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Looks like I missed voting this week... I could have sworn that I had done it. If I can still make picks for the two remaining games this week, I would go with Calgary and Hamilton. I definitely would have picked Winnipeg and likely Montreal, but I missed the boat on those ones.

He said in his interview with Ed Tait last week that he spent some time in the offseason with a field goal kicking coach to get better at it so that he can be an effective backup FG kicker, but he said he doesn't have the range that Sergio does.

I'm debating between Wheatfall and Clercius... let's go Wheatfall for this week.

Lawler

That doesn't quite make sense considering the Leafs won the cup in 1967

Marchment keeps leaving his feet when he's making his hits... The refs warned him the first time but they still seem to let him do it.

The outdoor carnival was filmed out at Lilac Resort.

Sounds like at least one of the announcers is cheering for Dallas... After the hit that put Lowry into the bench, he said "hopefully that's a spark for the Dallas bench" or something to that effect. You'd think the Canadian broadcaster would lean more towards a Canadian team.

I always found that Laura Diakun did a good job hosting the panel whenever she needed to fill in for Kate. I think she would be a good replacement as long as she keeps doing what she's been doing and not try to change to match what Kate has been doing.

I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too. - Abe Simpson

I'm pretty sure they aren't the only arena with that setup, especially the visitor's locker room on the other side of the ice.

Tate McRae is the only one I am aware of.

Press conference announcing details around the Grey Cup Festival for this year:

2013 is a prime example of how Winnipeg fans are... we had a 3-15 team (and the games were bad, usually done half way through the 3rd quarter) and averaged the 3rd highest attendance in the league at just over 30,000.

Maybe the league is trying to help get a different team in to represent the West in the Grey Cup?

The 2 pre-season games against the same team makes absolutely no sense to me.

I think that if Kevin Glenn hadn't broken his arm back in the 2007 East Final, the drought would have ended 10 years earlier than it did.

That is correct. The Wikipedia page for Osborne Stadium Winnipeg has a map showing the location as right where the Canada Life building is now at 60 Osborne St. N.

Keeping in mind that it's for 6 months of work.

The fact that Walters wouldn't even say who got a request from the NFL because he didn't want the guy to find out through the media tells me that there was no way that he would ever say what the plans are for any of the guys. He would want to talk to them or their agents directly about any future plans, so I wouldn't expect there to be much substance to anything he says in the press conference in that regard.

Don't put that idea out into the universe... nobody wants that...

Pretty sure it was speculated at the end of the Grey Cup game that Benson was going to retire.

True enough, but hindsight tells us that now. To say that 90K would have made it a worthwhile gamble, if he had been injured again, the same bellyaching would be happening regarding other aging vets that need to be let go so that their replacement can be found. Are there others who should have been let go at the same time, sure, but that's easier to say now than it was 10-12 months ago.

I've seen a number of people comment about how letting Janarion Grant go was a huge mistake. It's easy to say that in hindsight now, but with the injuries he had suffered and basically being out for half of the season last year (and possibly the year before as well), the team made the decision that it was time to move on from him, just like they did with Jackson Jeffcoat. At the time that the decision was made, it made sense to go that way, so griping about it now is just sour grapes. The fact that they weren't able to find a decent replacement is a totally different issue.

Funny comment from Farhan about Edmonton not asking about Rick Campbell... since he was fired, I'm pretty sure they don't have to ask permission to talk to him.