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We all (at least most of us) knew that Nichols was a good quarterback, but there still was the question whether he was good enough to help the team to the Grey Cup. I posit that the question has been answered now. A good quarterback by himself rarely carries the team, and Mike Reilly with the Lions is living proof of that. Nichols was criticized for not slinging the long ball and getting conservative (no political commentary here) late in the game. As has been posted here already, this was the most dominant performance by the Bombers in a very long time and likely the game of Nichols' pro career. Ottawa is ahead of three other CFL teams but they didn't deserve to be on the same field as the Big Blue.

Detractors: 'nichols can't throw a deep ball'
Nichols *throws tons of deep balls for tds*
Detractors: 'well he can't throw intermediate and these deep ball TDs don't help us with time of possession and if you take away the long TDs, he's actually thrown for less yarda'
🙄

That's ok....I have a formula, created in my basement, on a spreadsheet.... that proves Nichols isn't that good...

Nichols isnt flashy.. doesnt put up huge numbers yardage wise, but he is smart and cerebral and is like a killer laying in wait.. tiu screw up and ge seems to have the ability to recognize it immediately and exploit it.
He plays within himself and the gameplan and doesnt force things and make critical game and momentum altering errors...and that's all he needs to keep doing...the results speak for themselves
 

1-0 13 seconds in, lowry has a heck of a record there 5 str oh hell no seriously? what are the isles afraid of they aren't even in our division, okay it's counting
2-0 may have been Lowry again.....do you feel lucky? WELL DO YA?
There goes our shutout
Tanev makes it 3-1
3-2
man they are really picking on perreault today
Scheif 4-2

saraorlesky Paul Maurice has liked Matt Hendricks game but he continues to be in the lineup because of the types of teams the #NHLJets are playing. Other players will draw in based on the style of teams going forward.

Time : Thursday 7, TSN3
Stats : 44-25-7 @ 45-27-4
Countdown To The Playoffs : T-6 Retract gaseous oxygen vent arm

Time : Sunday 5, TSN3
Stats : 19-18-8 @ 28-14-2
 

10th goal. in 40 something games.
Gonna miss Tanev.
 

and it's third jersey night again
Tanev scores

Time : Friday 7, TSN3
Stars : 16-22-7 @ 27-14-2
Notables : Broissoit to start
 

This has been fixed.

send a PM to Rich and ask what's going on

Don't get me wrong..I'm all for keeping Laine. He's a one trick pony, but it's a hell of a trick. Thing is, his agent can't be asking for the moon this off-season. He hasn't come close to earning that Matthews/McJesus money yet...

Trouba/Jets have one more arbitration hearing to go through
 
 

personally i can't see the jets thinking of giving up on laine any time soon. he has shown enough already that he is worth the patience and further development from the management team.

Perreault strikes first
KConn makes it 2-0
we're going to be hearing alot of Queen from now on aren't we? but I mean that in a good way, I love Queen, I enjoyed the movie (and I really think the theater critics made a wrong turn a ended up in a different theater when they were reviewing it because I did not see the same film they did)
oh Laine that's the second time tonight you got in the box smarten up
and the captain  makes it 3-1
Little 4-1
Come on guys no choking, the Avs are usually easy meat especially at home
Copp makes it 5-3.  we all know what that means
Scheif makes it 6-3
Trouba finishes it off 7-4

Time : Tuesday 7, TSN3
Stats : 20-14-8 @ 26-13-2
Notable Notes : COL has most # of overtime losses, NHL.com free game of the week
 

You are really conflating way too many issues into this discussion to even know where to start, and there are assumptions in your original post that are not even true.   Here are a few that I had time to find your facts articles.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/winnipeg-jets-paul-stastny-st-louis-blues-1.4552179
Just because they didn't get him in 2014 doesn't mean they didn't bid or try.  Jets were a horrible unattractive team in 2014.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/qa-jets-owner-mark-chipman-team-budget-patience-cheveldayoff/
Regardless of ranking in spending or percentage of the cap, the last couple of years, the Jets have been within a "good" player of spending to the cap, which to me totally makes sense given where their young stars are. Tieing up money to spend to the cap you are going to need to sign young players coming off their ELC's is just stupid.   Suppose the proof will be in the pudding over the next few years, but I expect the Jets will be spending very close to the cap.
Probably would be a better discussion to separate the topics of the Jets being a "budget" team vs. trading Laine. 

How could the Jets hope to keep Laine, Roslovic, Connor, Morrissey, Trouba, etc if they spent right up to the limit? Also, there are bonuses that will be due on the ELCs. 
You spend up to the cap when you absolutely have to but you need room in order to sign the younger guys and to make trades to help the club. 
As you can see, the Jets have been adding more and more salaries each year as the draft-and-develop model comes to fruition. 

Going to the conference final was a windfall for True North.  All their business interests are tied to the Jets doing well.  If they are a cap team that misses the window and begins to suck, sure, we can talk about trading guys away due to money and rebuilding.  But every team would feel the same way in that scenario.
Chipman did manage expectations in year one when he said the Jets would NOT be a cap team unless they had a chance of winning the cup.  They're basically a cap team now.  And will be for the foreseeable future.
If they trade Laine it wont be because they cant afford him.  It might be because they feel his market value isnt worth what he brings.  But if they really want to keep him, they will keep him.

He was barely on the team.

Not sure why Laine goes through these annual bouts of self-confidence issues...but then again he's 20.  What was Scheif doing when he was 20?

After 41 games
2018/19   26-13-2 = 54pts
2017/18   23-11-7 = 53pts
1st in Division, 3rd in West Con, 5th in League
And now the stats that make you go hmmmm...
+/- Good Leaders
Schief +16
Trouba +12
Ehlers and everyone's favorite dman to hate Tyler Myers +8
+/- Bad Leaders
Laine -11
Little -6
KConn -5
Goalies
Brossy 2.11GAA .939SV%
Helle 2.83GAA .910SV%
 
Tanev tied for 5th in goals(8) and Wheeler is 9th(6)
Byfuglien 3rd in assists(25)
Petan still on the team