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his line is always making something happen. Just all hustle, all the time. That's my kinda NHL player...

Now I'm lost on what contracts go for these days, but that seems good right?

wouldn't that be something if it was Jets vs Leafs for 1st in the division on the final night...

Lowry might be my favourite Jet......would love to see him around long term.

Moderna having supply problems and will be reducing shipments to Canada by approximately half, but Ottawa has struck a deal with Pfizer to more than cover the difference:

I 100% get what you're saying and I do agree, but........I also know TSNs rationale for doing that is that there are as many Leafs etc fans living in all of those regional markets as the "local" team..... the demand from those regional outposts for Toronto teams coverage is still very VERY high, even with a "local" team in that spot. Trust me, I hate it, too....it's insane.......but they've got the numbers to back it up.

I get why people hate it...I truly do.....but the reality is there are just way more Toronto fans across Canada than any other team. The only thing that comes close is Montreal, but it's just generations of Leafs fans raising future Leafs fans that goes back to the Original 6 days...

my thing is....I need good coverage in both rural AB and Calgary, and want the best coverage possible when I'm back home in MB. To date, Bell has been the best choice for all of that. If Rogers or Telus could offer me the same without jacking up my monthly bill, then I'll be looking at it in June when my contract is up.

I really and truly do trust Chevy...he hasn't steered us too far wrong yet. I don't think he'd be selling the farm for a bag of magic beans any time soon.

I've really been looking for an excuse to switch to Telus, on account of what a giant piece of **** Bell is as a company...........this might put me over the edge, if they help kill the thing I love most in life.

This, for me, is what sports is all about...... more so than watching the best players in a given sport compete against one another. It's a geographical thing for me that truly drives my passion...

"Nobody" (Odenkirk, filmed in Winnipeg) begins streaming today....that's my after-work plans tonight anyhow. Here's hoping it lives up to the hype... *edit* They're charging $25 to view it online.... not available to any of the usual streamers yet. That's a big "no thanks" from this guy.....shame.

Intriguing, anyhow....curious to see if that takes off. Hey, tech related thing......... what all are you guys doing for smart watches these days? I'm an Android-only guy, and want to get a new smart watch for the usual stuff...sleep tracking, fitness monitoring, and I like the idea of being able to receive texts and stuff on it. I think @17to85you've got a Samsung, right? What's everyone else doing? Are they all in around that $250 mark -ish?

wild animal backed into a corner....

Leafs without Matthews or Nylander are a different animal, but I'm enjoying making Campbell and Rittich look like assholes...

I would absolutely love for Jack Campbell's big undefeated run to be proven as a mirage and all of a sudden the Leafs have no goaltending....

I know this guy is full of **** more often than not, but if even some of this is true, it's gonna be a rough future........ https://3downnation.com/2021/04/15/promise-of-2021-cfl-season-a-fallacy-scary-stuff-behind-the-scenes-not-being-talked-about-rod-pedersen/ Saskatchewan-based media personality Rod Pedersen has some good news and plenty of bad news. The recently vaccinated broadcaster joined The Jason Gregor Show on TSN 1260 in Edmonton to share that current health models could have fans back in stadiums by September or early October. While that sounds like good news for the CFL, not everything is so cheery. “Let’s not forget half the league office was gutted and aren’t coming back. These aren’t great days in the Canadian Football League and I’m very leery of what I hear from the leaders in the CFL,” Pedersen said. “I don’t think that you can go out on a limb right now and guarantee that there will be a season.” Major media players and top ranking CFL executives have insisted that the league will have a 2021 season, even if it is delayed. Pedersen doesn’t see it the same way, believing the financial ruin suffered by the CFL and the evolving COVID situation makes such statements ludicrous. “I think that they don’t know, and to throw it out there and say, ‘Oh, just trust us, we guarantee there’s a season’ — I just think that’s a fallacy. I think it’s unfair to the fans, but the damage has already been done,” Pedersen emphasized. The league reportedly lost between $60 and $80 million due to the cancelled season in 2020 and some teams are in dire straights according to Pedersen. “There’s some teams very low on cash — very low. I wouldn’t put the Redblacks in that category nor the Stampeders and obviously not the Argos, but these community owned teams have lost millions upon millions,” he explained. “What’s going on in the CFL right now is there’s some teams that I have no idea how they’re keeping the lights on. There’s what’s being publicly portrayed in, ‘Hey, we had a Global Draft and 44 percent of the first round were punters.‘ And then there’s the other side where we’re not sure we’re bringing back our staff. There’s some scary stuff that people aren’t talking about.” The answer to these financial difficulties may lie in the XFL, as the owners from both leagues have agreed to work together to identify opportunities to innovate and grow the game of football. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has stated he’s excited for the ‘unique opportunity’ the CFL and XFL ‘can potentially create together.’ The most recent incarnation of the XFL lasted just five games before the COVID-19 pandemic put their season on hold, which led to Vince McMahon filing for bankruptcy and selling. Johnson, Dany Garcia and RedBird Capital were selected as the winning bidders last August for all of the assets of Alpha Entertainment LLC, the parent company of the XFL. It cost $15 million and the goal is to make the XFL a stable league in the future, which could be aided by a merger with the CFL. The Canadian league in turn could benefit from their infusion of cash, though it might come at the expense of some of the things that make the CFL unique. “Yesterday, a guy that I talked to on the phone from the States, who is a Canadian, said ratio gone. From what he hears, there won’t be one,” Pedersen speculated. “That’s just what he’s hearing, I don’t know if that’s true or not.” Also likely gone is the three down game and the 110 yard field, though no rule conversations have taken place. Additionally a shift to a spring/summer season is favoured by the XFL, begging the question why games should even be played in Canada this year. “There’s a lot of talk about the spring/summer league starting as early as one year from now, the next CFL. So as some have said, why even try to play this year? Why not turn the lights out and go full bore towards next year?,” Pedersen asked. Some may wish to do that, namely Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, Toronto Argonauts owners and the driving force behind XFL talks. “Look guys, the CFL was dying as it was! The rumor is MLSE and the Argos and Alouettes don’t even want to play now. Why are you pounding a square peg into a round hole of playing with a league that is shrinking as it is?,” Pedersen stressed. Whether the CFL plays in 2021 or not may simply be window dressing. The league may already be gone. “No matter what, we’re having a swan song season for the CFL as we know it.”

I think there's a sense of loyalty because TSN took it on when nobody else would. Having said that, I don't know that any other network has even approached the league about possibly broadcasting games. Sure it'd be great to see CBC or S'Net come on board, but if they absolutely want no part of it.......? What can you do? Go back to the days of the CFN with Irving and Neil Lumsden? I don't think that was optimal...

Interesting...always excited to see Heinola get some time with the big club.....Stanley has looked really good at times, and then looked completely lost at other times.

As posted yesterday, TJ Miller, speaking on behalf of the Canucks players, said they are nowhere near ready to play professional hockey. Some of these guys were in REALLY bad shape a week ago. They can't be expected to just get up and play right away, regardless of what money is on the line. They had a conference call with the NHL/NHLPA earlier today and thankfully common sense prevailed.... they will post-pone the 'Nucks games for a bit longer yet.

Actual CFL news?? By gar, it's been awhile! ^^ that above quote is straight outta the Mike O'Shea handbook..... Also, re: 2021 season..... https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/what-next-week-s-bog-meeting-means-to-the-future-of-the-2021-cfl-season~2182003 important part of above: Team reps are meeting daily, and there is a board of governors meeting on Tuesday, after which they're expected to announce the delay of the start of the season. Lalji believes they do not want just an open-ended "season is postponed indefinitely" statement, and are instead wanting to have a hard confirmation of when exactly they will get going, barring another emergency...

Not a huge fan of either of those guys, personally... Didn't really care for Hnidy either. Thought he was overrated. Give me Ferraro or Debrusk or nothin'... Two best in the league. (Darren Pang an underrated - in Canada - analyst as well...)

Lewis is exactly the kind of guy you need to win a Cup...