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Buff is a major prized possession. He should absolutely return a large piece. Drouin? Sure. Plus? I dont know. But Drouin is young and unproven. Yes, he has tons of upside, but Buff will be seen by many teams as the type of player that gives them a shot at the Cup and costs virtually no money & no commitment AND they have first crack at re-signing if they choose. Drouin would help the Jets a lot too. A Left Wing (either replacement for Ladd or much needed depth). Fits the Jets' group of young players, especially if Ladd & Buff are gone. Both Drouin and Hamonic seem no-brainers for the Jets.

As a few of us have theorized, Avery shares our suspicions: In a 59-page court document filed in 2009 obtained by The Wrap, Avery alleged that his brothers Charles and Earl Avery, as well as nephew Bobby Dassey and brother-in-law Scott Tadych, all were capable of murdering Halbach and framing Steven Avery with the crime. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/making-a-murderer-steven-avery-thought-brothers-framed-him-20160106#ixzz3wZyaKHHi Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

Filmed over a decade, the docu-series follows the strange case of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man exonerated after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, only to be arrested and ultimately convicted of a murder for which he also maintains his innocence. There are, of course, some major questions that people have been asking since the show first started streaming in mid-December: Why did it take so long to find the RAV4 key and the bullet? Why was anyone from Manitowoc law enforcement even allowed on the site that late in the investigation? Here are some other questions we have – some smaller, some bigger, all perplexing (spoilers galore). 1. Who the hell is the international recording artist who was released from the jury? Richard Mahler, listed in the documentary as an "international recording artist," is actually just a local dude with a local band, according to TMZ. Mahler's outfit, the Rick Raybine Band, played the National Anthem at a NASCAR event once; as for how he got the label, Mahler told the site that a reporter described him that way once and it just stuck. Mahler was ultimately dismissed from the jury for a family emergency after he sat in deliberations for four hours. 2. What went on with the jury deliberations? The much more interesting part about Mahler is his new allegation that two fellow jurors were related to officials in Manitowoc County, where Avery was initially wrongfully convicted. Once the trial was over, Mahler discovered, "[one juror] was the father of a Manitowoc County Sheriff's deputy," and that "another juror, his wife works for the Manitowoc County Clerk's Office," according to an interview he gave to People. Maybe that's what defense attorney Jerry Buting was getting at in the final episode, when he made a comment about unanswered questions that he had about jury deliberations. After all, according to Mahler, the original count was that only three jurors were convinced Avery was guilty. In an interview with the Today show, filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos said a juror contacted them after the series aired and claimed his or her decision to vote guilty was made under duress. "The person lived in the county, feared for their safety, and also said, 'If they could frame Steven Avery, they could do it to me,'" Ricciardi said in a follow up interview with Time. 3. Why did the defense team for Brendan Dassey seek to further the State's case? Len Kachinsky – the original defense attorney for Avery's nephew, Brendan Dassey – is arguably be the most inscrutable element of Making a Murderer. His initial comments to the press that implied Dassey's guilt (and by extension, Avery's) were so unprofessional that, when later questioned about them on the stand at a hearing, Kachinsky purports to have forgotten he said what he said. In one disturbing scene, the lawyer's investigator, Michael O'Kelley, appears to coerce Dassey into massaging his statement so that it aligns perfectly with what the prosecution needs. And in an email between O'Kelley and Kachinsky – remember, both technically working for Dassey – the former all but admits he's helping for the opposition. "I am not concerned with finding evidence to placing Brendan inside the crime scene, as Brendan will be State's primary witness," O'Kelly writes. "This will only serve to bolster the prosecution." Dassey's post-conviction lawyer, Robert Dvorak, presses O'Kelley on this unbelievable admission. "So your goal is not only to get Brendan [Dassey] to confess, but also to help the State in its prosecution. Correct?" Dvorak asks. "That's correct," O'Kelley replies. Kachinsky isn't there for the meeting between O'Kelley and Dassey, nor is he there the following day when two officers interrogate his client in an attempt to replicate what O'Kelley extracted. As the film notes, this level of cooperation between a defense attorney and prosecutors is unheard of. And to take it one step further, it appears to go beyond bad representation and raises questions of backdoor collusion or a quid pro quo. What possible motive do Kachinsky and O'Kelley have to affirmatively advance the prosecution's case? We don't know, but even really bad lawyering (which Kachinsky has copped to) doesn't usually translate to sleeping with the enemy. 4. Is there any innocent explanation for the pinprick hole in the vial that held Avery's blood? No, really: Is there any convincing, non-nefarious explanation for why a box of evidence was opened, a blood vial apparently punctured with a syringe, and then the box taped back up? Is there any scenario in which that's standard operating procedure for re-examining evidence? Even if you think it's far-fetched that one or two cops would plant blood in the RAV 4, what other account is there that makes any sense? 5. Has testing for EDTA advanced? Initially it looked like the blood vial is going to be a huge win for the defense. An FBI expert determined, however, that three swabs he ran in his lab didn't contain the chemical EDTA, an additive that would have been in the blood vial — but not in blood itself — that came from a living body. That finding ended up being a major blow. In the final episode, all of Avery's former defense attorneys sit together discussing how their ex-client could get a new trial. Jerry Buting floats one idea that, as another attorney notes, bears a striking parallel to Avery's first case. "If we could do a test today that was scientifically acceptable and valid, that actually proved there was EDTA in those blood stains, that would be newly discovered evidence," Buting said. If that kind of test is possible, and shows what Buting hopes, it would be the second time new technology exonerated Avery of a crime he didn't commit. 6. Is it common for defendants to be barred from arguing that someone else did it? When we learn in the film that Avery's team won't be able to advance alternate theories to who killed Halbach, we were stunned. What was going on there? The short answer is that Wisconsin has a third-party liability law that prevents a defendant from pointing the finger at somebody else without giving the court 30 days notice prior to trial, and having good reason to believe the third party had "motive, opportunity, and a direct connection to the crime." Avery's defense team wasn't allowed to suggest anyone else could have been the culprit, which he later appealed. It's not entirely clear how often defendants in other states are prohibited from advancing alternate theories for whodunit, but in this case it seems to have had a detrimental effect on Avery's ability to defend himself. 7. What's the story behind the deleted voicemails? Halbach's ex-boyfriend Ryan Hillegas testified on the stand that he was able to guest Teresa's username and password and listen to several voicemail messages left on her phone. Avery's defense lawyers argue that since the mailbox was full, and then some messages were deleted after her death, that someone knows more than they're letting on. When defense attorney Jerry Buting attempts to pursue this line of inquiry, though, the judge stops him on ground it will violate the third-party liability prohibition. If the State argued that Avery had already destroyed the phone, why didn't the police follow up on any and all people who might have had a motive to delete Halbach's voicemails? 8. Why was Halbach's pelvic bone discovered in the quarry? At trial, defense attorney Dean Strang cross-examined forensic anthropologist Dr Leslie Eisenberg about whether Halbach's remains had been moved or not. Dr Eisenberg testified that she believed the primary burn site was the burn pit 20 feet from Avery's bedroom, but acknowledges remains were found in a separate barrel, as well as a quarry that's far away from the other two sites. The State argued that the burn pit was the primary burn location, while the defense argued it could have been elsewhere – implying, possibly, the quarry. If the State's theory is correct, what accounts for Halbach's pelvic bone being discovered in the quarry? 9. What's going on when Sgt Andrew Colborn called in the read the license plate for Halbach's RAV 4? In Episode Five, defense attorney Dean Strang asks Sgt Colborn about a phone call he made to his dispatcher prior the discovery of Halbach's vehicle on Avery's property. In the recording of the call, Colborn asks dispatch to run a license plate number, and gets a hit for Teresa Halbach, who at that point was listed as a missing person. Colborn then immediately says "Ninety-Nine Toyota?" To Strang – and likely to many viewers – it sounds like Colborn is looking at the very SUV that wouldn't be discovered for another two days. "I shouldn't have been and I was not looking at the license plate," Colborn responded on the stand. Maybe. But what was he looking at? 10. Who killed Teresa Halbach? This remains the most important unanswered question in the case. Redditors have been floating alternate theories about who killed Halbach since the show premiered in late December. Since Avery himself wasn't able to pursue this question at trial, and the filmmakers have said it wasn't their job to investigate the case independently, we're left with little more than speculation. If it was Avery, then it seems clear it didn't go down the way Dassey described it. Could Avery have sterilized two crime scenes to eliminate virtually all traces of Halbach's presence? It seems unlikely. Ultimately, the responsibility for answering this question shouldn't be that of Internet detectives. And although disgraced prosecutor Ken Kratz is waging his own media blitz to assure the public justice was done, that seems to be a lonely battle at this point. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/making-a-murderer-10-questions-we-still-have-20160107#ixzz3wZwBbC2M Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

I'd be happy to see Drouin for Buff. I know his agent is a **** though. Arent there some Jets represented by Walsh that Chevy has tangled with?

TNA will exist as long as Dixie's rich parents are willing to foot the Bill. Unfortunately.

I imagine the Feds will defer to the state. Even if the state truly feels they are guilty they have to see tjere is enough evidence to create reasonable doubt and to throw suspicion on the police. Under those circumstances they should want a new investigation.

If anything this will teach them to live without John Cena.

Jets publicly complained about the officials. They will not get the benefit of the doubt. I said it was a mistake then. And it was and still is.

Yeah and then the NHL will pick wheeler as their back up and he will have to grin and bear it and pretend to be "honoured".

Things picking up already. Contenders are setting their tables. Chevy's phone is probably ringing off the hook from teams wanting ladd and buff

That is a joke. Unbelievable. Shows you the whole thing is just an NHL marketing ploy. Selecting guys based on last accomplishments because they might be bigger "names" to the General public it's a complete slap in the face to Blake Wheeler and if I were Buff Id come down with an "injury" as a form of protest.

I had this huge debate with someone on another forum about how Finn shouldnt know how to use a lightsaber and it turned into whole big thing that ended up criticizing that particular Stormtrooper too and why they have that weapon. Talk about nitpicking. The only thing Finn was shown was he wasnt able to use a lightsaber with any sort of ability. He picked it up, he turned it on, he flailed it about and got his ass handed to him by a Stormtrooper and Kylo. I liked that the Stormtroopers seemed a bit better than faceless fodder in this movie, actually. And I agree, that scene was to establish that Troopers have training in the use of Saber-like "riot sticks" so Finn being able to at least hold a saber wasnt unrealistic. And I think the entire plot point of Maz giving the Saber to Finn, him fighting the trooper etc was to set him up as the red herring to distract from Rey being the "Luke" of this trilogy.

That's very true. But then when they get talent they don't use them. the thought being these signings are driven by Hunter not vince. Which means Vince doesn't want them. That's a general theory. The early rumors are AJ and Nak are 100% intended for WWE. There are rumors of Hunter having more say in SD like with NXT. But I'm not convinced that's true.

And by have a chance you mean a chance at the 14th overall pick in this years draft!

Moose coach Keith McCambridge confirms that Nic Petan was held out today because he was late for game day skate. #AHL #Moose

Haven't seen the game yet. Looks like Helle stood on his head.

TNA would sure hope so!

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I cant imagine he lets them go for nothing. Someone mentioned that Chipman publicly said that they would not lose them for nothing. I just cant see it. Even if he thinks he's close to a deal but its not coming together fast enough, by end of day on Deadline Day, he has to pull the trigger, no matter what. Ladd acknowledged to Lawless that its contract by Deadline Day or trade. I think there is probably an understanding, at least with Ladd, that they need the deal signed or he's gone. That can be used to leverage Ladd's desire to stay here.

Chewie hit that.

gary lawless ✔ @garylawless on vacation and have avoided most media but saw @FriedgeHNIC 30 thoughts nugget on Buff and @FlaPanthers on twitter. Buff has no trade (1) (2) @FlaPanthers does make sense for Buff and Tallon is a fan. Dale used to see Buff as a forward. Has that changed? {3) Would Buff use no trade to prevent going to a team where he might be used as a forward? Or does Tallon see him as a D these day (4). that was a lot of work. time for a margarita. see you all in a few days. i am told @nhljets and @FlaPanthers did discuss Buff this summer. Also know that Tallon loves Andrew Ladd as well. Gary also confirmed that Buff's No Trade requires him to submit a list of ten teams he will *not* accept a trade to upon request. Request has not been made.

He put up some counters along the stand up areas on the main concourse when my friend asked him to.

There was talk of WWE making a deal with New Japan to air their shows on the Network with the idea of expanding Network buys over seas (although Japan world isnt a big seller) and because WWE would be privy to which guys were most watched and then could target their contract offers, which is pretty smart. Most recent news/speculation is that Aj and Nakamura are being brought to WWE to work RAW, not NXT though both will likely work some NXT. NXT has announced a lot of new live events and needs better depth. I could see a scenario where AJ debuts at the Rumble, works RAW while doing NXT live events.

Early thought is Roman wins. But I have to think the fans will reject that. I guess it depends when he enters but if its early, which this stip sort of requires, seeing him battle for an hour does one of two things: 1) gets the fans behind him (ala Ric Flair/Shawn Michaels) 2) turns the fans against the superman performance. If the plan is for WrestleMania to be the Roman coronation I could see them screwing Roman at the RR. Lesnar, Cena, Hunter are all guys that were planned to work Roman at WM at various points and all have different pros/cons for screwing him out of the title at RR and him vanquishing them at WrestleMania. One thing that intrigues me, I was convinced Roman would work Hunter at RR because they were going to go Roman/Brock or Roman/Cena at WM. But now that Roman/Hunter isnt happening at RR, but HAS to happen are they saving it for WM? And if so, it doesnt really work with Roman as champion. Which means either Hunter screws Roman but someone else takes the title for a WM match (such as Brock/Cena) or Hunter wins the title. Which would be hilarious actually.

Just saw online that New Japan did an angle where the Bullet Club turned on Styles this morning so that writes him out. And Kenny Omega pinned Nakamura (must have been non-title) which might indicate their plans for Kenny. The way I understand it, when Kenny lost the Junior title to KUSHIDA last year he was going to "move up" but they wanted to flip the belt back on to him for awhile. Now he lost the title back to KUSHIDA he might move up to either take the IC title or AJ's spot as the Bullet Club heavyweight contender.