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Mauldin played for Hamilton in 2021 and had 5 sacks in 6 games in the COVID shortened season. He signed with Ottawa and wasn't among the top 10 highest paid defensive ends. He won MODP in 2022, and his contract was 200K in 2023 after he re-signed and he was the second highest paid defensive end. He was also 30 at this point. He did sign before the window opened (Jan 18th)... maybe Calgary would have signed him to replace Orimolade, maybe the Argos could have signed him instead of Orimolade. But you can't get much higher paid than the second most salary at your position. He had a down year in 2023 and his salary in 2024 reflected that, but he was still top 10 paid. He bounced backed in 2024 and was almost 200K again in 2025 and that didn't go super great for all involved. If he wanted a better shot at winning a championship, it would been in the East, the Bombers didn't have room on those teams (as constructed) for another 30+ year old d-lineman making 200k, I don't think he would have pushed any of the West teams over the Bombers. Maybe he could have taken a deep discount to get onto another team but that is not a thing that happens very much tbh. The problem really was that he broke out at the time where he was on the wrong end of the aging curve... and really his production showed that and teams aren't dumb so good call. You can point to Willie Jefferson as an argument against the DE aging curve... but he has a very specific skill that makes him a bit of a unicorn and the Bombers deploy him as such

🕖 1900 📺 TSN3 Last Ten: 6-4-0 @ 4-3-3 Season Series: TBL leads 1-0 Stats: 38-17-4 @ 24-26-10 Streaks: L3 @ W1 Lightning projected lineup Jake Guentzel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov Conor Geekie -- Anthony Cirelli -- Brandon Hagel Zemgus Girgensons -- Yanni Gourde -- Pontus Holmberg Oliver Bjorkstrand -- Curtis Douglas J.J. Moser -- Darren Raddysh Ryan McDonagh -- Erik Cernak Charle-Edouard D'Astous -- Declan Carlile Victor Hedman Andrei Vasilevskiy Jonas Johansson Scratched: Scott Sabourin, Emil Lilleberg Injured: Gage Goncalves (undisclosed), Dominic James (lower body), Nick Paul (lower body), Max Crozier (core muscle) Jets projected lineup Kyle Connor -- Mark Scheifele -- Alex Iafallo Cole Perfetti -- Adam Lowry -- Gabriel Vilardi Gustav Nyquist -- Jonathan Toews -- Walker Duehr Cole Koepke -- Morgan Barron -- Tanner Pearson Dylan Samberg -- Elias Salomonsson Logan Stanley -- Dylan DeMelo Haydn Fleury -- Luke Schenn Connor Hellebuyck Eric Comrie Scratched: Ville Heinola, Kale Clague, Domenic DiVincentiis Injured: Josh Morrissey (upper body), Nino Niederreiter (knee), Neal Pionk (undisclosed), Colin Miller (knee), Vladislav Namestnikov (lower body) Status report The Lightning, who held an optional morning skate, are expected to dress the same 11-forward, seven-defenseman lineup they used in a 5-1 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. ... James had surgery Tuesday and was placed on injured reserve; the forward left in the third period of a 6-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday following a hit by Sabres defenseman Michael Kesselring. … Goncalves, a defenseman, is day to day and is expected to miss his second straight game. ... Vilardi and Iafallo swap lines at right wing, but otherwise the Jets will dress the same lineup from a 3-2 overtime win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.

I'm just looking for positives. I've all but written off this season.

Debbie Downer here. Does it matter? As of today nine points out of a wildcard spot with 22 games left. Playing the Bolts tomorrow will be another great litmus test of how much hope we should be extending to our beloved Jets this season.