reliable FG kicker who can perform when the chips are down, it's a huge priority for this team and Castillo delivered. Despite all the ratio implications it causes, I think they easily retain Castillo and work around the ratio once again, since there doesn't appear to be a Natl. FG kicker lined up to challenge him.

Forgot about the former Ottawa GM.....He definitely was lacking as a manager...Seem to come across as a know-it-all and rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.....hence his departure...I apologize to Drew Desjarlis for mixing his name up with the long departed gm....I have to go stand in the corner now

Is. because not everyone is gone and the culture hasn't changed.

It's the NHL. They won't do anything. They are incapable of doing the right thing, ever.

Hockey Canada handed out a lot of money for this and tried to keep it hidden. There's a reason they settled quickly and quietly.

And we have Montreal’s 2nd round pick this year (courtesy LA and the Dubois trade) so that right now is 7 picks later.