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The point being.... he favors veterans even if they are underperforming ones to younger players. Go ask a Carolina fan (if you can find one, about Maurice) it's the same old story.

The difference between O'shea and Maurice is O'shea actually shows sign of learning from his past mistakes. Great example would be leaving in loffler when macho was obviously healthy. Maurice would pull loffler once the vet wad healthy. Petan Dano Copp have all been good and when little stafford and MP are healthy will be sent down and Burmi and thorburn will still play

I'll give you an example of a fundamental problem You call up De Leo.... high energy guy with a non stop motor. Your team is quite obviously gassed and tired. You leave Burmi and thorburn in... and the fresh legs of De Leo sits. Now does De Leo make a difference? Probably not but he's got fresh legs and for a team that's gassed and tired... where is the logic in not playing him instead of Burmi or Thor.

And if you think armia is more important than drew stafford on a Paul Maurice coached team you are talking out of yours

I don't think they make a huge difference. Would they be less gassed after 10 games in 18 days? There are fundamental problems with this team and it's on coaching

I don't disagree with the idea of this topic. I think maurice definitely makes lots of very questionable roster decisions. I think he definitely favors vets and vets can cost you goals every game and they don't get reprimanded. A rookie does that and he's benched. And I don't think Maurice is the RIGHT coach for a fast skilled team.... but.... crazy schedule bunch of top 6 players out.... yeah.... it's tough. But I'm not sure little Perreault or stafford makes a huge difference in the big picture

TUP is right. The schedule has been a disaster for sure. 10 games in 18 nights is stupid. It's caught up to them.

I actually think that the bombers would be putting up a better performance than the Lions are

Jets are a tired gassed team. Being out shot 10 3. 1 0 Canes. Helle made 4 saves prior to that one getting by him. Bench a Vet Maurice... Buff

The Jets do it to certain media guys also. Usually the same guys the bombers show the disdain for.

Cummings is more of a DL/ DT. Corney is a DE

None here. Just some minor flakes this morning but didn't stick

In a game where we are out shot 38 12 and had 7 or 8 shots through 2 periods? Hutch was pretty Damn good today. You know who wasn't? The rest of the team... the worst one might have been Buff

Ask people in Iraq and Afghanistan what they think about the USA bombing them for the last what 14 years

I would say the stat of the game is 8 shots on goal through 2 periods

We are pretty close to a record in terms of days with no snow on the ground.

I've read many articles that state NAFTA was a whole lot better and more fair to Canada and the USA years ago. So if we go back to let's say 10 years ago... I think we are better off. Mexico pays people peanuts and seem to benefit the most from the current agreement. I think Obama and Harper for that matter did some good things but I think they also did some things that perhaps weren't in the best interest of the majority of Canada and USA interests. Trump will be interesting. I actually agree with his immigration stance. I don't think illegals or criminals should be allowed to stay. I don't think families should be torn apart however if your family member is in the US illegally... well, to bad so sad in my opinion. I don't think all Muslims are terrorists either and I don't think it's smart to single out a group of people based on their religion. But.... Trump said what he said because he wanted to win. He won so I'd suspect that most of the stuff he promised he'd do.... he won't. He said he'd drain the swamp bug the people he is giving jobs in his administration to, well, not exactly draining the swamp. Trump took advantage of people's stupidity. Has said he loves stupid uneducated people... why? Cuz they are easy to manipulate. Not all 60 million people who voted for him are... but I'd suspect a large chunk Is.

Nichols. Bennett. Adams. Bass. Burnett. Bryant. Medlock. Remple are the major ones. Denmark and Gurley are on the next group. Cummings would be nice to have back but I think Padric Scott could take his place.

And whether we like it or not.... those top 6 players are little Perreault and stafford. Mathias armia Connor are bottom 6

It's easy to say that in Alberta... but lots of people here really don't care for the location of the stadium.

I hate to say it because it's not an issue for me but lots of people I know have said that they won't go back to igf because of the first year gong show with parking and traffic. Yeah. Weak right but lots of people feel this way. More than we all think. It's not an issue anymore and IMO never really was but to lots of people it's a big reason why they won't go to games.

It's to early to worry about where they are in the standings. Being this high up in the standings with half a moose roster is reason for optimism tho. Say what you want about any of these guys but.... Little Perreault Armia stafford myers Mathias Connor are all hurt. Those aren't minor losses. Those are huge losses. 3 top 6 players. A top d man. And some bottom 6 players. Huge losses. No other team has had to deal with that

Well there's a difference between being on the PP for 5 seconds and being on the ice trailing by 2 with under 5 to go.

Wasn't a penalty. But I will question 1 thing there. We were down 4 2 with 4 minutes 30 seconds left. Why was thorburn on the ice?

You realize Vegas can scout the AHL also right and have? He was sent down to work on his O game and it worked. AHL is not some minor league ECHL... it's a developmental league. Being sent down doesn't mean that you arent good enough for the NHL... it means they want you to develop parts of your game.