This offseason feels way too long..🏈

18 hours ago, iHeart said:

this just in Nyquil finally woke up

Guess he was Dayquil last night...ugh,i will show myself out..🤪

I can see the reason for 3 years..teams draft, invest in their Canadian talent only for them to leave depending where the player calls home...and the salary cap is to protect the teams from themselves..overpaying and risking the collapse of the league,again. It's low but for our league unfortunately it's necessary.

53 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Not enough evidence, we need a history lesson.

The font is better now..i can see again! 🤣

I'm like where the f! Is everything now? Man i am an old man! Serenity now!..😉 i keep thinking of that comedian saying...Ain't that better? 😉

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

I don't think Elgersma has anything to do with it... They brought in a bunch of Americans to compete. Even if TE was in camp, it's a stretch to expect him to be a #2.

Yeah i agree i was thinking more setting aside the money to get him here..😊 gonna need time to groom the kid if he comes here.

Maybe we didn't go after a backup because we are fairly confident in getting Taylor Elgersma here? 🤞

You know what? Let the tackles shake out whatever way works best..better to have too much talent than not enough..remember what happened when Hardrick left 2 years ago?

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

That's because you don't know as much as Booch.

 

Nobody knows as much as Booch...😉

30 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

We're trying to sign a Canadian qb but he doesn't want to play here. 

Yeah,but he is a bit of a different story..I'm talking about the more raw Qbs from Cdn University's. 😊

3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

wallace played the best of our guards outside of vanterpool. It was his first full season and first time being a semi regular starter. The fire is pretty far from his feet. 

 Eli, is the one who needs to step up most. After that, it’s bryant. We have a good few imps to push him, and we are going to see some very good imp tackles hit free agency. 

Wallace is more than fine if he continues his progress at the same rate. 

imo, upfront money is the way to get him and at a good over all price. 

 

https://3downnation.com/2026/01/18/b-c-lions-gm-ryan-rigmaiden-sounds-alarm-about-nils-effect-on-future-of-cfl-qbs/

The only thing i’d add to rigmaidens comments is, it’s not coming. it’s already been here. And it’s nil+ nfls expansion of pr and pr compensation. 

We already don’t see the guys who have any real success at good schools. We’ve lost first and second pick over of the former pipeline schools like bigsky, basically once a qb is 4/5star in hs, we’ve lost out on an opportunity with them unless they fully crash out of the nfl or blow all that money. Even then, the usfl is more attractive to those guys despite the less money. 

 

the days of 80-90k qbs with some upside is over. I think a second salary increase should partly be used to split the cap with qbs. The floor needs to be 150-200k for us to attract the talent the league desperately needs. 
 Teams should have a floor 1million on ar qbs. It’s an investment in the league and game it self. 500k for the starter, 250-300k for qb3 and 200-250k for qb3. If your top tier qbs are earning 750k-1million each, instead of 500-700k you have a much better ability to attract young qb with upside talent and success. 

Yeah. Allen to corner, kramdi to s and griffin to sam would be awesome. 

pretty much just sergio to re up now 

Maybe just maybe we should be looking at developing Canadian Qbs as well..say a designated 2 to 3 year spot for a Canadian Qb to be groomed( that actually benefits a team ratio wise), the talent has gotten so much better, they just lack the coaching that US players get.

6 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Another Dollar Store fan who thinks this is 2016, I see. 

Definitely shop at the Dollar store,even have some stock! ( which has done rather well actually...😉)

On 2026-01-11 at 1:41 PM, SpeedFlex27 said:

I'm not asking to bring everyone back. You want every player to sign a contract paying peanuts. Castillo is a must. 

What's your definition of "cheap"? You can't answer that question as youn have no idea. 

Much less than he made with Hammy? 😄😉

8 hours ago, Goalie said:

But he’s a center and an elite one at that. McKenna is a winger. But he can probably drive line 2 immediately but so could stenberg and he’s a center. You can’t go wrong top 5 with verhoff and Lawrence also. And the other D. Reid. Stenberg would be my pick. Plus we seem to like Swedes here. He’d fit in. He’s also ppg player in the shl at 18. Dude is generational. He’s a generational Swede. 

I like Stenburg too..i think he is a winger as well at least that's where the swedish team was playing him, but all the scouting i have seen say any one of these guys can go No 1 because there is no clear consensus generational player( like a Mcdavid) 😊

30 minutes ago, Noeller said:

The problem is.... He's not THAT good. Like, he's a very good hockey player... But he's not the generational talent like McDavid or Crosby. This feels like a waste of a tank year... McKenna isn't even the consensus #1 at this point.

Yea...stenburg? Sp..looked really good at the world junior...looked better than Mckenna....but not a generational player ethier. 😔

I never get upset about the world Juniors, i know these kids are giving it their best,a ton of pressure, just enjoy watching future stars before money changes everything. 

I know it's off season but is it time for this? 

There is no way to sugar coat it..we have become a bad team..ethier we don't score enough or we let too many in. How could this team fall so far so fast? 

Happy New year everyone...have a great 2026!  

I thought we played well,deserved a point..but we are just not getting many breaks this year..we just can't score..saw they mixed the lines up..by putting Scheif with Nyquist and namesy..but we don't have anyone to line up with Conner then..tough year.

4 minutes ago, Bomberguy said:

I can’t watch this team anymore. The needs are obvious but management can’t or won’t do what is necessary 😢

Chevy just wont react quick..he is always measured in his reactions..right now is probably just not a good time to add anybody..other teams know we are hurting...i hate to say it but Toews situation and losing Ehlers and not getting any kind of decent replacement is killing us...is Perfetti missing Ehlers that much? We just can't score...

4 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Yep, absolutely. But then we got the kool aid drinkers here who accept anything O'Shea does. 

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/canucks-trade-hughes-to-wild-in-exchange-for-rossi-ohgren-buium-and-first-round-pick/

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Wow big roll of the dice cause Hughes won't commit to the Wild right now...

7 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Is it he just needs more time to find his legs, touch and to reinvent himself a bit or is it an experiment that unfortunately has not panned out no matter the time given?

How much time needs to lapse before a definite answer can be given to this?

Good question. I would imagine at the halfway point we can get an idea how far he can come back. It was always a roll of the dice..but you give a guy with his pedigree a lot more time than most imo.