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Very true, and Brandon’s best first response probably could have been to ask Tracker on what basis that assertion was being made about police in Canada. Instead, he chose to dismiss it as completely untrue rather than ask for an expansion. So he now takes the role of throwing out a blanket statement, and can fairly be put to task to back it up. His over the top non-response to that request only serves to diminish his credibility and in fact unintentionally strengthen Tracker’s original position without Tracker having to justify it. Not really getting anywhere at the end of the day. Hopefully some more fruitful discussion can be put forward. In the words of Melania Trump, “Be best”

As long as there remains a system of financial inequality in America, there will be continued crime in America as result of that inequity, disproportionately res presented by the poor. And so long as there is systemic racial inequality, the number of poor will be disproportionately African Americans. And so long as those in power seek to systemically keep the poor in their place (as was so well put by Trevor Noah on his earlier video), the police will continue to oppress those who they see as not respecting their place. And as long as police continue to be trained in suppression tactics to “gain and establish control” in all situations, police will still have a “shoot first” mentality. And with every training video of the dangers of every traffic stop where a officer gets ambushed and shot, their mentality will be that they must neutralize the threat before they become the victim. And as long as every American can carry guns legally, every traffic stop will pose that presumed threat that will justify these aggressive police tactics in their minds, and will promote that militaristic style of training. Multi-layered problem, but rather Than the tired whataboutism that creates the belief that “since we can’t fix everything, we shouldn’t do anything”, let us hope that a starting point can be found, and that these issues can be ticked off one by one. I would love to see guns for everyone taken out of the equation as a starter, to at least remove the paranoia of officers that every interaction is a shootout waiting to happen, so their assessment of a threat is a bit more measured and reasonable.

Meanwhile, Edmonton got 5 days off last time before playing us when we came off 17 of 22 on the road, and 3 in 4 nights, and the next time we play them they will have had 4 days off after we play the Leafs back to back. Hating a bit on the schedule maker.

Since I added the Leafs to my hate rankings, they have lost 5 in a row. Coincidence? I think not.

Guilty on all 3 counts, unanimous.

If the going rate for pay/points is $100,000 per point, then this deal is fair and in fact a deal. To land a 6’5” centre with decent faceoff skills, grit, and who is solid defenseivly and and draw in against a top line as a shutdown forward, this becomes a very good deal. The only downside is that now we can’t play the shell game in the expansion draft where he remained exposed to protect both Copp and Appleton and then did a back door free agent signing with us afterwards. We are now obliged to protect him and that good contract. Of course, no guarantee that it would play out the other way if he hit the open market. His dad coming here to coach secured his tenure here.

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.