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I think Ellerby signed somewhere else didn't he? Perhaps Europe?

I think Postma is a good guy to have around as depth. He is used to playing in the NHL at this point and he can step into a top 4 type of role if one of our guys go down. I'm more comfortable with him on the second PP unit than I would be with say, Chiarot, Stu, Harrison, or Pardy.

This is the kind of day where I will slam a couple double cheeseburgers from McD's in my car on the way home from work, quickly change, and then run out the door to head to the game. I don't mind it to be honest, sucks for those who can't get off work early though.

Bryant Turner meets Rakeem Cato in the backfield

Eskimo d-line looks like it might be the best in the league this year and they will get far on that alone. Nichols will probably lose some games for them... but they can win with him if the rest of the team plays well. Their o-line is seriously questionable right now too.

Ottawa looks like last season

That's a narrow point of view, it's not just about sacks, it's about sacks, hits, and hurries. Not to mention forced holding calls.

Bowman came in with the Riders, not sure who was in charge at the time. Mike Kelly/John Murphy brought him to Winnipeg. Willis started out in Calgary, brought to Winnipeg by Kelly/Murphy. Matthews was a Mack find but he isn't in the league right now which I believe was the question. I don't know why my name changed, the mods must have done it.

I thought Lemieux was done but I could be wrong. Anyways according to reports from development camp he looks like one of our most "ready" prospects.

Johnny Sears Chad Simpson Alex Hall TJ Harris (haha) Jason Vega Moton Hopkins That's all I can come up with.

That may be a helluva epitaph for Willy and O'Shea. "Famous Last Words" type of stuff.

It's always gotta be a black and white issue, eh? Always about the polar extremes... You're the one with the black and white avatar. yes actually. shame on you for calling everyone liars. it pretty crummy of yoy. I didn't call anyone a liar, not even once.

Idiotic, really. "We expect them to bring more pressure but we certainly don't plan on doing anything about it."

OK guys the head cheerleader has spoken so I guess we can put this issue to rest. Those of us concerned about Willy's health are evil, dastardly people out to destroy the Bombers and football in general. Shame on us.

Calgary lost a couple good OL and a couple good receivers. They're not a 15-3 team anymore but they are still at the top of the league. Hard to imagine anything other than a Ticats-Stamps Grey Cup this season.

See that's some scary ****.

I like that they're trying out some different guys on the DL. Kashawn Fraser was pretty good last year when he got a chance.

That's a good point. I wonder about some of these cars that can park themselves or brake when you're getting to close to the person in front of you. This is giving a little too much control to the computer systems and therefore anyone who gains control of the computer systems. TUP posted an interesting theory in the missing Malaysian flight thread that involved a hacker gaining control of the plane through a certain panel that could be exposed in the cabin. Of course, this is the trade-off we all consider. Having computer systems in planes allows us to do a lot of good stuff. It's a security risk but do the benefits outweigh the risk? That's the question we have to keep asking.

These so-called cyber attacks don't serve much of a purpose... and I say so-called because I don't think they are originating from foreign governments. You wouldn't openly hack something just to prove you can do it, because then the vulnerability gets patched. It would be pointless... basically just a giant act of government ****-swinging. I guess you can't rule that out altogether. As for the U.S., wikileaks has released plenty of documents that shows that the U.S. actively engages in cyber espionage. I'd be surprised if the U.S. isn't capable (possibly more capable than anyone on Earth) of large-scale cyber-attacks and their hand has just never been forced.

Chris Williams

I know they lined up with Briggs and Hurl in the middle of a 3-4 during training camp a few times. The 3-4 has been practiced before, this isn't a new development.

Every time you put a piece of software in something, it introduces a security risk. The size of the security risk depends on who created the software. But every piece of software has a vulnerability, even if it hasn't been discovered yet. This puts our need for security directly at odds with our desire for the automation provided by software. Couple this with a software industry that is still very young in comparison to other critical professions like engineering and medicine, and you have a recipe for disaster. The software industry is still searching for the best ways to build software, but the world isn't willing to wait. So what do we have now? The so-called "Internet of Things", where everything is connected. You can get refrigerators that are wi-fi compatible. Do we really need this? On the other hand, someone hacking your fridge wouldn't be the worst thing. But when we talk about cars, planes, machinery.... missile batteries.... you have to wonder if the push for progress is growing beyond our grasp.

But what does it all mean, Mark?

lol well if CapGeek still existed this would be much easier. I just think that he would have gotten at least 6 mil when you look at Frolik getting 4.3 as a baseline. How much more would someone pay for Ladd, who is obviously the superior player in pretty much every way? You gotta think the price tag is $6 million or more, for at least 5 years. http://www.hockeybuzz.com/cap-central/team.php?team=WIN Thanks. Is this site accurate? There's a few sites out there with numbers but I think most of them were pulling from CapGeek and they're kinda struggling now that it's gone.

lol well if CapGeek still existed this would be much easier. I just think that he would have gotten at least 6 mil when you look at Frolik getting 4.3 as a baseline. How much more would someone pay for Ladd, who is obviously the superior player in pretty much every way? You gotta think the price tag is $6 million or more, for at least 5 years.