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For me, the question always comes back to that Thorburn contract.  Why so high and so long.  A 4th line of Thorburn, Peluso, and Slater is not going to cut it.
 
As to the playoffs, if we were to make it this year, even if we had a better 4th line, I don't think we are making it out of the first round.  Even if we are one and done in the playoffs, we just need to start getting that playoff experience to the top half of the lineup.  
 
We basically need better 3rd line players to push the current 3rd line down.  And those aren't easy to just pickup.  It would be nice next year if Ehlers were to make the team pushing someone like Lowry down to the 4th.  A 4th line of Slater and Lowry and one of Peluso / Thorburn or maybe  Klingburg if he is ready would be more palatable.
 
You could be right on the draft picks, but that is still a left over problem from Atlanta.  I think this is going to start changing drastically over the next year or two as the Jets draft picks begin to mature. I thought Chiarot looked good out there last night, especially it being his 2nd NHL game of his career.  (He was at Atlanta draft pick).  Will be nice when these guys can start pushing out the Clitsome's and Pardy's, who were basically waiver wire pickups to strengthen the depth until we can fill it with our own guys.
 
On the other hand, look how far we've come since year 1 when GST was our third line!

It is fair to say that everyone reacts differently to different situations, but Banks is hardly a kid.  He is 26 years old, who was a star at every level he has played in prior to the NFL, including, high school, junior college, and 2 years at Kansas State.
 
Prior to the CFL, he played 3 years in the NFL and accumulated 11 receptions, 35 receiving yards, 3,793 return yards, and 2 touchdowns.
 
While mostly a ST player in the NFL, he has had plenty of time and experience in high pressure games and situations through his college and pro career.

Except it wasn't his error that made it get called back.  If it was him who had screwed up, I could *almost* see it.  One minute the hero, the next you wear the horns .. but that isn't what happened.
 
He should have been even more motivated to go out and make another play.

Racism:
 
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
 
Opression:
 
Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions or people, and anxiety.

5 goals and 13 points in 3 games.
Congrats Nikolaj!

Except it wasn't his error that made it get called back.  If it was him who had screwed up, I could *almost* see it.  One minute the hero, the next you wear the horns .. but that isn't what happened.
 
He should have been even more motivated to go out and make another play.

Except it wasn't his error that made it get called back.  If it was him who had screwed up, I could *almost* see it.  One minute the hero, the next you wear the horns .. but that isn't what happened.
 
He should have been even more motivated to go out and make another play.

Eric Comrie
Nic Petan
Josh Morrissey
 
More players invited to the Canadian camp then any other NHL team.   Should be a fun tournament to watch.

I absolutely *HATE* the hockey mentality of "let players play".    If you don't want a penalty called, don't do something stupid to begin with.   In this case, if you can see the numbers on the back of a players jersey .. keep your hands off of him. 

The 2014 CFL Season is now officially in the books.  And while we as Bombers fans have to say the same thing we’ve been saying for the last 23 years, “Maybe Next Year…”, I did want to take a moment and thank everyone who comes to this site.  Whether you visit monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, or every minute, whether you post regularly, sporadically, or just lurk, you guys are the reason this site is here and continues to thrive.
 
In only our second season of existence, the continued growth of this site has been overwhelming to say the least.  I’m happy to announce that we’ve already renewed the MBB season tickets for next year and they will once again be donated to the Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Winnipeg.  I think it is great that the support of this site not only pays for the expenses incurred in running it, but we are able to share the game day experience with kids who wouldn’t otherwise be fortunate enough to experience it live.
 
And while we are always open to suggestions on how the site is run and things we can do better or add to the site, I’d like to open up this thread for comments in two areas:
 
Any suggestions or ideas on contests or content that you would like to see added to the site for next season.
  With the Grey Cup being held in Winnipeg next year, we are thinking about holding an MBB event during Grey Cup week.   So far, a one day touch football tournament has been suggested.  Looking for thoughts / feedback on this or any other ideas you may have on what we can do or what you would like to see during Grey Cup next year.

The 2014 CFL Season is now officially in the books.  And while we as Bombers fans have to say the same thing we’ve been saying for the last 23 years, “Maybe Next Year…”, I did want to take a moment and thank everyone who comes to this site.  Whether you visit monthly, weekly, daily, hourly, or every minute, whether you post regularly, sporadically, or just lurk, you guys are the reason this site is here and continues to thrive.
 
In only our second season of existence, the continued growth of this site has been overwhelming to say the least.  I’m happy to announce that we’ve already renewed the MBB season tickets for next year and they will once again be donated to the Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Winnipeg.  I think it is great that the support of this site not only pays for the expenses incurred in running it, but we are able to share the game day experience with kids who wouldn’t otherwise be fortunate enough to experience it live.
 
And while we are always open to suggestions on how the site is run and things we can do better or add to the site, I’d like to open up this thread for comments in two areas:
 
Any suggestions or ideas on contests or content that you would like to see added to the site for next season.
  With the Grey Cup being held in Winnipeg next year, we are thinking about holding an MBB event during Grey Cup week.   So far, a one day touch football tournament has been suggested.  Looking for thoughts / feedback on this or any other ideas you may have on what we can do or what you would like to see during Grey Cup next year.

Please post on the topic at hand and not callout individual posters.  If you don't like what someone has to say, there is an ignore function.

Please post on the topic at hand and not callout individual posters.  If you don't like what someone has to say, there is an ignore function.

Even if they report themselves as straight, they are still gay....
 
The question is whether or not the same percentage would be applied to professional sports, and why wouldn’t it be?
 
You could argue that it is a small sample size compared to the general population and the stats would be skewed somewhat, but by that rationale, the percentage could just as easily be larger as it would be smaller. 
 
Seems people want to believe that the percentage would be smaller because professional athletes should be more “manly”. 

Earlier this season it would have been a no-brainer start for Pavs - a big game against a very good team.  So this is a mindset change for the coaching staff and likely a show of condidence in Hutch.  I hope he plays great.  I'd love to know we have a future Starter on our hands with him

Good game by Pavs yesterday.   He does seem to do better when there is competition to push him.   Be interesting to see who they play against Boston.  Do you play Pavs again after a good performance, or do you play Hutch against the team that drafted him?
 
Having two goalies playing well is a good problem to have.

This is way off topic on the video game front, but feeds nicely into your Skynet comparison.  Very interesting read on anyone planning to buy a new "Smart" TV.
 
http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/im-terrified-my-new-tv-why-im-scared-turn-thing

Odds and Sods switched over to regular forum posts in the middle of last season for that very reason!

I'd like to see a gradual increase in his workload, not just immediately hand over the job. Keep upping his playing time and see if he can maintain what he's doing now.
 
Start Pavelec tonight and go back to Hutch against Boston.

Neither our DC....or for that matter our OC...... has made much of a case for retention.  Enough of this mythical power struggle nonsense, and just get on with improving this club with some new coaches...

What worries me about that though is the sometimes disappearance of the guys who *have* been in the playoffs like Ladd and Buff.  These guys should be the warriors every night.

What happens IF the Jets were to actually make it into the playoffs.  At that point the games get tougher, more physical, more intense, everything is ratcheted up a notch and you've got the wear and tear of 82 games on your body.  You need to be able to rely on your 4th line contributing more ice team.

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Sound off doesn't really sound like a good thing.  Usually means he is going to speak up about something.

I work in IT, and while I don't work in the specific fields for these products, I have a basic enough understanding of how technology and the internet works to make somewhat informed decisions on how I use new technology.  For people who have no idea and just "trust" the manufacturers of what they buy and the internet services they use, it can be pretty scary the data and patterns they unknowingly give up about themselves.
 
I grew up at a time when we "only" had 13 channels on cable TV with a dial to change the channel and no remote as well as a rotary phone land line.  I have friends who lived in the country and had a party line where they had to share the same phone number with their neighbors (ie. pick up the phone and if you hear someone talking, it is your neighbor using the line so hang up and come back and try again later).  
 
I find it really scary what this generation grows up with as "normal" in terms of privacy and data that is shared and known about individuals.  When you never know another way, and this is just the way things are, more and more is taken.
 
Now I'm going to go sit on my porch with my shotgun and be a crotchety old man....