Rich

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/trump-supporters-crowdfund-millions-of-dollars-for-border-wall-1.4226088

https://thehockeywriters.com/2018-world-junior-breakdown-nhl-team/

The margins in restaurants are typically way too low to be able to afford the demands a union would make. Wouldn't be surprised if it is the end of Stella's if they unionize, either because they shut down or are forced to after some time.

Of course you don't get hung up on that, you are a fan of the team. Even if you give them a pass on drafting Yakupov for the bust that he was, the Oilers draft record outside of the first round is just atrocious. Any semi competent organization who had the picks and opportunity they've had since 2010 should have never even been in the lottery for McDavid.

Agreed and that is the exact reason people dislike the Oilers. Doesn’t matter who is in charge now. They rewarded with 1st overall pick after 1st overall pick due to incompetence. Thats not how the draft system should work.

The issue people take with Edmonton is despite having the first overall pick for 3 years in a row, 2010 - 2012, they still sucked enough to win the McDavid sweepstakes in 2015. You would think being gifted those draft picks, they could have been something 5 years later. Jets were lucky to move up to get Laine in that draft year, but we didn't even get the 1st overall pick ,let alone 4 in 6 years.

Interesting shift and trends to cable TV. https://deadline.com/2018/12/streaming-series-surpass-cable-broadcast-first-time-fx-study-1202519711/

I believe the cap was brought in as a preemptive defense in the upcoming CBA negotiations so players can’t point to some of the excess being spent by some teams and wanting a bigger piece of the pie. That and to allow the weaker financial teams to remain competitive and not spend beyond their means.

Apparently he didn't want to take the same pay cut everyone else was taking.

People who signed up for Bomber For Life was Friday. Regular season ticket holders this morning.

Standings updated with Grey Cup results.

For minor off-season Bomber news. Any significant stories or news that are likely to generate significant discussion may have their own thread created. Going to try going with the two threads again for the off season. One for Bomber news, one for CFL news. These threads should be used for general / minor day to day news, tweets, etc. A catch all for tidbits that people want to share to keep everyone up to date on the goings and comings of the league. Any news, tweets, and signings that is likely to generate significant discussion may have their own threads created.

They should make these shirts, bet they would be huge sellers.

I believe it is because it was the Jets who originally put him on Waivers. If another team were to have claimed him, they'd have to keep him on their roster for 30 days. But because the Jets originally placed Dano on waivers and Colorado claimed him from them, then Colorado put him on waivers in the same season, the Jets can claim him and put him directly down to the AHL since they originally owned his rights.

This makes no sense with the salary cap in the CFL. Every team will spend roughly the same on player salaries. Different teams will have different strategies on how they spend that money I also can’t see this philosophy for a community owned team like the Bombers. They need to be fiscalky responsible with their money to ensure the franchise is stable, but they aren’t cutting costs to line an owners pocket book. BLM will sign with either Calgary or the NFL IMO. Reilley likely Edmonton or B.C. if the money is similar.

Why not kickoff a new curling thread with this story. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/curling/curling-team-ejected-extremely-drunk-1.4910869

Picks this week need to be in by Sunday @ 5PM With only one week and one game remaining, congratulations to @Dicky for winning this years Pick 'Ems and a $50 Bomber store gift card.

Split off from the Bomber forum.

Picks this week need to be in by Sunday @ 12PM Standings are below:

Or most live in the city or don’t want to engage with you because of comments like this.

https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/nhl/winnipeg-jets/jets-coach-maurice-puts-some-perspective-on-senators-uber-cam-video/wcm/a9a361ec-31ab-40bf-b6fd-bdf9d9ca88e0 Maurice ways in on the recorded Uber conversation

Exact same experience

There is a very real problem of a high number of Rider posters that come here purely to troll. There is immediate suspicion on anyone who comes here under the Rider banner, is here to troll, because over 95% that come here do just that. It is unfortunate that every Rider fan here gets lumped into that category, and is jumped on by some posters, but there is good reason that it happens. I just banned a “semi regular” Rider poster here yesterday. Turns out he had signed up with 3 accounts, one with a very insulting name. It gets so tiring dealing with the stupid games people try to play, and the tolerance level gets lowered every time.