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So the positive news is that we no longer have to suffer through Barker on TSN.

Maybe the Argos could also sign Henoc, Kate and Glenn to ‘consultant’ roles.

thank god we needed that

and who knows maybe he will toss away a ton of value on a bad trade to us again

🕘 2100 📺 SN Stats: 14-12-1 @ 12-11-5 Streaks: W1 @ W1 Last Ten: 4-5-1 @ 4-5-1 Jets projected lineup Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi Vladislav Namestnikov -- Jonathan Toews -- Cole Perfetti Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Alex Iafallo Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Tanner Pearson Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk Logan Stanley -- Elias Salomonsson Thomas Milic Eric Comrie Scratched: Colin Miller, Gustav Nyquist, Luke Schenn Injured: Connor Hellebuyck (knee), Hadyn Fleury (concussion protocol) Oilers projected lineup Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Matthew Savoie Mattias Janmark -- Adam Henrique -- Andrew Mangiapane Trent Frederic -- Curtis Lazar – David Tomasek Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard Darnell Nurse -- Alec Regula Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson Stuart Skinner Calvin Pickard Scratched: None Injured: Connor Clattenburg (upper body), Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Noah Philp (undisclosed), Jack Roslovic (undisclosed), (Jake Walman (lower body) Status report The Jets did not hold a morning skate following a 4-1 win at home against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. ... Clattenberg was not on the ice for the Oilers’ morning skate; he received stitches over his eye from a high-stick during a 9-4 win against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday. He’ll be replaced at forward by Tomasek.

Barker was awful on TSN, shallow insight and out of touch opinions. LaPo is a million times better then him on TSN. Did they ever acknowledge or mention Matt at all since he left?

He has good escapability. The mobility can be a weapon if they avoid using him as a battering ram like Strev.

Yeah, I agree. dumb money is probably going to be the main theme of the off season. I’d rather not throw the dumb money deal at rb. We certainly need to save the money from some place and it’s hard to see improving and not using stupid money on either line. Yeah, we really need to remove some of the existing dumb money. I’ll be really interested to see what dbs get in this market. Qb, Wr and line. That’s where it’s easiest to excuse making dumb payments. Rb lber and db are the hardest. I wonder if a lot more premium free agents go to market this year now that we’ve seen some crazy spending out of the salary increase. Could be a wild year

🕕 1800 📺 TSN3 Stats: 11-12-4 @ 13-12-1 Streaks: L1 @ OT1 Last Ten: 6-4-0 @ 3-6-1 Sabres projected lineup Zach Benson -- Josh Norris -- Tage Thompson Jason Zucker -- Ryan McLeod -- Jack Quinn Josh Doan -- Noah Ostlund -- Alex Tuch Jordan Greenway -- Peyton Krebs -- Beck Malenstyn Mattias Samuelsson -- Rasmus Dahlin Bowen Byram -- Conor Timmins Jacob Bryson -- Owen Power Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Colten Ellis Scratched: Alex Lyon, Tyson Kozak, Josh Dunne Injured: Michael Kesselring (lower body), Jiri Kulich (blood clot), Justin Danforth (lower body) Jets projected lineup Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Gabriel Vilardi Vladislav Namestnikov -- Jonathan Toews -- Cole Perfetti Nino Niederreiter -- Adam Lowry -- Alex Iafallo Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Tanner Pearson Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo Dylan Samberg -- Neal Pionk Logan Stanley -- Elias Salomonsson Eric Comrie Thomas Milic Scratched: Luke Schenn, Gustav Nyquist, Colin Miller Injured: Haydn Fleury (concussion), Connor Hellebuyck (knee) Status report Greenway is expected to return to the lineup in place of Dunne, a forward. … The Jets will use the same lineup from their 3-2 shootout loss in Montreal on Wednesday. … Fleury has been removed from concussion protocol. The defenseman skated on his own Friday and will travel with the team for its game agains the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

I guess we differ in our belief of how important BO is to us winning.

people tell me the team needs to "get younger" and I'm like isn't he our DC already?

How about this Eberhardt kid in BC .....The guy is like a vacuum cleaner ....just takes in everything thrown his way....might be a bargain there

Not a dinosaur at all...just good at math. It's an SMS world and it doesn't matter if the cap goes up. When a player is overpaid significantly it weakens the team.

You were doing pretty good until you got to the Barker part. His last name suits him.

Bierness is a terrible host. I wouldn't miss her at all if she was replaced. Henoc Muamba has grown on me. he speaks plainly & says what the fans think without getting too technical. He doesn't yell as much as he used to. Sanchez knows his stuff but he has no personality. Suitor needs to retire. I liked Barker. I don't know why they replaced him.

He hasn't been with TSN since 2024.

Yep. Won’t be enough for every guy to get a premium deal. Could easily be more guys looking for elite money than elite money is left to pay. could be a big levelling of the free agents playing field.

And the follow up to that hire is... https://3downnation.com/2025/12/05/john-murphy-out-as-toronto-argonauts-assistant-general-manager-sources/ Could not have happened to a nicer guy.

#StraightFire

well if we cave in and blow a 260k+ on BO then we better not be -re-upping Kramdi and Holm for what will be over 300k when we can get as good...and in all honesty better production for 180K total....Re-up the most vital guy (Nichols) and go with youth, or a guy going into second contract who is already solid...and likely breakout star...IE be good at player evaluation/scouting we've gone down the go cheap road last few yrs...hasnt really worked out...time to flip the switch

GCn20 likes to use the word astronomical. The market is what it is. We CAN'T afford to lose Oliveira because of the message it sends the fanbase. Season tickets will start being cancelled. Forget consecutive sellouts. That'll be a thing of the past. Yeah agree. Then why sign with the Riders. He could go elsewhere & get the money. We have a lot of deadwood on the roster that can be chucked. The only reason not signing Oliveira will be Walters being cheap. IF he wants to sign Oliveira, he will.

Agreed. Which is why I have stated as a caveat to what I am saying that if we are not signing him that money must go directly to upgrading our starting NATs at skill positions or on the OL. The number for BO being bandied about right now is 300k. If we do that we are blowing our brains out on SMS.

I am not qualified to judge OL issues, but it sure seemed to me last year that Brady was getting the holes he needed at the point of attack and that we were getting OL into the second level often enough. The ugly OL moments happened in pass pro, Zach dropping back against teams rushing 3-4 -- sometimes Zach wouldn't even get a steamboat before he had to start scrambling, he'd have a DT in his lap or an DE coming round the horn. Which makes me hopeful that if we get pass pro sorted out, Zach will return to form.

This signing ought to silence fans who said the team was too old.