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  1. Wasn't sure of the best place to mention this, and I don't know what people think of Nic Demski these days, but he was on H&L this morning. He acknowledges that he's under contract to the Rider's, and since the Bomber's are rivals he always hopes they lose, but he did seem to emphasize that he's under contract for now. He also seemed like he would be quite open to playing for the Bomber's. Maybe a convenient ill-timed fumble in the banjo bowl that results in a Bomber touchdown and a couple key drops - purely unintentional of course - might expedite his departure out of Regina? Probably reading too much into it, but here is the interview: http://www.tsn.ca/radio/winnipeg-1290/demski-no-love-lost-for-hometown-bombers-1.562759
  2. In a perfect world, Bob Irving's last PBP call will be counting down the final seconds in a Bomber Grey Cup victory. Go out on top.
  3. I was only responding to the point of "when was the last time a rookie scored 25-30 goals". And there have been several in the last two years, and several others that came very close, missing by one or two goals. And if McDavid hadn't missed half a season he very likely would have done it. Whether any Jets rookie will, that I don't know. Now, if you're expecting 35 goals from a rookie, that's very rare in today's NHL.
  4. Actually, rookies scoring 25-30 goals are not that rare - there are a few every year. From a quick check on NHL.com stats, 2015-2016 rookies who scored 25-30 goals (or close to it) Artemi Panarin 30 goals Jack Eichel 24 goals Connor McDavid 16 goals in 45 games (extrapolates to 29 goals in 82 games) Dylan Larkin 23 goals Sam Reinhart 23 goals 2014-2015 rookies: Johnny Gaudreau 24 goals Mark Stone 26 goals Filip Forsberg 26 goals Mike Hoffman 27 goals Anders Lee 25 goals
  5. At least Rob Vanstone is a little more balanced in his reporting than Pedersen (although I don't know what he's usually like). Says the $5000 fine was petty, but acknowledges that other teams have been fined for the same thing. About the extra players on the practice squad he says: "Members of the local media — and this reporter, especially — should be feeling rather sheepish. We all knew that the Roughriders were working out extra players after practice. It happened in front of us every day, while we were waiting for Jones to conduct his daily scrum. One day, I even counted the number of players (at least 20) who were working out after practice. Was anything written? Was anything assigned? Were any questions asked? No. I could have written about it. I could have assigned somebody to write about it. I was a glittering 0-for-2, and guilty of an assumption that business was being conducted as per usual in the CFL." Wonder of RiderFans will ban him for trolling because of this? http://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/the-cfls-latest-fine-is-needlessly-petty?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
  6. This game kind of reminded me of one in the 1984 season against Calgary. The Bombers scored touchdowns on their first five possessions and were up by 35 halfway through the 2nd quarter, and then did nothing offensively for the rest of the game. It didn't matter as I think Calgary only had one touchdown.
  7. Not a player, but Alan Eagleson was removed from the HHOF after his embezzlement, fraud, etc. charges.
  8. I wondered that too - they look like the same colour of gold they used for the (thankfully) old uniforms. In the cfl.ca article about the new uniforms they have a photo of Willy and Dressler (I think?) wearing the new uniform and the gold for the pants looks darker (and nicer), matching the helmet. Maybe when they did the press conference they didn't have the new pants and just wore the old ones? Seems odd that they would have the press conference without the proper pants, but hopefully the pants will be a darker gold.
  9. I have a vague recollection that, at the time, they said the dye used for the royal blue jersey was no longer available, so they had to change. Three possibilities with this: 1. My memory could be completely wrong and this never happened (highly possible); 2. It's true that the dye was no longer available and they had to change; 3. The Bomber's said that, but it was just a made up excuse to change colour and blame it on someone else, i.e. "don't blame us - it's out of our control".
  10. I didn't like the blue shoulders on the white jersey at first, but it's grown on me since. I still think I would have preferred the classic all-white look, but this version looks good too. The main thing is that they finally went back to the right colour of blue.
  11. Now that the royal blue's are back, next they need to bring back trench coats for the head coach. That is a classic look!!
  12. As per twitter (I don't know how to embed twitter posts). Edit: read the instructions and figured it out!
  13. I remembered the situation with Makarov, but a big assist to Wikipedia for the details!
  14. He was, but that probably had more to do with the NHL's hatred of the WHA. The AHL is a professional league, so by the same argument a player shouldn't be considered a rookie if they played there. There is an age restriction where the player has to be 26 or younger at the start of the season. That came as a result of Sergei Makarov, if anyone remembers him. He was part of the old Soviet Union's famous KLM line in the 1980's and played internationally against the best players in the world for years. Calgary was able to get him in 1990 when he was 31, and since he hadn't played in the NHL he was considered a rookie despite everything he did in the 1980's. He won the Calder and everyone thought it was ridiculous that he was considered a rookie, and after that the NHL instituted the age restriction.
  15. The one course of action the official's do have is to make Wideman's life miserable on the ice next season, even for the rest of his career. He'll likely get called for anything that can be remotely considered a penalty, which will affect the Flames or whatever team he plays for. It may even cost him some years at the end of his career if teams feel it's a liability to have him if he's getting penalties all the time. Hasn't it been speculated that E. Kane gets treated more harshly by the refs because of his habit of beaking at them all the time? Imagine what they'll do to Wideman.
  16. Thanks for this - I was at that game!!! It's neat watching the style of goaltending in the 80's compared to now - it was still very much a stand-up style of goaltending.
  17. I always thought that a logical plot for a sequel to the first Star Trek, given how it ended, would have been as follows: a well-respected, decorated Star Fleet captain, who worked their up through the ranks becoming captain of several other vessels and demonstrating their command abilities, and should have been first in line to become captain of the Star Fleet flagship when Pike moves on, becomes disillusioned and enraged when a mere cadet is promoted to captain of the Enterprise ahead of him (or her). They then embark on a personal vendetta against Kirk and Star Fleet.
  18. A bit off topic, but something always seemed really stupid to me about when Padme was giving birth. The medical droid tells Yoda and Obi-Wan that they need to work quickly if they want to save the babies, and Yoda and Obi-Wan are clearly surprised at the word babies. With all of their highly advanced medical technology didn't Padme ever have a freakin' pre-natal exam!! And Yoda and Obi-Wan, with their highly advanced force powers, couldn't somehow detect that she was carrying twins.
  19. A little off topic as this relates to episode's I-III, but here is an interesting article on how all of the necessary plot points were there to make it a great trilogy, but George Lucas completely missed almost all of them. I think that's what makes those movies so annoying and frustrating to fans - all of the necessary ingredients were available, but Lucas sc***ed it up. http://www.gamesradar.com/george-lucas-nearly-wrote-perfect-prequel-trilogy-he-just-didnt-seem-notice/ I wonder if, now that Disney owns the rights, if they might reboot that part one day. Would be neat to see episode's I-III made properly.
  20. It's not that I didn't like Ren's style, just that it was more hack-and-slash than what they usually showed. It seemed like a Knight with a big, 2-handed broadsword instead of a fencing style of fighting. My favourite lightsaber duel is still the opening volley of Obi-Wan/Vader I in Revenge of the Sith. Yes, I believe the lightsaber they showed was Luke's first one which used to be Anakin's. In Return of the Jedi he had a green blade.
  21. I suppose I compared it to wrestling where Ren was built up as the unstoppable monster heel who was beaten clean by someone in their first match, even though he was injured. I thought of Empire Strikes Back where Vader basically toys with Luke, despite Luke's training with Obi-Wan and Yoda, and when Vader decides to end the fight he does it in short order. I would have had Rey hold her own for a while, showing that she is quite strong with the force, but eventually overmatched, and then Chewie comes in for the save. I agree that Ren's swordplay seemed very basic and it's a good point that it may not be his strong suit. I thought they were going to explain why Ren's lightsaber crackled and was all ragged, but maybe that's for a future movie. I said to my wife when I got home (for some reason she had no interest in going!!) that they finally seemed to write a really good female character in Star Wars. Leia was alright, Padme was meh, but I thought Rey was a great character. Good thought that maybe she's Luke's daughter. I was a bit surprised at how early in the movie they revealed that Ren was Han and Leia's son, but I guess they had to for the plot. All in all, I completely agree with your holy **** assessment! I'm already looking forward to the next one. Only three more years, if they do it the same as the others.
  22. I'll go first since I live in New Zealand so it officially opened here yesterday and I've seen it. First off, great movie and WAY better than I-III. When Han and Chewie first appear it was almost a bit emotional! The only real issue I had was the fight between Rey and Kylo Ren. Ren is supposed to be a master of the force and a legitimate threat to everyone. Rey had only just discovered she has force powers and picked up a lightsaber for the first time. I know Chewie had shot Ren and wounded him, but if he is that powerful he should have been able to easily beat a newbie like Rey. I thought it made him look weak. Maybe they'll address this in future movies.
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