kelownabomberfan

All the best to Buck. If Lapo can keep Willy alive this year instead of the previous QB killing ground we had as an offensive scheme, I know Buck will be a great mentor and super coach. This is a step in the right direction in my opinion.

I was in Costco yesterday and ran into some people in line who were Rider fans (came up as we were chatting). They were cheesed that we've signed all of their players and I was cheesed that we had signed all of their players. So it was a mutual cheesing.

Oh, it's just getting started... http://www.tsn.ca/talent/mondaymustread-scott-approached-about-movie-1.431618

You would think Buck would want to stick close to home, as he's in baby-making mode right now.

I actually enjoyed it. I also found the skills competition somewhat funny and sort of interesting too. A few of the players hammed it up and made it fun. This was awesome though, icing on the cake: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=800494&navid=DL|NHL|home Kudos to the Nashville fans for selecting John Scott as MVP, and for lustily booing Gary Bettman. http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=941105 It's too bad that the CBC rushed to end their broadcast so quickly.

You forgot Edmonton in 2006 and Ottawa in 2007. Canada's had its chances to win the Cup, we've just choked when we've had the chance.

In BC we sure do.

This made me remember the time Perry Tuttle spoke to our class in Niverville and someone asked him if he was nervous playing in front of 30,000 people at Winnipeg Stadium (that's what it was called back then) and he just laughed and said that he played in front of crowds much bigger in high school in the US. We were stunned. Didn't have the internet back then.

well someone has to replace Addison Richards on the P/R after he has a blockbuster break-out year in 2016.

I hear you ISO, yet I see teams like Montreal and Calgary continually finding players, despite the changes down south. Winnipeg used to be a great destination for talent, which is why we consistently fielded great teams during that era. I don't know what happened. Maybe it was when Reinebold took over from Cal, but someone severed that pipeline, and we've really sucked ever since (with a few flashes of greatness here and there).

How about they just do what they did in the 1980's, and do it again? Man they always had such a huge flow of talent coming through Winnipeg in those years. I don't know how you just "forget" to scout like they used to. What happened? I look at teams like Calgary and every time a guy goes down, someone even better seems to just seamlessly pop up from nowhere and take his place. I would just focus on what Huffer does, and do that here.

Willy to Dressler - the new Khari to Milt combo we've been hungering for for all these years?

Cormier should get the bulk of PP time going forward, with Peluso and Thorburn.

Sherrie, Tenley and Colburn - condolences on your husband and dad. Know that you'll always be part of the Bomber family.

Sanders is creeping up on Hilary. So much so that her campaign is now running around calling Sanders a communist. They are really getting scared.

So he is the captain now.

http://jam.canoe.com/Television/2016/01/21/22595608.html speaking of extraneous bullshit.

Cormier = John Scott 2017

Addison Richards excluded of course. He's game breaker material if I ever saw it.

yeah I always liked how he said he was going to go to a bush party to celebrate after every win. Fan favorite for sure.

I agree when it comes to presidents who are comedians, Obama is definitely better at being a comedian than a president.

refuse or we'll trade you and then send you to the minors. Oh wait, they did that.

I think blaming "greed" is a bit too simplistic. Every other major sport has an All-Star game, including the NFL. If the NHL doesn't have one they look pretty lame. In the "old" days of only even 20-30 years ago, there was a "purse" to be won by the winning team, and given a lot of players were playing for only a few hundred K a year or less the purse was worth playing for. Nowadays everyone is a mega-millionaire and so they really could care less about winning the game, no matter what the purse is. You knew Gordie Howe would go out there and elbow everyone in the head just because he wanted to win, even if there was no prize money. And that's why old-timey All-Star games were actually worth watching, because the players were trying. Those days are long gone. Last season I turned off the game in disgust, especially when the announcers started talking to players while they were out on the ice, huffing and puffing into their microphones. It was a nice try to make a really dull game more interesting, but it failed miserably. If you have fan voting, the fans should be given a slate of options of who to vote for, rather than just being allowed to vote for anyone, including career fringe players. Next year let's get Patrice Cormier into the All-Star game. Awesome.

I'd like to know how everyone knows who everyone else is friends with, and why that matters.

looking at the Moose roster, there's not a lot jumping out there in terms of point production. De Leo is one of the highest scorers, but that's not saying much.