The Unknown Poster

The sea level will rise regardless of human intervention. We all accept that is true don't we?

Would not trade Myers. Talent plus contract equals value. Keeper.

Well Lowry is a surprise as a guy that took a step back. Petan is on the farm. Ehlers is not AHL eligible. Stemp wouldn't get top six minutes with the jets. Id rather Burmi lowry and Petan struggle while learning them be too concerned with Stemp. I'm fine with this being a one step back year as I suspected before the season. I do think Ladds contract is an issue. And I think depth is an issue but that depth is coming over the next year or so If we end up with assets for Ladd or buff and a top five pick I'll be content with a "one step back" season.

How about if he wants to quit he can quit. But he can't work For another cfl team during the length of his contract.

It's different in the modern era. The math is hard to make Work even being only a few points out. Jets would have to play well above their season average and have teams Above them play below their average. Possible. Highly unlikely

Orci and his trek 3 partners do have a writing credit in Beyond but Pegg has said the studio refused to let them see the rejected scripts. So it's likely due to WGA rules. It might change. There are also rules when a producer is also a writer and Orci is a producer (possibly in name only) @17 I described Orci that exact same way. To him in fact, on a Trek forum. He responded by bragging about the size of his bank account.

Ducky as an organization they can't stop trying. But generally speaking they are done. There can be crazy runs like Minnesota last year but it's rare.

Well Im not sure if that's true. If it snowed for three days would you say they should wait til day 4? I cant say with certainty because I havent been "out" much other than going to and from work. But it does seem that they havent responded very quickly with the plows and clearing equipment. Every parking lot I drove by or through was cleared over night. private contract. City contract? Not as efficient it seems. I know the backlash is "why does everyone have to complain" but its a fair point about the delivery of services by the city especially when we're a winter town and this isnt new and we seemingly managed a lot better before contracting out. It says to taxpayers that the city didnt just save money, the skimped on on the service and that should be unacceptable. We went through this a couple of years ago and unlike this week, it got very very cold and created horrendous and dangerous ruts. My theory was they end up scraping the bottom of the barrel of the budget late in the year and try to do less. Which doesnt work. its not winter from Jan-March. its winter in Nov and Dec too. They have to plan better. Having said all that, I have a Jeep and a tow rope. So it doesnt really impact me... ;-)

This is really interesting because he's not the only one involved in making that mess who has admitted this. Some of the actors have too (including Simon Pegg who wrote the new Trek movie) and another of the producers/writers of STID (cant remember if it was Kurtzman or Lindeloff). There is a Trek forum I visit where Bob Orci (writer of Star Trek 09 and STID and was to write and direct the next one until his two stories were rejected and he was dismissed) frequents ever since the first "reboot". He reacted very negatively and unprofessionally to fans when STID came out and was widely panned. Recently, fans on the forum have asked him to respond to the film maker criticism and he's quite evasive. He's really a jerk actually. Simon Pegg also commented about the new trailer and expressed disappointment with what the "marketing" people released, feeling it sends the wrong message that its a mindless action film with no heart, message or character. He says that is not the case. Such a disconnect between the studio and the creative people. Really a shame what Star Trek has been subjected to. While still a cash cow, Lucas had driven Star Wars off the cliff creatively and you see how quickly Disney and Kathleen Kennedy righted the ship and created a grand vision for the franchise in a really short period of time since the buy out. Star Trek needs that. Desperately. Star Trek, more than Star Wars in my opinion, is tailor made for the "Cinematic Universe" treatment. It just needs the right people and the right vision. its always treated as the ugly step sister of franchises where those involved feel they have to change it or qualify their involvement (ie. yeah its Trek but a new Trek). Such a shame. The CBS/Paramount conflict is the biggest reason. Idiot studio execs that dont understand Trek and want it to be Wars is another. And JJ Abrams wasnt a great addition because he admitted to growing up as a Star Wars fan who didnt like or get Trek. And the one self-professed Trek expert/lover on the team, Orci, didnt understand Trek either. It was a mess.

So whats all the fuss about snow clearing? Besides the fact it doesnt appear they have done any... Seems a lot of people are very upset. Are the contractors doing non-city work first and thus not immediately available? The only real snow clearing I've seen is the plow trucks doing the major routes.

They are basically in a situation where they are almost eliminated. I could see their thought process be calling up a veteran. I have no problem with Halischuk on the 4th line.

Maybe they will modernize it. Kimmy sleeps around. Stephanie is addicted to drugs. Joey's in prison. Considering Candace Bure's religious believes, I doubt it!

Sun He let some wily veterans go, hoping younger, cheaper players would fill their roles. But Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff has seen his team plunge into the basement of the NHL's Central Division, 31 games into the season. So the lesson is simple. The NHL's most frugal team this season – the Jets are ranked dead-last in spending under the salary cap – is getting exactly what it paid for. Bargain-basement results for bargain-basement spending. Winnipeg's payroll of $59 million is not only $12.4 million shy of the ceiling, it's just $6.2 million above the floor. Nobody else is pinching pennies as tightly his season, not even the spendthrift Arizona Coyotes, ranked 29th at $60.5 million (the teams switch places when you consider actual spending and not just the total cap hits). Of course, spending and winning don't always correlate. But you can't help but wonder how much of a difference even two of Michael Frolik, Jim Slater and Lee Stempniak – or the acquisition of a similar free agent last summer -- might be making. Frolik went to Calgary for a $1 million raise over the $3.3 million he made last year. Slater wound up overseas, while Stempniak could have been had for a song, which is what the New Jersey Devils are giving him to be among their scoring leaders. Instead, the Jets are paying close to minimum wage for, and getting minimal production from, young players like Andrew Copp, Nikolaj Ehlers and Anthony Peluso. Another young player expected to take on a larger role, second-year forward Adam Lowry, was shipped down to the farm, Wednesday. Yet another, Alex Burmistrov, isn't making anybody forget Frolik. The Jets are thinner than a swimsuit model up front, with a skimpy payroll that hasn't even been tested by injuries, yet. There's no competition for jobs, no push from a bad farm team. In fact, there's so little forward talent at their disposal there's nobody obvious to call up to take Lowry's spot. The last call-up, Joel Armia, didn't get into a single game, spending three weeks in the press box. Going into the season, head coach Paul Maurice was selling the fact his team didn't win a single playoff game last spring, so it needed to make some changes in order to take the next step. He didn't say anything about a step back. Players and coaches alike aren't using the loss of veterans as a crutch, but that doesn't mean it's not a factor. “When you're losing games you try and find answers,” Drew Stafford said, Wednesday. “There's ups and downs in a season, ebbs and flows... Having veterans helps. But we're not leaning on the excuse that we're a young team, that we have new guys... because every team in the league has young guys.” Ditto from Andrew Ladd. “That's an excuse,” the captain said. “There's a lot of great hockey minds in here, young or old, and enough veteran presence in here to get through that.” And this from Mark Stuart: “We've got plenty of guys in this room to get the job done. It's got nothing to do with personnel. We're fine there. We've just got to finish off games.” But they've won just six of their last 18. Tuesday's blown-lead loss to St. Louis was just the latest example of a team that's missing a little something and is being chewed up by its division rivals. What happens when a front-line forward or two go down? This team not only can't afford another skid, it can't even afford to go .500 for another month But it can afford to be in the middle of the pack for player salaries.m You might argue Cheveldayoff left all the cap room so he could sign new deals with either Ladd or defenceman Dustin Byfuglien, or both. But those new contracts wouldn't kick in until next season. Cheveldayoff still could have got a veteran free agent or two on a one-year deal. Besides, he's failed to get either Ladd or Byfuglien to re-up. So not only does the immediate future remain uncertain, the present is threatening to swirl down the drain. The only good news for fans if things don't change: they'll be saving some bucks, too. Because they won't have to buy a single playoff ticket. paul.friesen@sunmedia.ca

I assume old episodes of Full House on Netflix were well watched. Thus, the reboot. I bet it does well and will be rather cheap to produce. There was talk of Netflix being interested in Star Trek for the same reason - they have very detailed information on their viewership which showed Trek reruns were very popular. One of the benefits of the Netflix model is how much information they can get from their viewership.

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ESPN article on GM's most likely to make a trade 10. Kevin Cheveldayoff, Winnipeg Jets Current standings: 14-15-2, last place in the Central Estimated cap room: $12.4 million This was the toughest call on this list. On the one hand, Cheveldayoff might be the most notoriously conservative GM in the entire league when it comes to trading. From his first day on the job in 2011 through this February, he had famously never made a single trade involving NHL players on both sides, leading critics to wonder what he actually did to earn his paycheck. Then came that elusive first real trade, and it was an honest-to-goodness blockbuster -- a seven-player monster that shipped Evander Kane to the Buffalo Sabres. Add the fact that Cheveldayoff has a team on the playoff bubble, three pending free agents reportedly asking for big money and more cap space to work with than any team in the league, and the ingredients are there for the Jets to be the trade market's biggest player. So which Cheveldayoff shows up? The situation demands that the Jets be in the top 10, but their GM's history says don't get your hopes up.

The Jets issues have nothing to do with Maurice. Its talent. if there is any "issue" that psychologically effects the players, its more likely to be their top LW and top D are unsigned.

Everyone auditioning for the call up!

I would say Edmonton has to buy out Thorpe at whrever price Als want. If they won't then Thorpe should abide by his contract. He signed it. Live with it.

Pens shut out against Boston tonight.

He's got a hot wife. there's that.

How many games did Raffl play? Hurt right off the hop. Now a broken jaw? I'd say give him a chance to acclimate and actually play. Not to mention the Moose are brutal.

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Bad luck for Thorp if he quit and now cant sign with Edmonton!

Maurice again on Lowry: "He hasn't been as good in the first part of the year as we'd hoped... Some quickness in his game." #NHLJets Paul Friesen ✔ @friesensunmedia 1 more Maurice on Lowry to Moose: "They've got a cpl (games) this week, a cpl more next... (to) get his feet moving, get his game back." Paul Friesen ✔ @friesensunmedia To replace Lowry, Maurice said #NHLJets will see who's playing well for the Moose, make an announcement tomorrow morning.