Atomic

Many people feel that we would have been better off starting Goossen at right guard and Sears at SAM. It's not like any of the Americans we started at right guard were anything other than truly dreadful. The team did not necessarily "screw him over", but it is tough for a pro athlete to sit on the bench and watch far worse players starting in front of him when there is a perfectly acceptable solution available. More favouritism by O'Shea and Etch, I'm afraid.

They sat him on the bench for weeks while he was healthy and worse players started ahead of him. He's good enough that he won't have to deal with that elsewhere. Just more Etch head-games.

Pav has to win tonight or he is going to be losing even more starts. His numbers have not been good lately. (.887 over last 5 games)

Let's take the DC out of the equation. If a veteran player is asked to play more of a "mentor-back up role" by any coach, on any team, and he feels he can still play the game, why would he not accept that role…and play his way back onto a roster? There have been many instances where a player is asked to do just that…and he does it, all for the good of the team - you know, the reason why he's still employed and given another chance. That's a leader…and I would venture to say, a reason why he was brought here in the first place. Hell we can look at this past season for a couple examples. Alex Suber got hurt in preseason and lost his spot on the roster to a new guy playing well. We didn't hear a peep out of the guy about being unhappy and he didn't throw any hissy fits and quit, just showed up to practise and eventually got traded. Or Johnny Sears, got hurt, couldn't get back on the roster for ratio reasons. No bitching and moaning or quitting, just practised hard and waited for his chance to get back on the roster then played so well they couldn't take him out again. Part of being a football player is the professional part. Everyone on that team feels like they should be a starter, sometimes you have to put the team ahead of yourself and just work harder to get what you want. Sure but you think Sears is going to re-sign here after the way they treated him? No way.

That's for sure!

Sounds reasonable. Etcheverry is poison.

I think I saw someone report that he wants experienced coordinators in both spots.

I don't think they would allow the playoff team to draft higher. That just seems silly.

Vega was a big let-down. I hope there is lots of competition for his spot next season.

Brunner cleared waivers

How so? What do you like about his game?

I'll be rocking the Buff jersey at the game tonight to support the big guy's move back to D so if you see a guy in a Byfuglien jersey at the game, run up, slap him across the face and yell "Morning Big Blue!!!"

Ellerby is injured.

The only reason they haven't announced anything yet is because they haven't made a decision on Etch's future yet. Otherwise we would have heard. And taking this much time to make that decision is totally ridiculous.

Ok I'll do it!

That is the only way I can see it working as well. There would be a mighty cold wind up there in late November. I was in the endzone temp seating in Canad Inns at the 2006 Grey Cup and I'm still shaking off the cold.

Brouillette missed games early in the season with the IceCaps but apparently has been playing well. He has also played in the NHL before, with the Caps, so he might not be a bad option. Regardless, this is the first real injury trouble the Jets have got into this year, so it should be interesting to see how they handle it.

Looks like Dustin Byfuglien will be moved to defence. "One of our best options" said Maurice. #nhljets #cbcmb — Jeff Hamilton (@jeffkhamilton) December 4, 2014 Zach Bogosian expected to miss 4-6 weeks with lower body injury, Enstrom to miss rest of month. Clitsome out two weeks. #nhljets #cbcmb — Jeff Hamilton (@jeffkhamilton) December 4, 2014 No Bogosian, Enstrom, Little or Clitsome at #NHLJets practice today. Bogosian hurt himself after blocking a shot yesterday. #cbcmb — Jeff Hamilton (@jeffkhamilton) December 4, 2014

Wow, talk about horribly misrepresenting a story. Here is the actual story for anyone interested: http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2014/11/canzano_her_name_is_brenda_tra.html

Perreault had a great game as well

I think you might be misinterpreting their point. They were making that point to show how poorly Edmonton has drafted, and outside of their multiple top 3 picks in recent years, have almost nothing to show from the other 40 (?) draft picks they've made. Contrary to that, the Jets look to have picked up a lot of talent outside of the first round of the draft. From a managerial point of view, these are teams headed in totally opposite directions. I understand that. Their discussion wasnt about the Jets, I just thought it was interesting to take their point and apply it to the Jets who are certainly doing a far better job of drafting then the Oilers but still arent up to the cup contender average. The Oilers are a mess of epic proportions. How you can draft that high for so many years and be this bad is beyond me. If they end up with McDavid, it would be a damn travesty. But we arnt cup contenders yet.... or am i missing something? Right. My point simply being an interesting observation. I didnt know about a correlation between home grown draft picks and cup teams. I find that interesting. Its a point towards the jets' draft and develop mentality even when fans want a quicker turn around. Because of what we got from Atlanta, it might take for then five years before 11 draft picks are regulars on our team. Just another measure of our development. And then compared to the mess in Edmonton.... oh boy. We'll have 11 draft picks as regulars next year.

Just to confirm, re: Jets draft picks still with the team: Scheifele, Little, Lowry, Enstrom, Bogosian, Kane, Trouba, Postma, Slater. That's 9.

I think Rich makes a good point. Maybe if we were playing the top line 24-25 minutes per night, I could see the argument that they will run out of gas. But as it stands, our top line is getting the same minutes as any other top line, maybe even less than some teams. I have a hard time believing that the 3rd line and 2nd line receiving a couple extra minutes per game is going to make a big difference in the long run, in terms of endurance. I mean, most teams aren't playing their 4th line any more than 8 or 9 minutes per game so we're talking about an extra 4-5 minutes spread out between 3 lines here. However I still believe we should be looking to improve that 4th line. I think JC Lipon and Patrice Cormier are both guys in our system that could eventually work their way into the mix. I also think that if we are in playoff position come March, we will be looking really hard at making some trades to improve our depth. I still believe that had Scheifele not been injured last year, Chevy would have made a move at the deadline to try to push the team into the playoffs. I have no reason to believe he won't be looking to do the same this year. And hey, let's get some love in here for Ben Chiarot. Nice to know we have at least one guy in St. John's who can step up and fill a hole on defence when necessary.

Where is Walters? Why no announcement on the coaching staff? He must know everyone is waiting. Seems to me Kyle is getting a little too comfortable in the big chair. He showed a hell of a lot more hustle last year around this time, I hope he's not getting complacent. The fans deserve to know. Other teams are already hiring new staffs and Bomber fans are totally left in the dark. Not liking this.

I think that is probably pretty accurate.