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Not a whole lot out there unless you believe Ben Bishop is going to make it to free agency. Steve Mason, Ryan Miller, Jonathan Bernier.... I don't know. Not a huge improvement from any of those options, IMO.

I see. Certainly I wouldn't want to use a top pick on a guy who has been drafted or signed an FA deal. But Grey will almost definitely get a mini-camp invite and we've seen that that can turn into an NFL deal (rarely, but possible). I'd still use a top pick on him for sure. I put Herdman in that same category.

So then couldn't we just sign any bum after the season? Why does it have to be Hutch? EDIT: I guess the expansion is before FA. Hmmm! Well then. Stupid Golden Knights.

Yeah the Muscle buster looks pretty dangerous to me. Basically fold the guy up like an accordion. Maybe not. But Kidd has the injury to show for it. Nak vs AJ would be INCREDIBLE. I think it was on the NXT takeover pre-Wrestlemania last year that Nak wrestled Sami Zayn and it was one of the best matches I've ever seen. He also had the "injury" in his match against Bobby Roode on Saturday. I don't know what that means for his future and when he will be up with the main roster. Bobby Roode is a guy I can't wait for. He's my favourite in NXT right now.

I'm sure we can get him cheaper than what he's asked from Ottawa. No one is going to make him a starter this season but IMO he has potential to be a starter in the future. Seems like the perfect guy to have here backing up Harris.

Do you have to expose a goalie? I thought we could protect one goalie regardless of who is left exposed.

I'd argue the Tyson Kidd incident was partially his fault for using such a dangerous move in the first place. That sucks about Rollins. He's one of the best they've got. Y2J will probably be gone after Wrestlemania too so RAW could be getting a little thin. If they're planning on filling gaps created by Rollins/Jericho with Balor/Samoa Joe... yikes. Things not looking good for RAW!

Which part?

What is the potential return for Pav? A late-round pick? If we're still in the playoff race I don't see any reason to make that deal. Just send Hutch down and if he gets claimed so be it. He's not going to be a Jet next year either way.

Who are you referring to? Justin Senior is definitely an OL, but he's also ranked #1 by CFL scouting. The #2 guy in September was Kwaku Boateng and he is most certainly a defensive end. The latest rankings have Boateng down to #6 but at #3 is DT Eli Ankou. He will have NFL interest.

Love it!

Do we? If we're getting a great player I don't mind waiting for a year or two. I don't really see the benefit of taking a lesser player who will come in and play special teams and maybe rotate in on offence/defence for a few snaps. We already have plenty of guys like that. I think the team is in a good enough position now that we can afford to wait on a star rather than intentionally taking a worse player just to have them in the lineup right away.

Why?

You can't really tell from the CF% whether it's from better offence or worse defence. One thing you can look at is zone start percentage. If someone is starting in the defensive zone all the time, even if they are good players the other team has a far better chance of generating shots. Myers hasn't played much. But a lower Fenwick in general means that more of your shots are getting blocked or you aren't blocking as many shots. But it's important to remember that it's about everyone on the ice at the time, not just the one player. That's one reason why the sample size for Myers is too small, especially when talking about something as (relatively) rare as shot blocks. I wouldn't read anything into stats in anything less than 20 games played because they jump up and down before leveling off.

He was scheduled to be a free agent in 2 weeks. No reason not to release him.

You can't say it's not good cap management when they have a great team every year. Yeah they have to get rid of good players every year but that just means they have a surplus of good players. I'd have no problem getting rid of Kyle Connor, etc, if we had a great team and were winning consistently.

Pav is gonna be Pav. It really depends if Helle gets better or not. If he keeps playing the way he's played for the majority of the year it will be a Pav-Helle rotation. Remember, there are only 30 games remaining. So Pav "slowly seeing fewer and fewer games" is unlikely simply based on time.

Yeah and Jeff Perrett is on the market so maybe that has become a realistic option? I don't know. I guess this is the time of year when big money guys start getting released.

Maybe the Bombers want to go back to 3 NI on the OL and 1 NI on the DL

Hughes is 2 years older than Westerman and Bowman 3 years older. I'm not saying Westerman's career is over or anything of the sort, just that he's starting to approach the age where most players start to drop off. Just because Jaromir Jagr can play hockey at 46 doesn't mean all players can, and the same principle applies to a guy like John Bowman. It's different for everyone but there are some common trends that apply in *most* cases.

Westerman is also turning 32 this year so who knows how much gas he has left in the tank.

They seem to like the "casual clothes" for the surprise debut. Gallows and Anderson looked about the same when they first appeared and others have as well. I think it goes back to the original appearance of Hall and Nash in WCW... seems more "real" when they are in street clothes? I don't know.

I think we might see a Pav-Helle rotation for the remainder of the year unless one of them starts playing well.

There's no way we're out of it right now. IF this team can find the balls to put together a 3 game winning streak for the first time they'll be right back in the race.

You might be thinking of Robert Marve