The Unknown Poster

The Price is Wrong.

Thats a good reason Jaxon. I dont go to enough games to do it but from the games I did go to, I'd be happy walking from Pembina. Easy in and out, easy walk, cheap and convenient. If the weather was poor, I'd likely get a ride or bus/cab. The Rapid Transit station on the old Golf Course grounds is going to improve this experience a lot me thinks.

Not everything is open to interpretation. Some rights and wrongs are black and white. in 2014, we know people dont choose to be gay. And thats still the basis for a lot of the religious buffonery. A moderator of another forum I argued with about this actually professed his believe that being gay is a choice. I assume thats how he reconciles that being gay is against God but God made people gay...well, in his mind God made everyone straight and the evil gay people choose that orientation. We know thats not the case. So its black and white.

If you strike, you never make that money back. Although in this case, a one game strike might get that money back since the offer was so poor. But ultimately, players need to play and make money and the CFL needs to operate and make money so they will come to an agreement.

You almost had me. Your "everyone makes mistakes and deserves forgiveness" idea was interesting. Then you went off in a "guy cant have a different opinion" BS. No, he cant have a different opinion if that opinion fosters hate or is racist, sexist or intolerant. Sure you *can* have that opinion but you cant get upset when people ridicule you for it. It's 2014. Being gay is not a choice. being homophobic is not acceptable. And regardless of whether people use "thats gay" (they shouldnt), thats a far cry from a guy expressing his distaste with the orientation of another person. And the fact he, as a public person, has many followers and thus his backwards hick opinion reaches more people only makes what he did that much stupider. So to summarize: 2014 + homophobic BS = ignorant loser.

I have a good feeling about MB. I might be biased because I like him personally but everyone I know that has spent time with him has come away impressed by him as a person and a football guy. Story I heard was he spent a lot of time since his last gig, touring the US and spending time developing his knowledge. That cant hurt,.

It would be a shame if they cut him and all the other teams had an "agreement" not to sign him for a season.

Two thoughts: - CFL players striking? lol - The salary cap increase offered by the league is laughable

I wont disagree but I enjoy Fox news for a) entertainment value and I like to hear multiple views on issues. Its the crazy rights and crazy lefts that have issues because they will blindly believe everything their "source" tells them. Its like the wing nuts that absolutely know that 9/11 was a US government conspiracy and the buildings were detonated...if they were even there (because they were holograms) or that Aliens abducted the Missing Plane. Like sure, maybe Aliens did do it, but that wasnt my first thought. lol

Yeah but then you have Canada where we have a three party system (sort of) and when anyone but the Liberals win, the media moans about how the winning party didnt have the support of the majority of people.

Good God. Come on. You're smarter than that. "I dont hate you, just the way you were born". Its like KKK who now like the "We don't hate black people, we just love white people" BS. Price is the worst kind of coward. He's just religious enough to know his hick opinion is in the bible but too stupid to realise the bible is the worst source for supporting an opinion like this. And, worst kind of coward because he cant even own his opinion fully. Imagine if, in 2014, he tweeted "nothing personal. I like you as a person but my faith doesn't allow me to support black people (or women, or whatever)". Its the same thing. This is the human rights cause of our time like equal rights for minorities and women were previously. Should have cut him.

And the author Scott Cullen's proposed line up next season: Ladd-Little-Wheeler Kane-Scheif-Frolik Comeau-Jokinen-Buff Tangradi-Slater-Halischuk Extra: Peluso Stuart-Trouba Enstrom-Bogo Morrisey-Clitsome Extra: Postma, Ellerby Pavelec Vokoun ***I see some obvious issues with this line up but its not bad. I especially like Vokoun though I'd like to make a play for Hillier and/or Reimer also.

Yes. The word of God as recorded and translated by man. The issues with that are clear. God didn't write the Bible.

I happen to like Fox News and I "get" their biased in the same there is a lot more left leaning media bias out there. Fox is conservative. They dont pretend otherwise. Other media pretends to be unbiased which is code for "left"

TSN.ca {eot The Winnipeg Jets won 37 games last season, and the franchise hasn't won more than that since 2006-2007 in Atlanta, the last -- and only -- time that they have reached the playoffs. Off-Season Game Plan looks at a Jets team that has an interesting core, a new coach and a problem between the pipes. Many of Winnipeg's core players are in their twenties, in and around their prime years, so while that's reason for optimism, it's also reason for some urgency to take advantage of the kind of production being provided by the likes of Andew Ladd, Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien is an interesting case for the Jets, having shifted from defence to forward part way through last season. While Big Buff is an effective winger, his preference is to play defence, which might make him appealing as a trade candidate for other clubs that are willing to accomodate that desire. But, if Byfuglien sticks around, the Jets have a quality group of forwards, with potential to be really good if Evander Kane and Mark Scheifele continue to develop. Their defence isn't as strong, overall, without Byfuglien, but Jacob Trouba's strong rookie season was encouraging. Basically, the Jets have a competitive group of skaters. Not great, necessarily, but competitive. Then, it comes to goaltending, and that appears to be the area that needs fixing, only GM Kevin Cheveldayoff has backed Ondrej Pavelec as the team's starting goaltender going into next season. Maybe that's the stance that a GM has to take with a guy under contract for three more seasons, but his performance has been crippling to the Jets' playoff chances and if he starts 50-plus games again next season, that is a serious roll of the dice that the Jets are taking with a goaltender that has finished with a league average save percentage once in five NHL seasons. The Jets did fare better under new head coach Paul Maurice, going 18-12-5 in the last 35 games, but that was largely due to favourable percentages and their possession stats only improved slightly over that span. They are close enough to contend for a playoff spot next season, with a couple of savvy moves this summer and further development from young players, but if they don't do something to upgrade in goal, it may all for naught. The TSN.ca Rating is an efficiency rating based on per-game statistics including goals and assists -- weighted for strength (ie. power play, even, shorthanded) -- Corsi, adjusted for zone starts, quality of competition and quality of teammates, hits, blocked shots, penalty differential and faceoffs. Generally, a replacement-level player is around a 60, a top six forward and top four defenceman will be around 70, stars will be over 80 and MVP candidates could go over 90. Sidney Crosby finished at the top of the 2013-2014 regular season ratings at 87.12. Salary cap information all comes from the indispensable www.capgeek.com. CF% = Corsi percentage (ie. percentage of 5-on-5 shot attempts), via www.extraskater.com. GM/COACH Kevin Cheveldayoff/Paul Maurice Returning Forwards Player Rating GP G A PTS CF% Cap Hit Dustin Byfuglien 77.01 78 20 36 56 50.4% $5.2M Blake Wheeler 75.85 82 28 41 69 49.9% $5.6M Evander Kane 74.81 63 19 22 41 51.5% $5.25M Bryan Little 74.61 82 23 41 64 52.9% $4.7M Andrew Ladd 73.59 78 23 31 54 52.9% $4.4M Mark Scheifele 66.91 63 13 21 34 48.6% $863K Jim Slater 57.45 27 1 1 2 49.6% $1.6M Eric Tangradi 57.40 55 3 3 6 53.8% $675K Anthony Peluso 54.84 53 2 3 5 45.6% $563K Free Agent Forwards Player Rating GP G A PTS CF% Class '13-'14 Cap Hit Michael Frolik 68.98 81 15 27 42 53.0% RFA $2.333M Olli Jokinen 64.17 82 18 25 43 49.2% UFA $4.5M Devin Setoguchi 63.46 75 11 16 27 48.8% UFA $3.0M Matt Halischuk 58.07 46 5 5 10 44.5% RFA $650K Chris Thorburn 57.18 55 2 9 11 43.3% UFA $867K James Wright 53.76 59 0 2 2 47.7% RFA $650K Shifted to forward at the end of his run by since-departed coach Claude Noel, Dustin Byfuglien appears to be set for that spot again next season. That presumes that Byfuglien doesn't get moved in the summer, which is always a possibility, but also operates under the premise that the Jets are better with Byfuglien at forward. Byfuglien, individually, had a 51.7% Corsi percentage before he was moved to forward and 48.0% after. That aside, in 32 games at (mostly) forward, Byfuglien had 10 goals, 12 assists and 102 shots on goal. On a per-game basis, those numbers would have placed him with pretty nice company last season. It's a little interesting that the bottom name on that list is Brent Burns, the Sharks' winger who also used to play defence. Over the past three seasons, Blake Wheeler has 174 points, which ranks 22nd in the league over that span and last year's 50 even-strength points was tied for 13th in the league with David Krejci and Thomas Vanek. Wheelers is big and can move, which allows him to create mismatches depending on what gives him the advantage on a particular defender. Evander Kane uses his terrific speed to generate shots at an elite level, but has been a relatively low-percentage finisher. Some of that is due to not getting first-unit power play time and, even at even-strength, could use better linemates to help him out. That doesn't absolve Kane of any responsibility for his production, which has dipped since scoring 30 goals in 74 games in 2011-2012, but there's still a lot to like about what he brings to the game. After scoing 23 goals and a career-high 64 points, there is a case to be made for Bryan Little as an advanced stats All-Star as one of a handful of players to face top-tier competition, start more shifts in the defensive zone and still have a relative Corsi over plus-10 per 60 minutes. The common perception of Little might be that he's a good second-line centre but the 26-year-old is coming off a season in which he was a full-fledged No. 1 pivot. Team captain Andrew Ladd has scored 98 goals over the past four seasons, ranking 24th in that span. He's a reliable two-way player that can be used in any situation and he is, averaging 19:46 per game in four seasons with the franchise. Mark Scheifele had rounded into form, with 12 goals and 29 points in the last 39 games he played before suffering a season-ending knee injury. Considering that Scheifele managed five points in his first 24 games last season, and had his Corsi percentage rise from 46.7% to 49.7% over those splits, counts as positive indications that he could fulfill the second-line centre role going forward. A sports hernia cost Jim Slater two-thirds of last season, and he's mustered a grand total of two goals and four points in 53 games over the past two seasons. While he's hit double-digits in goals three times in his career, Slater has also missed at least a dozen games in six of nine seasons, so it's getting difficult to count on him, even in a fourth-line role. Though he has a paltry 15 points in 136 career games, big winge Eric Tangradi held his own in a depth role last season, putting up positive possession stats. As an inexpensive fourth-line option, the Jets could do worse. Like most forwards that play less than six minutes per game, Anthony Peluso can't risk playing too many minutes, lest he be exposed. He's a scrapper who can handle the big boys, though, so as long as the Jets are going to leave a roster spot for that role, Peluso can fill it. At the same time, they could probably do without. 26-year-old Michael Frolik established that he hasn't completely forgotten how to create offence, scoring 42 points, his most since 2009-2010. He's still a low-percentage finisher, but a versatile forward who can play both ends of the rink. A couple years removed from a career-best 28-point season, Matt Halischuk has been battling to keep a regular spot in the lineup and, last season, he was overrun in possession terms. He's a viable fourth-line forward, but also one that could quickly be replaced. 24-year-old James Wright has good size, but there isn't much else justifying his place on an NHL roster. Last season, he was one of eight forwards since 2000-2001 to play at least 500 minutes and not register a single goal. The Jets have a solid core of forwards, but can use a couple of top-nine forwards to effectively take spots of unrestricted free agents Olli Jokinen and Devin Setoguchi. Given the free agent alternatives at centre, the Jets could be okay doing a short-term deal with Jokinen and then find a solid checking forward, like Blake Comeau, Jesse Winchester or Daniel Winnik could round out the group nicely. Returning Defence Player Rating GP G A PTS CF% Cap Hit Jacob Trouba 71.45 65 10 19 29 49.0% $894K Grant Clitsome 67.12 32 2 10 12 51.7% $2.067M Tobias Enstrom 66.89 82 10 20 30 50.6% $5.75M Zach Bogosian 63.37 55 3 8 11 49.4% $5.143M Mark Stuart 61.70 69 2 11 13 47.6% $2.625M Paul Postma 58.59 20 1 2 3 47.4% $713K Free Agent Defence Player Rating GP G A PTS CF% Class '13-'14 Cap Hit Adam Pardy 57.93 60 0 6 6 53.7% UFA $600K Keaton Ellerby 57.48 51 2 4 6 48.0% RFA $735K One of the reasons that the Jets might have felt able to move Byfuglien to forward was the emergence of Jacob Trouba, who recovered from a neck injury and led the Jets in ice time following the Olympic break, averaging 23:33 per game. A 20-year-old who can skate, hit and contribute offensively, Trouba will have more responsibility heaped on him, but he has the makings of a No. 1 on the blueline. Back surgery ended Grant Clitsome's season early, but he was logging nearly 20 minutes a night, with positive possession stats at the time of his injury. Clitsome can move the puck and play a solid game, though he's never played more than 63 games in an NHL season, so there's still some unknown regarding his performance over the course of a full season. While Tobias Enstrom's offensive production dipped to a career-low 0.37 points per game last season, he still delivered relatively steady play while facing tough competition. He's small, but mobile and his ability to move the puck is important to the Jets' defence. Zach Bogosian hasn't really made the mark that was expected when he was drafted third overall in 2008 and, on top of being bitten by the injury bug -- he's missed 70 games over the past four seasons -- Bogosian hasn't been able to successfully lock into a shutdown role. That's the objective, but there is still some unexplored potential in the 23-year-old's game. A rugged veteran, Mark Stuart combined for 389 hits and blocked shots last season, ranking third among defencemen (behind Cody Franson and Radko Gudas), so there's no denying that he lays his body on the line. He also tends to spend more of his time in the Jets' end of the ice, though last season he was taking on tougher matchups, playing more minutes once Byfuglien moved up. Paul Postma hasn't been able to hold down a regular spot in the lineup, playing 57 career games and while he has some puck skills and a big shot that suit him on the power play, Postma struggled at even-strength last season. Between Postma, Keaton Ellerby and pending unrestricted free agent Adam Pardy, the Jets had a battle for playing time at the bottom of the defence depth chart. Ellerby could take on more minutes if Pardy departs, but that may just mean a more regular turn in the lineup. The wildcard could be top prospect Joshua Morrissey, who is a fast-rising offensive defenceman. If he makes the club, that could raise the group's ceiling. Returning Goaltender Player Rating GP W L OTL GAA SV% Cap Hit Ondrej Pavelec 60.64 57 22 26 7 3.01 .901 $3.9M Free Agent Goaltender Player Rating GP W L OTL GAA SV% Class '13-'14 Cap Hit Al Montoya 68.70 28 13 8 3 2.30 .920 UFA $601K Over the past three seasons, Ondrej Pavelec has cost the Jets approximately 45 goals compared to the league average, according to Hockey Reference's Goals Saved Above Average measure. It's one thing to be at the bottom of the league in save percentage and another to continually get played at a starter's workload. The Jets have invested money in Pavelec, but it's really had to rationalize him in a starter's role, especially if the team considers itself ready to contend for a playoff spot. There may be challenges to getting rid of Pavelec, not least of which is that Cheveldayoff has said that Pavelec will be the No. 1 goalie next year, but he also may not be particularly appealing to other teams with the Jets paying half of his salary. Given how much it has been a problem lately, though, the Jets have to investigate opportunities to upgrade their goaltending. A trade for Manitoba native James Reimer could work, or signing a free agent like Jonas Hiller, Brian Elliott, Ray Emery or Tomas Vokoun could be worthwhile. Top Prospects Player Pos. Team/League Stats Joshua Morrissey D Prince Albert (WHL) 28-45-73, +6, 59 GP Nicolas Petan C Portland (WHL) 35-78-113, +47, 63 GP Adam Lowry LW St. John's (AHL) 17-16-33, -1, 64 GP Eric Comrie G Tri-City (WHL) 2.57 GAA, .925 SV%, 60 GP Scott Kosmachuk RW Guelph (OHL) 49-52-101, +52, 68 GP Andrew Copp C Michigan (Big 10) 15-14-29, +1, 33 GP Connor Hellebuyck G UMass-Lowell (HE) 1.79 GAA, .941 SV%, 29 GP J.C. Lipon RW St. John's (AHL) 9-32-41, even, 72 GP Brenden Kichton D St. John's (AHL) 10-38-48, +8, 76 GP Julian Melchiori D St. John's (AHL) 1-10-11, +19, 50 GP Eric O'Dell C St. John's (AHL) 17-25-42, +9, 42 GP The 13th pick last summer, Joshua Morrissey had an outstanding year in Prince Albert. If the Jets are willing to live with the mistakes of a smart, teenaged offensive defenceman, then Morrissey (who has six points in eight AHL playoff games) could be a viable challenger for an NHL job as a 19-year-old. An undersized playmaker, Nicolas Petan was a second-rond pick last summer and has been tearing up the WHL for the past couple seasons. Between regular season and playoffs, he's tallied 289 points (in 176 games) and while size may be an issue, the only way to find out if it's going to pose a problem is to wait and see how he does at the next level. A 6-foot-5 winger-turned-centre, Adam Lowry completed his first pro season and is probably not far from challenging for a spot in Winnipeg. The third-round pick from 2011 picked up his play after Christmas, scoring 28 points in his last 43 regular-season games. One of the game's better goaltending prospects, Eric Comrie was a second-round pick in 2013. He struggled in a couple of AHL games at season's end, but had a tremendous season in the WHL. He's also only 18-year-old, so it's going to take time before he's the answer to the Jets' goaltending questions. Drafted in the third round in 2012, Scott Kosmachuk has improved steadily throughout his junior career and had a monster year with a powerhouse Guelph team in the OHL. He can make the jump to the AHL next season to see if his scoring will come to the pro game with him. A solidly-built centre who was picked in the fourth round last year, Andrew Copp is making quick progress, coming off a strong sophomore season at Michigan while also putting up five points in five games at the World Juniors for Team USA. There's not much more that Connor Hellebuyck can do in college to raise his profile. Through two years at UMass-Lowell, Hellebuyck has a .946 save percentage and a dozen shutouts. He's signed with the Jets and might be expected to start in the American Hockey League, but if he keep stopping pucks, there should be room for him. An aggressive winger picked in the third roudn last summer, J.C. Lipon had a solid pro debut and wasn't shy about it, leading the Ice Caps in penalty minutes with 136. Not the biggest blueliner on the block, Brenden Kichton was initially a fifth-round pick of the Islanders, was not signed, and then was drafted in the seventh-round by Winnipeg in 2013. A heady player who can quarterback a power play, Kichton ranked sixth among AHL defencemen in points as a rookie pro. A third-round pick in 2010, Julian Melchiori is a big, stay-at-home defenceman who has missed time with injuries in each of his first two pro seasons. Eric O'Dell turns 24 this summer, which puts him on the older side as a prospect but, in addition to scoring 97 points in 101 AHL games over the past two seasons, he also played 30 games for the Jets last season (3 G, 4 A, 51.0 CF%) so he's able to contribute now. Jets advanced stats and player usage chart from Extra Skater DRAFT 9th - Nick Ritchie, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jake Virtanen, Haydn Fleury FREE AGENCY According to www.capgeek.com, the Jets have approximately $49.9M committed to the 2013-2014 salary cap for 16 players. Check out my possible Jets lineup for next season on Cap Geek here. Needs: Two top nine forwards, one top four defenceman, goaltenders. What I said the Jets needed last year: Two top six forwards, two top nine forwards, one top four defenceman, goaltender. They added: Michael Frolik, Mark Scheifele, Devin Setoguchi, Jacob Trouba. TRADE MARKET Dustin Byfuglien, Evander Kane

Thats a great point. I am religious in my way. My best friend is gay and very negative on Christians for obvious reasons. But my position is always that the Jesus I believe in, the teachings of his I recall, that Jesus wouldn't condemn people for the way they were born. Now ofcourse, we can dovetail that into an entire discussion on genetic predisposition as it relates to personality disorders, pedos, murderers etc. But the point is clear. Also, this just in, CFL fines price undisclosed sum. Price claims his words were "misconstrued" because, ofcourse, his anti-gay remarks were not meant to be personal. Doh

Well that breaks it down to Ignorance vs Stupidity. You cant do much about the ignorance of a player being anti-gay but you can educate the stupid out them by at least telling them to keep their backwater opinions to themselves. Problem is, these fringe religious types gets worked up that they have to stand up for their "religious freedom" and think of all the people who voice an opposing viewpoint, they will be the one that says it in such a way that everyone will rally to their position. They are always wrong. Ken-yon Rambo was quick to defend him yesterday on the Twitter. Then he's pretty stupid too. The religious positon cant be "cause bible". Its giving people just enough knowledge to be stupid. The Bible is rife with things that people dont support and yet they cherry pick "gay". its so silly. It speaks more to their comfort level with the subject. They likely eat shrimp, but two men or women having a relationship? Thats against god!

It might also depend on who else the Leafs decide to part with, thus what other holes will they need to fill. Id be interested in picking up Reimer. But I doubt that evolves into a blockbuster involving Phaneuf and some other big core piece of the Jets. Thats just not the Jets' style. Could we trade a prospect for Reimer's rights conditional on signing him? Maybe. I could see that. And a pairing of Pavs and Reimer would make me more comfortable. On the other hand, it also depends where the Jets see their other goalies. Montoya proved two things: he can play more games, taking the load off Pavs and he isnt the answer as a starter. But it seems Hutch is the future. Ducks will also have some goalie surplus. Gibson is their guy. Anderson is likely their other guy. Hillier becomes expendable. But do the jets want to upgrade (or add depth) in net? Will Montoya be re-signed? Will it be Pavs/Hutch next season or is Hutch AHL bound for a year of seasoning?

Well that breaks it down to Ignorance vs Stupidity. You cant do much about the ignorance of a player being anti-gay but you can educate the stupid out them by at least telling them to keep their backwater opinions to themselves. Problem is, these fringe religious types gets worked up that they have to stand up for their "religious freedom" and think of all the people who voice an opposing viewpoint, they will be the one that says it in such a way that everyone will rally to their position. They are always wrong.

I dont disagree. Its really become disappointing. When you factor in the amount of money it costs to run, will there ever be a non-millionaire as President again? Im not sure what could happen to change that other than a complete collapse of the American empire. But...I choose not to subscribe to the "it doesnt matter" position. If you dont vote, you cant complain. Or in this case, at least take an interest. And to me the most interesting aspect is the potential for Clinton/Bush again. It sure seems like Hilary's election to lose (she would have steamrolled to victory if not for Obama and really, had the Demo's been smart, they would have wanted a Clinton/Obama ticket with Hilary as POTUS, setting up Obama for 2016 with "experience"). But Jeb is a wild card. He's the "likeable" Bush. And the storyline that Mama Bush doesnt want him to run is really ingenius. Jeb will run, against mom's wishes because "the country has called him to serve". He has a lot of experience and cache too. If you believe some people, H.W. never wanted George Jr to run, seeing the Presidency as Jeb's destiny.

Your Edmonton scenario makes a ton of sense. Edmonton has a ton of high flyers to utilize in trade scenarios - the russian prolly being the one they most want to discard/trade. Winnipeg is the team most likely to stand pat as local fans have come to "enjoy". When you see the level of play and ferocity of most Stanley Cup games you realize how far away the Jets really are! I dont think there is a direct relation between where the Jets are talent-wise and Winnipeg fans' acceptance of same. I think Jets fans are highly critical. We just keep buying tickets, merch etc no matter what. The media was quick to forcast a five year plan (even though True North never actually said that) and I think most Jets fans are smart enough to see this is a re-build. Look at Edmonton. How many years have they been re-building? How many tippy top draft picks did they get? And they didnt have to deal with taking over an organization like the Thrashers and the Jets are better than the Oilers right now. I believe the Jets *will* be free agent active at some point, but it will be when we make the playoffs a couple of times, and there is enthuesiasm and confidence around the team thus making a couple of key FA's want to be here and making it worth the financial commitment for TN to go out and get those guys. There is no reason to sign a star veteran right now... I want to see this team grow together. The biggest changes this season might be more youth movement. We have a new number one line. We will likely have a new 3rd line centre. And surely will have at least two new bottom six regulars (plus the 3rd line centre). Whether thats Ice Caps players or free agent signing, I dont know. But I would suspect its youth movement not veteran help (though if we can find three more guys like Frolik, Im all for it).

If Im Stamps management, I max fine him then cut him. Hate is one thing. Hate & stupid is another. These people that hide behind religion, I'd love for someone to question them about all the things they arent allowed to accept from the Bible and watch them squirm. This new found trend of "I dont hate anyone because I'm a Christian and we love all people. But I dont accept homosexuality". Huh? I used to post on another board and the Russia Olympics and the Duck Dynasty issues created a very nasty environment where one of the mods was all about "religious freedom" so you really had no choice but to accept the open homophobia and hate mongering that was going on. I was booted for "disrespecting" the mod who felt well within his rights to be "against gays". There was another mod was very level headed and we got into a private discussion about things and this board came up (because there had been a similar topic, I think about Russia) and he asked me how this board handled the anti-gay stance and I said basically most poster's ridiculed the guy until he slinked away. There was no "well, we have to be fair". No, you dont. You cant come on here and be anti-black or anti-Jew or anti-whatever but "be fair" when people want to "disagree with gays". And speaking of, Pride is in three weeks. Boo-ya.

Bogo for Phaneuf with TO eating some salary is probably a deal that Toronto likes more than Winnipeg if only on potential. But it doesnt really help either team. Bryan Little for DP is interesting but Im not sure he's the type of player Leafs want. And it certainly impacts the Jets' centre depth. I think the Jets will make some moves to improve bottom six depth but thats about it unless Kane has quietly demanded a trade, then we're talking blockbuster. But if TO is willing to eat some of DP's salary than Edmonton is foolish to not make a deal work. They need a stud D and despite Phanuef's drawbacks, he's the perfect fit for the Oilers.

Obama is extremely unpopular. I think I saw a recent poll showing his popularity hovering around Bush low levels. When Obama was first elected it was a real head scratcher. Ignoring the conspiracy theories for a moment (that he was a CIA asset groomed for this from the beginning), he had nothing of substance to say. Ever. People would swoon at his presence and hang on his every words and demand "change" and when asked what that means they'd squeel and yell "change!". No clue. The American people usually get the President they deserve and they sure did with Obama. An empty suit if there ever was one. But the Rebublicans cut their own throats with the choosing of Palin as VP candidate. I recall a friend who had a local radio show, the day Palin was announced he did a story about this being the turning point in McCain's favour and I texted him and said he just gave the election away. It was such a transparent effort to get the Hilary voters and mute the "change" demands by choosing a woman. But it insulted Hilary supporters and everytime she opened her mouth it made you question McCain's judgement. The fact he was old made the "heartbeat away" argument louder and NO ONE wanted Palin anywhere near the big chair. Democrats probably should have gone with Hilary as VP, if not initially than in the last election, to set her up for 2016. But Hilary smartly has distanced herself from Obama. Her age will work against her but Bill will work in her favour. Its a shame the Rules of Succession wont allow him to hold a position like Secretary of State. he's likely not interested now but Hilary as VP and Bill as SoState would have been great. I for one was a Bush supporter. While every congressmen was able to jump off the bandwagon once the tide turned in the war, the President didnt really have that luxury. The biggest issue during his term was the Intelligence community being wrong, and the justification being off the mark. They focused too much on "Iraq has WMD's" and too little on the fact Iraq routinely violated the Gulf War cease fire and plotted to assasinate a US President. Thats reason enough to go in and take him out. They just shouldnt have stayed.

Actually it sounds like the writer of that story implied it, Sam didnt say anything close to it. And let's be really clear - his coming out had a lot more risk than reward for him. And as you can see by some of the reaction, the NFL has a long way to go to get to the point that a players orientation has no bearing on his acceptance in a locker room. A lot of players will hide behind religion (like the Duck Dynasty idiot) and those Benham guys.