Rich

Not the first time he has been in trouble. They were saying on the Morning Show this morning that he doesn't qualify as a repeat offender because of the amount of time that has passed since these suspensions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Keith On March 23, 2012, Keith was suspended five games for delivering an elbow to the head of Canuck forward Daniel Sedin. Head of the Department of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan observed that the hit was "dangerous, reckless, and caused injury" in his video release.[11] On June 4, 2013, Keith received a one-game suspension for high sticking the Los Angeles Kings' Jeff Carter during Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.

Haven't seen anyone post this yet. Keith should be suspended for at least the first round of the playoffs.

It is very interesting he signed here. Assuming Connor is here next year there is a big log jam in our bottom 6 next year. Can't see Chevy promising NHL with who we have in the queue.

Merged a couple of different posts talking about this into this thread.

Saw this on the Twitter feed, and had to really think about this one. I think I would take the 9 p/o appearances and 1 cup. It means you have a much better consistent team.

Article on the charges with video. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/politics/trump-campaign-manager-corey-lewandowski.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Is The Flash from TV going to be the same in Justice league? Or is that not decided yet?

Here is an interesting article on this situation. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jimmy-vesey-sacrificed-gain-leverage-now-hes-using/ Have said it before, and I will say it again. The NHL needs to find a way to close this loop with NCAA players. This is every GM's fear when he drafts an NCAA player and why NHL clubs will push and do everything possible for these players not to finish their college education.

The extra year doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things IMO. Bring him in now. Get some money in his bank account, signing bonus and game cheque for the remainder of the season. Start getting those "good" feelings with the team and organization. Let him meet the team, the coaches, the trainers, experience how a pro club operates on a daily basis, let him get the feel for all of that so his expectations are set and less unknowns next year. Also to make him want to be a part of it. The chartered flights, higher end hotels, equipment, and all the perks. Get him on a training program and eating the right way. They did it with Copp and Trouba, and if he wants to come, I suspect they will do it with Connor as well.

http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_29685683/oliver-butch-mousseaux-ncaa-hockey-referee-dies-at-48 Crazy freak accident. I'm guessing he wasn't wearing a helmet during warm up.

Connor assists on the game winning goal.

Would be a huge fan if you could get Kernels popcorn for a movie. Though with the movie concession markup on an already expensive bag of popcorn, it would probably cost you $25 just for a bag. I think the salt goes up because salt is cheap and makes you want an overpriced drink.

The most frustrating thing I've found with the "generic" vendors at the stadium is the lack of training of their staff. I get these people only work together a dozen times a year in a high turnover job, but the wait time to get overpriced cold food makes it the three strike rule. I expect it to be over priced. Just watching how these people operate behind the counter, the wait times could be addressed with better training and guidance. Training should also theoretically fix the cold / quality problem as well, though I get there are limitations when you have all of your business come at the same times (pre game and half time).

No one is asking for fine dining. I agree there is a certain standard for food and service you expect at a sporting event. Having been to pretty much every Bombers game since the new stadium opened, they rarely even meet that standard. Though I admit I pretty much stopped going to the generic vendors this past season. Whoever they contract for these food kiosks has a real training problem. I usually stick to Clay Oven, Shwarma, or hot dog vendors outside the stadium (Bombers lose money on this, as even if they are paying for being there, it certainly isn't the markup they get on their $10 hot dog ).

This was true when Jets 1.0 was here. Winnipeg Enterprises was a city owned entity that ran both the stadium and arena. The Jets and Bombers were tenants and I believe even paid rent. Winnipeg Enterprises also got any concert revenue. Around the time the Jets left, Winnipeg Enterprises was disbanded. Chipman took control of the old Arena, its concessions, etc for the Moose. And the Bombers got control of the stadium and its concessions.

They had a lot of perception issues and damage to repair from the prior administration. They have invested a lot of time and energy into improving the game day experience. Now put a winning team on the field to get people back into the stadium to appreciate all that hard work.

Riders changed their logo Seriously, why even bother with this?

Why isn't fighting needed in any of the other major sports? Yes there are altercations in football, basketball, soccer, and baseball. These usually involve bigger brawls that quickly get diffused. Most of these sports have immediate ejections and fines for even throwing a punch. The NHL .. you get a coincidental 5 minute penalty. No other sport (other then MMA, boxing, etc) will have two people square off and hit each other with bare knuckles while everyone else stands around watching. Football is a bigger contact sport than hockey. Why isn't fighting needed in football to "police" the game. Fighting is part of hockey, not because it is needed, but because it has traditionally been a part of it. All the other sports have proven that it is possible to police the game without the players having to take things into their own hands.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/an-engineer-explains-why-trumps-wall-is-so-implausible/ An engineer breaks down what it would cost to build a wall. He comes to the conclusion it would have to concrete (chain link fencing would not accomplish its purpose). Here are some interesting assumptions he makes: I wish he would cost this out, but it sounds damn expensive. What would the cost benefit analysis look like?

Interesting article in the Globe and Mail from former player and current majority owner of the Halifax Mooseheads Bobby Smith http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/end-to-fighting-would-not-make-hockey-a-safer-game/article29300049/ He basically says fighting causes less concussions per game played than body checking and elbows. Further he says fighting is needed as a deterrent to the above mentioned reckless plays that cause concussions and that players need to police themselves. If true, isn't this a failure on the direction given to the referees on how they call the game? Isn't this really a refs job? No other sport needs fighting for self policing. Why hockey?

An interesting article up on cfl.ca of how Bass made it to the CFL. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/03/20/breakout-star-khalil-bass-never-took-no-for-an-answer/

Nice goal to tie it.

The kid is stepping up big time in the playoffs.