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and goalies don't have much value in trades either so don't pretend you're going to get anything of value from anyone for a goaltender.

OK but those are the throw ins on a Trouba for Hall base right?

There's still only one football and someone is going to be left out and be more of a decoy rather than actually putting up numbers. Numbers are what gets a receiver paid.

you really don't know what realistic means do you? Toby is a good defenceman, but the Oilers don't really need a guy like him, They don't need a Ladd either because they have a lot of pieces at forward that are good enough. They need D and a guy like Buff would be good, problem is he has very little term left on his contract so his value is automatically lowered because of that but fans don't take into account contracts when they talk about value and Jets fans will want Eberle + but one year of Buff ain't worth Eberle with his cost certainty and production level for the next 5 years.

Not surprising really, there were lots of rumours that one of the reasons he was traded by Edmonton was the fact that he was into "the drugs"

I don't even think it's the cost, I think someone is going to be unhappy with the lack of work they're getting. Lot of those guys probably went with the idea of being more involved. That's the brutal reality of football, there are no guarantees. It's likely one or two of these receivers will shake loose and be picked up by other CFL teams. Don't think other teams are going to want to acquire the contracts Marcel signed them to, so trades are unlikely. Should be interesting. Continually doing stuff like that though gets you on a lot of players **** lists. They already have Kevin Glenn pissed at them for the shenanigans, now you likely got a few receivers. Can't help but think Desjardins is digging himself a hole again.

very nicely summed up. All the same issues I had with Man of Steel.

Jurassic World looks just terrible. I saw a quote that I think sums it up, if the movie was called "Dino-land" rather than trading on the Jurassic Park name everyone would laugh at this awful B movie. I'll watch it don't get me wrong because the inner 12 year old still loves dinosaurs but good grief. As for fantastic 4, yeah how about no? The franchise sucked the first time they tried and it still sucks.

I don't even think it's the cost, I think someone is going to be unhappy with the lack of work they're getting. Lot of those guys probably went with the idea of being more involved.

Ahhh the regular whining about people whining about a guy who is seen as a whiner.... I wish we could all be as enlightened as you and above such pettiness.....

Marcel "average at best" Bellefeuille will undoubtedly be the weak link

Mack's fault was in picking coaches and, debatably, may have had trouble with the CIS Draft, but you absolutely can not say he didn't bring in high competition in the form of Import talent. Far better than what we've seen so far from MOS/KW regime, tho that's understandably a limited comparison... Yeah Walters has a long way to go to be on the same level as Mack when it comes to recruiting American players. The failing for Mack was expecting rookies to come in and be coached up very quickly AND hiring very poor coaches. Walters has focussed more on free agents and talking a good game about the draft. This year is a big year to see if his scouting department can get the job done.

Superman is a terrible character to try and turn into a gritty realistic one like they did with the Nolan Batmans. Superman is a god. flat out stop. At this point his powers are such that he can do whatever he needs to. There is never any danger for Superman, at least Batman can be taken down by a bullet. Superman is all about him being a boyscout and how despite being the god he is he is still a champion of humanity and doing the right thing. That just doesn't fly well in the action movie genre. They had success with dark and gritty Batman movies but you can't do that with every super hero. That's one thing that Marvel has done right. They haven't taken themselves as seriously as the Nolan Batmans did or Man of Steel tried to. I don't have a lot of faith in Warner Bros. shoe horning in a Justice League thing. It reeks of seeing Marvel with their tied universe and the Avengers raking in all the money and trying to say "ME TOO!!!" Problem is the only thing that WB has gotten right with their super hero movies so far is Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Dark Knight Rises was OK but it had a lot of issues in it and if not for how good The Dark Knight was I doubt it would be regarded terribly highly.

We say this every ******* year...

The first book and the first season of the show are very similar, but starting in season 2 they started making all sorts of crappy changes. I understanding changing things for TV, but they went too far and really dumbed things down and did a ton of whitewashing.

The surprising news is that the Riders for once didn't blow the cap. I am sure they will correct that error next season.

Harumph! Harumph! Harumph! I pvred the first episode, haven't watched it yet, don't know if I even want to watch this season. Everything I've seen indicates they've gone on the "what source material?" kick and every time they stray from the books it ******* sucks. Show runners have a pretty bad history, they just lucked out getting such great material to work with initially. Now having said that I read the books long before it was ever an HBO show and I'm a big believer that books are almost always better than the film adaptations. TL:DR I have no faith in the show to do justice without the books to guide them. GRRM write faster you fat bastard!

Just make progress.

hmmm guy with outstanding warrants, driving an unregistered car, running from police, maybe even getting into a physical altercation with them.... yeah it's over board for him to be shot and killed and the loss of life is tragic but your wording of "some poor dude" is just so wrong.

implying that they aren't already a farce?

all people have ever wanted from PI calls is consistency. Changing rules all the time and having the bullshit reviews doesn't add to consistency, it lessens it.

Yep if it's an uncontested offensive game it's not exciting. One of the things that makes football great is one side winning those individual physical battles. A receiver making a great catch with e DB all over his back. Now we'll see some minor contact drawing a flag and teams will move 20 yards up field for doing nothing. It's a tough physical game, why are we pussifying it like this?

It's not just expansion either, a ton of teams had new quarterbacks this year, a couple others had their regular starters hurt for significant portions of the season. It's really no wonder that offensive production was down last year. I think it was realistic to see it bounce back this year anyway with more experience for some teams new qbs and perhaps better health from Durant and Lulay.

The CFL needs to learn to just leave well enough alone sometimes. They get so focussed on trying to "fix" problems that crop up once they lose sight of the big picture.