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Stastny with a huge PP goal. Flames make it close but a nice punch to Tkachuk’s head by DeMelo on a scramble and we get 2 clean points.

Yeah, my initial gut call for Lucic has been validated. Dirty hit.

Is it just me, or does it feel like ever since Forbert had those 11 blocked shots in that one game that the whole team has now bought in to sacrificing themselves to get in front of the puck a whole lot more than before?

KFC gets his own rebound and we go up by 2. Mid-game poll: Who has the more punchable face - Matthew Tkachuk or Milan Lucic?

I would re-consider my original stance. And possibly risk exposing UFA Lowry to keep Appleton protected. Now if Lowry signed, then who of Lowry, Copp or Appleton do you expose? Factor in potential contract cost as well as ability and Appleton might hang around over Copp.

Best stat I saw was Connor McDavid has 60 points, Buffalo has 64 goals. Who will win that scoring race?

I feel like it is freaky Friday and Speedflex has inhabited my body, from co-opting my “harsh reality” stance on the state of the league to the very wordy posts. I swear I have not hacked his account.

The TV rights come nowhere close to covering 60% of team costs. For the 2019 Bombers, it covered 11.8%. And I don’t know if it the CFL preferring to be on cable. Bell media owns TSN and CTV, so they could broadcast on network, but TSN needs an anchor tenant to fill broadcast space. CBC is publicly owned, so who can the league get into a rights bidding war with? You are left with Global, CITY TV, or Sportsnet - another cable outlet. As you said, revenue streams in Canada are limited. I recall that when TSN bought the rights they were buying a dead product TV-wise. It took creating Friday Night Football to build interest in the league.

YEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!

The Armia chance: As much as I like Ray Ferraro as a colour man, the 5 second delay between Winnipeg and Toronto makes for some pretty choppy commentary.

Another pass instead of shoot play by Ehlers, but a lucky bounce to Connor gives us an easy goal. Looks like Montreal has the turnover-itis tonight.

Jets are too cute for their own good far too frequently for my liking. Just shoot the puck when you are on the slot. Quit looking for the perfect back door pass.

Nice start.

This so Morrissey’s second year without Trouba and he has struggled both years, this year even more than last. How long before we find that magic partner for him? He has not played like a number one defenceman since he got paid like one. I think there is still potential, but would the Rangers give us a hefty haul where there would be risk and possible reward? And with Pionk angling for a bigger raise and DeMelo locked in at a good rate for 3 more years, do you really think we would expose him in the draft?

The expansion draft is a problem for any deadline deals, unless it is a pure rental, and a 1st and 2 prospects is a steep price to pay. Radical trade idea - is there a 3 way deal that could be done with the NYRangers? We send Morrissey to NY to re-unite with Trouba, since neither of them seems to be able to play without the other, and Trouba certainly isn’t coming back to Winnipeg, regardless of contract size. We get rid of a heavier contract and a player with potential but is hurting us now, the Rangers get a chance to have 2 good d-men whose whole has shown to be better than the sum of it’s parts to reinvigorate both, and perhaps they give up a first round pick and a another 3-4 defenceman, we flip that pick and maybe one of our own, or Niku and a forward prospect to Nashville for Echolm. So we get 2 d-men now and give up Morrissey and either prospect or draft pick but not both, Rangers give up a s-man and draft pick for Morrissey, and Nashville gives up Echols and gets 2 first rounders or first rounder (New York’s) and prospect (ours). Too crazy to even consider, or would we ask/get more in return for Morrissey? How badly do we want to keep a first round pick, and is this the way to do it?

It’s a shame that in their first season they got swept by the Capitals late in the year. Otherwise they could have had a shot at having both a North division and a Southeast division championship banner along with their inevitable Central division banner.

The only wasted vote is the one not cast. Anyone who can’t be bothered to vote has no business complaining about the ruling party. Or get into politics oneself if the existing options are unpalatable.

If there is nothing in it for the XFL and they are essentially just a bankroll, then why would they bother? And why would they postpone their season next year pending talks with the CFL? Let’s not assume they don’t need us and have the CFL over a barrel. I suspect there is some leverage for the CFL.

But what are the rules for the championship game? It’s not like baseball with a 7 game series and one fundamental rule difference (DH). But I like the idea of an inter league title game. Call it the Global Bowl, then the winner can call themselves World Champions, which would piss off the American “world champion” Super Bowl winners.

If the Jets can bottle that defensive performance for every game, they would be a scary team come playoff time in the North.

I’m surprised that last season and this off season we had so many screaming about the lost season and saying “whatever it takes, just get football back” and now people are willing to just walk away from watching based on the mere potential of altered rules (nothing set in stone yet) or the preference of letting the CFL die forever. I could handle 100 yards field but keep the end zones at 20 yards. Also keep the field width, the yard off the line on the snap, the goalpost on the goal line and not the end line, and especially unlimited motion. And if those rules stay, then 3 downs makes more sense as 4 downs would make it too tough on defences to get off the field. Plus it promotes more passing rather than run 3 yards, repeat, repeat down the field like the NFL at times. And for God’s sake, don’t you dare bring in a fair catch rule. Keep the 5 yard halo.

I guess both versions happened, because I know the TSN thing happened in 94.

So, a) Does Torts last the season at this rate? b) If yes to the first question, does Laine stay or look to get out ASAP?

Don’t remember that, but remember TSN losing their feed during the Gold medal shootout vs Finland in the 1994 World Hockey Championships, and the studio host (I think it was Gord Miller, but it might have been Paul Romanuk) having to do play-by-play from the desk into the camera while watching live on an in-studio monitor, basically like watching someone do a radio broadcast, and was good enough to launch their play-by-play TV broadcast career.