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What’s Mickey Mouse is the size of the fine, regardless of player. $5000 is a joke given what players make.

But did you hate him when he scored that goal in the gold medal final? I’m betting you cheered rather than booed, even if it was more subdued. I was not a fan of Todd Bertuzzi being on Detroit or the ‘06 Olympic team, but I still cheered for those squads.

We cheer teams when there is no other national alternative. Fandom is by and large geographical. We booed Gretzky as an Oiler or joked about “Cindy Crosby” and hated on the Pens, but when they played for Team Canada at the Canada Cup or watched them score the Golden Goal, we loved them. So consistency is based on rooting interest, not the specific team. Leafs are our competition as Winnipeggers , Jays and Raptors are not. And yes, it is possible to have an allegiance that is not geographically based (I rooted for the 49ers and Chargers because they were the best when I was growing up and learning about NFL football), but your strongest connection will always be your “home” team in a geographic sense, IMO.

And when you compare contracts Ehlers looks even better. Chevy has really done some solid work payroll-wise.

That’s debatable. Kyle Connor might disagree. 😉 Bet you thought I was going to say Marner. 3 Jets in the top 15 in league scoring. And I was actually just kidding. I do believe Ehlers is better than Connor, and at least on par with Marner, who is really good even with the Toronto hype.

Nylander also out for COVID protocol.

Remember in the BLM protest when the police officer shoved the 75 year old man to the ground, fracturing his skull? Another officer went to render aid, was grabbed by the officer and pulled away, and then the assaulting officer told more officers to move along, which they did, all while the old man lay bleeding on the street. Don’t recall if anyone got suspended, fired, or sued as a result.

Jets “magic” number (total points from Jets wins/opponents losses to clinch a spot ahead of that opponent in the standings): Ottawa - 1 Calgary - 13 Vancouver - 19 Montreal - 23 Edmonton - 26 Toronto - 32 Jets on their own can gain 26 points.

I recall a TSN anniversary special where Rod Smith was talking about them taking over CFL coverage. Said no one else wanted to cover CFL football (CBC and CTV had both dropped it), and it wasn’t really a profitable entity for the network,, but they needed to fill time on a 24 hour sports network. They invented Friday Night Football to create a buzz around the league and have a weekly “event” to make Friday night appointment television for them. Worked really well over time and boosted the visibility of the league on the network. They actually did quite a lot to support the league at the time. Not sure if anything has changed but I would agree that the rates they pay is what the league may be worth. Don’t see the broadcast networks or Sportsnet banging down the door to bid on CFL football. Broadcast TV has essentially given up on sports programming, save for HNIC.

I remember the movie “Internal Affairs” where Andy Garcia is being introduced into Internal Affairs as the new detective. The superintendent, basically a political hack, welcomes him with a speech about how the rumours about the hatred of cops investigating cops is overblown, how important the work is, how it is a necessary check on police misdeeds, and that this unit has the support and respect of the entire force - that they recognize his role in making the force more accountable and therefore better, an initiative all police believe in. The super leaves and Garcia’s unit sargeant, who stood by quietly while the speech was going on, shakes Garcia’s hand and says “Welcome to IA, you’ve just lost every friend you ever had in the LAPD”. The Blue Wall absolutely exists. Like Noah said, individuals can’t or won’t speak up against the system.

Me stumbling across this 4 page debate in the thread:

So I threw out some questions a short while ago on MLSE’s possible intentions and if the Toronto media had any play in this. Following up, here is a snippet from the Rod Paterson podcast and some Twitter responses: Any thoughts on this from anyone?

I don’t think you can go from AHL back down to the CHL. Don’t have a league rule to back up that assertion, but I don’t recall ever seeing it.

The complete lack of self awareness in those posts just highlights the failure that is the American educational system.

Funny, Naylor links to a non-existent post. It’s that kind of thing that leads to........conspiracy theories.

Should probably move these last few posts to the BLM thread.

5 or 6 too many.

And giveaway number 12 ends up in the back of the net.

It’s called giveaways. Jets have 11, Ottawa 6. Also Jets have 3 takeaways, Ottawa 5. And Hellebuyck has 2 brutal goals against tonight.

Not sure what game you are watching. They have lead in shots and time of possession in the offensive zone, and forced a lot of penalties which have helped those stats. It’s their turnovers leading to grade A chances that is their failing tonight, not extended zone time against.

That’s 3 breakaways and a 2 on 1 off of Jets’ turnovers this period. Smarten up guys.

Well the Jets are drawing penalties and outshooting them, but sloppy play leading to odd man rushes. And still passing up shot opportunities for that perfect pass. But Ehlers looks faster tonight.

Because Hellebuyck has a hole in his glove apparently.

Chippy McElbows with the power play goal to make it 2-1.