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It's all about managing your money. You can't spend that much on your d and expect to have any forwards unless they are all on ELC deals. It doesn't work and with the Canadian dollar the way it is. .. Jets won't be a cap team or even close to it. Outside of Montreal and Toronto none of the cdn teams will be. It's easy to say give buff this or that but reality is there is a cap and in 2 years let's say when a guy like ehlers or even helle or maybe a kyle Connor or Mathews even needs to get paid and buff and your d is making like 40 percent of your budget... you are gonna lose them. Paying your d that much just doesn't work. People aka fans think short term. Management at least good ones think long term. Sure would suck to lose scheif or Trouba or Ehlers helle or Connor cuz buff is making 7 million a year.

Jets D is already the 2nd highest paid d in the league. Something has to give there. Trouba gonna get a raise... probably 5 million. Enstrom makes Damn near 6 million. Myers makes about what? 5 ish. Buff at 7 or more. Sorry it don't work. You gotta trade buff or Trouba and enstrom. You can't be spending that much on your d. Just silly. And for the record due to his lack of commitment off the ice I don't think trouba deserves 5 million plus he hasn't done much on it to prove he is worth that but that's what he will probably get. Someone needs to go. Jets need money to pay their forwards too.

Didn't Ottawa release lemon so he could sign with San Fran. Was he let go already from the 49ers? ?

I'm not sure that I believe that is the term buff wants. If it is.... he'd be signed

Riders going young

Dressler please. Chick at the right price would be fine with me also

Want to see who they called out? Watch Ladd buff trouba and Toby tonight. See if they give a crap. But it's little things you need to watch for. Back checking. Finishing checks. Effort level. Discipline. Things that might go unnoticed by the avg fan but won't go unnoticed by those who play the game. It's little things wheeler and little is referring 2. Not giving up on a 2 on 1. Busting your ass to get back and help. Sacrificing your body to block shots. Going to the greasy areas. Standing in front of the net. This is a big one. Part of me hopes Ladd buff etc don't get the message and are dealt . And if it's like last game where Preds dominated but helle or hutch stands on his head and the jets win... problems still exist. Jets need to come out and dominate or change will happen

Turner is funny but not that reliable. I understand that it's his thoughts and I actually agree

Plus Minus means nothing. useless stat. Lowry Burmi and Chiarot? Seriously, the one thing Burmi gives is effort, he may not have the points to show for it but you can't question his effort level. How is calling out 3 depth guys a big deal? It's obviously not them, it might be one of them but i doubt it... It's Buff,It's Ladd,It's Toby,It's Trouba. and if you actually watch them on the ice, Their GAD factor doesn't appear to be to high. It's guys who were here for a while, Lowry is a sophomore, he's played better since his call up, It's not him. It's guy who have been here a while for sure, It's speculation at best but my top candidates are Ladd,Buff,Trouba,Toby.

KC also, Not sure Brady is 100 percent healthy and KC has been on a roll, 11 straight wins i believe. GB for me, Just think Rodgers is a big game player and will step up and beat the Cards Carolina.. My favorite to win it all this year, only because I like Newton and am starting to dislike the riders of the south, SeaHawks Denver.. However if Big Ben is healthy, I think Pitt has a chance to pull it off Anyways, guess this can go here... San Fran named a new head coach today... former Eagles Coach...Chip Kelly. Interesting signing there.

Little says #NHLJets should follow Wheeler's lead: "Showing how much he cares, it's got to rub off on some of these guys at some point." Wonder who he is referencing here? Ladd? Buff? I'd guess that those would be 2 of them, Myers? Enstrom? Cuz you look at the roster and ... Stafford? He's played well. Been a pleasant surprise Ehlers? Rookie who has been getting better Perreault? Gives it his all every shift and is obvious he does Scheif? He's hurt but gives it his all also... Thorbs? He is what he is and they know that Stu? He is what he is and they know that Trouba? He's been playing much better recently Lowry? Again playing much better since his recall Armia? Rookie basically Copp? Rookie basically Burmi? Not playing as well but a possession monster and definitely tries hard Who does that leave really.. It leaves Ladd and it leaves Buff. I believe Ladd and to an extent Buff have CHECKED OUT and in a somewhat subtle way have been called out by their buddies Wheeler and Little, altho none of us have any clue what goes on in that room so maybe they aren't as buddy buddy as has been suggested in the past. Not sure if anyone noticed but the last couple games, instead of talking to Ladd, a guy like Ehlers seems to be spending more time chatting with Wheeler on the bench, Scheif did that earlier in the season too, last year Scheif was more so talking with Ladd on the bench, this year it's been Wheeler. Little things but in the big picture, they probably mean lots. Watch for it tonight, the younger guys seem to be gravitating more towards Wheeler than Ladd, Scheif would be 2 if he wasn't hurt. Part of the reason I think trading both Ladd and Buff is for the better is basically, they don't give it their all game in game out, that's not a good example to set for the youngsters, Buff could be dominating, when he feels like it tho, and that's not a guy I want the younger guys to be looking up too, I want them to be looking up to wheeler, little, perreault, who give it their all night in night out, Hell, thorburn has a ton of warts and is not a very good hockey player but the one thing you can't do, is question his heart and work ethic. The guy tries hard night in night out. That's a good guy to have around. It's guy like Ladd and Buff who take way 2 many nights off that are the problem and it's becoming more and more obvious.

Like most teams, i'm sure they have a list of guys that interests them, just off the top of my head, let's say Andrew Harris is one of them, I just think he's gonna sign here, perhaps a little inside info on that one, who knows but... They want him, he wants to be here. They will sign him. Other areas, Dline, Think they have made that quite clear that they are looking to upgrade the Dline, There are a couple guys still out there, Laurent,Capicotti etc... They will rank them 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. etc and go after the guys they want Oline, same thing. Receiver, same thing. That's how they will do it. Make a list of guys they want and then go after them and offer them money to come here. Really that simple. Don't think theres any magic formula or any other way of doing things, You make a list of the players you want and then you go out and make them offers. That simple.

What exactly do you mean by this? The bombers and specifically since taking over, Walters has been very active signing free agents and I expect the same from them this off-season also. Harris,Carter,Dressler or Smith (whoever sask decides to let go off), Oline,Dline, I expect the bombers to be very active. Walters has proven that over his time here, the one thing he has done well really, among other things but mainly the one thing he's always done is go after free agents.

He's just a prospect, a training camp body. Let's hope we sign Duron Carter...Carter with Denmark and then maybe Ryan Smith or Weston Dressler, whoever shakes loose from Regina

I'd be somewhat surprised if HUTCH is starting, only reason we beat Nashville last game was because of Helle. I'd be very surprised. Yup. Ladd.Perreault.Ehlers. They did that last game for a bit and the line looked ok.

Eventually you need to transition to a younger group of players, especially with the canadian dollar and salary cap constraints the JETS will be facing I'm sure. Would I like to trade stuart? sure why not, do i think the Jets will? No, he's married to an employee of True North, he ain't going anywhere anytime soon if ever. Guy lives here year round. He married a Winnipeg girl. So basically, what you want is the same team as this year? Minus Ladd really? How's that gonna help. You either go semi rebuild and move guys like Buff,Ladd,Toby,Pavelec etc or you sign them. There is no in between. Why get rid of Ladd but keep Buff? It makes no sense, especially considering our RHD depth is strong and our LW depth is not.

Ehlers has more goals in less games than Drouin. Hell no to that. This trading of rookies just won't happen. So might as well stop pretending Myers for Hamonic. Buff for 1st plus Ladd for 1st plus One of those pluses should be an LHD prospect that is ready or near ready to play. Trade Enstrom. He's the highest paid jet. Trouba Hamonic as top w2 RHD Morrissey LHD prospect Stuart for next year

No it isn't but 9 million his first year certainly won't happen. Read Duckys post.

The salary cap might even go down.. Buff isn't getting 40 million over 5 years. It just won't happen. He's gonna be dealt, that's elite player money, Buff is not elite, Elite players make differences game in game out, Buff takes 2 many nights off in my opinion. He's actually part of the problem in my opinion.

As for Filling up the stadium, I think if the team is winning, people will come out and support them. It's really that simple. Iso, for a guy who doesn't live in Winnipeg, you seem to like to think you speak for lots of Winnipegers. Winnipeg is a sports town, give the fans a team worth cheering for and that stadium is filled, they sucked the last 2 years and attendance was still pretty darn good. For a losing team at that. Yeah they didn't average 30,000 but not many places in the CFL do. Maybe only 1 or 2. I would suspect the Bombers even with the losing are TOP 3 maybe at worst TOP 4 attendance wise in the league. Not bad for a team who is losing. What's that say about the fans? It says we care and we will show up, if they start winning, the fans will fill that stadium. EASILY.

Something to keep in mind here and this is important for sure... the canadian dollar is worth let's say 70 cents US, it's actually less i think but let's just round up.. You give Buff 9 million a year, that's american dollars, That's over 10 damn near 11 or 12 million CDN... That's not gonna happen.

Kopitar is a franchise player tho, that's how things are going... You will see more deals like that for the actual superstars and Kopitar is one, he's actually better than Toews in my opinion but doesn't get much fanfare. I'd say it's a fair deal for Kopitar. Him are Doughty are the face of that franchise.

I would think MB's schemes played a role in our OLINE not playing so well.

Here... Just for D men 180 starting defensemen play in the NHL. Law of averages should be the Jets would have one defensemen in the top 30 for penalties taken.Nope. We have 5:1) Byfuglien 443) Trouba 3711) Myers 2818) Stuart 2425) Enstrom 22For god sakes Chiarot has only played 13 games & is 46th. That was actually 18 games ago... An update over the past 18 games: 3) Byfuglien 60 (+16) 5) Myers 53 (+25) 10) Stuart 48 (+24) 11) Trouba 48 (+7) 30) Enstrom 34 (+12)

I'm not sure but on twitter somewhere, they listed the penalties the Jets have and the tpenalty leaders on the team are Buff <-- he's actually number 1 by a fair bit The rest, not in order are Trouba,Stuart,Myers,Thorburn and Lowry actually. Ladd is actually near the bottom of the list.