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I honestly didn't care what the name would be but it was pretty obvious the only real option was JETS. People were chanting Go Jets Go on the streets of portage, you can't ignore that. Would I have been pissed off if they chose the name Bears (It was never Polar Bears) It was Manitoba Bears and the Bear logo would have been that of a Polar Bear. If it looked anything like the Moose Polar Bear Jerseys did, I'd have been more than fine with that but reality, the only real option and True North can go on about oh we thought about this name and that name and whatever name, It was never gonna be anything other than the Jets. Lots of those rumors of the names were just coming from people who really didn't have a clue. It was Jets all along and it was the only real option. I might have been ok with a different name tho, Cuz quite frankly, i think for some reason theres a segment of the population who think this version of the Jets is the same version that was here before. They aren't. A name change would have helped that. Teemu Selanee,Hawerchuk, whoever else you can think of, Hull, they never played for this FRANCHISE. They played in this city but the franchise they played for is in Arizona.

Sounds like EXPANSION to Vegas is a done deal, just waiting for the BOG to approve it and they will. Expansion draft to take place next June. Vegas to begin playing in 2017/2018 season. Quebec City probably doesn't get expansion. Probably gets relocation of a team. Carolina seems likely now. Probably not until 2017/18 also tho.

Definitely expected. Best of Luck to Clitty in the future.

Nobody apparently. Looks like it's just 6

Technically it's the return of the nhl to Winnipeg day. Jets weren't official until the draft

Ya but he serves no purpose. He doesn't fit.

Exhibition games suck but I have to admit I'm looking very forward to watching. Football I'd football and yeah it will be tough to watch but I'll be watching both bomber preseason games I'm not as convinced that 1290 will take over after Irving retires.Isn't cjob available throughout the entire province? I'm not sureif 1290 is. I'm not convinced that I even get 1290 50 minutes up highway 6 at my lake

Stupid phone. I always thought technique plus foot work were most important for an OL. I mean I look at a guy like Tyson Pence who was huge... jacked... but wasn't very good at all. Didn't have the technique and foot work down so he failed

That and just... dumb because they pretty much said we don't know what we are doing but hey watch tonight. I think they saw nhl playoffs and NBA game 7 and mailed it in.

Ship pavelec where tho . Lol. Can you trade him to the khl. I really don't think pav is tradeable. It's not like other teams are like...you know who'd make us a contender. ..Pavelec.

The 25 percent thing isn't gonna happen so therefore stafford and pavelec aren't really needed. I'm going to guess that expansion doesn't happen tho. I think relocation of 2 teams is more likely

Interesting to note that if expansion does happen you don't have to expose 25 percent of your cap. Makes things interesting now cuz jets could move on from stafford and pavelec now seeing as tho the only real reason to keep them was to help get to the 25 percent mark.

Should be very good. With that said tho the rest of raw was total crap. You know it won't be good when you get a 20 minute promo to open the show that's main point was that they don't have any idea what they are doing with the brand split yet

Yup. Winnipeg is what they refer to as a stand alone town. Ppv here would be easier cuz they could probably do raw the next night in minny

I never watched but.... I'd agree Cleveland let the raptors win those 2 in Toronto cuz the 4 wins they had were by a combined 5000000 points

Without Dressler signing here I'm not sure we get Smith. I'll go with both tho. Dressler is a veteran presence who busts his ass on and off the field. He's a very reliable receiver and seems to have a chip on his shoulder to prove Jones wrong. Smith is Dressler Jr. Both.

It wasn't me hyping Chychrun. I'm not that high on him at all and haven't been all year. He's very overrated in my opinion. Something ain't right with him. He's fallen from top 2 at the start of the year to possibly falling out of the top 12. I prefer Sergachev over Chychrun. Juolevi also.

Thing is... a guy like Fabbro or Bean could be there at 22 and could end up better than Chychrun. Heck Clague dineen LuJo could all be better and they will be available at 22 and 36 more than likely

3 players are nhl ready. It's Matthews Laine Puljujarvi. The rest aren't. Domi played basically his entire junior eligibility b4 joining Arizona this season. Tkachuk will be with London next year. Domi is better than Tkachuk. Like I said let's see what he does without his 2 star linemates

Vancouver or Calgary for sure. One of the 2. Not sure which one. Vancouver picks b4 so it might be them.

No. I think Arizona probably will go D but if Tkachuk is there they might not. Think Vancouver or Calgary take Tkachuk

I'd suspect 1. Toronto - Matthews 2. WPG - Laine 3. CBJ - Puljujarvi 4. Traded - PLD Tkachuk could go 5th 6th 7th at the latest. If he falls I'd be surprised but London is a very stacked team. Could see Brown going before him because of the Center vs Winger thing but I'd be shocked if he makes it past 7 and Arizona. 5th 6th 7th is my guess. Next year will be interesting for Tkachuk cuz Marner and Dvorak probably will both be in the nhl with Toronto and Arizona. Tkachuk isn't nhl ready yet so it will be interesting to see how he does without his 2 star linemates. Tkachuk will go back to London next year. It's highly unlikely that Marner and Dvorak do so we will see how he does without the 2 ready for nhl players

Yup. And that's the thing. If you are trading myers for example or Trouba for pick 4... why? We are loaded at forward prospects. PLD might be good but we don't need him. We need LHD help. It makes very little sense to trade for pick 4 unless the plan is to trade pick 4 for a later pick.... 8 to 11 probably. We need D prospects. We don't need PLD. We need LHD. It's likely a d man or 4 are available at 22 and 36. The equivalent of 4 firsts for Murray is crazy talk.

Perreault has missed significant time pretty much every season he's played. Scheif was a rookie pretty much 2 years ago. There's a difference

The whole CTE issue is interesting, Years upon years ago these guys had no idea that any of this stuff really existed, at least it wasn't really confirmed. The technology wasn't there to prove it. Plus, these guys grow up playing the sport also, who is to say that some of this stuff doesn't start developing in Junior football or Peewee or whatever. In the past, i kind of look at it and go, hmm that's too bad. They didn't really know that things like that happened tho.Now a days tho, i think the onus is on the player ever more, they know the risk, they know it, they can't blame anyone but themselves. Nobody is forcing them to play, it's on the player and the parents for that matter. You know the risks now...back in the day tho, you didn't so as harsh as it may be to say, It's unfortunate but, the fact that this CTE thing is relatively new, and wasn't really diagnosed until very recently, players from the 60's 70's 80's early 90's even, It's to bad but... you play a contact sport, you know the risks you take. Now a days, I feel it's even more on the player, You definitely know the risks, and it's been proven that some of those risks are quite significant, you still chose to play tho. NFL teams should probably make guys sign some sort of letters of intent showing that they know the risks and are willing to accept the consequences. Maybe have it part of the contract, player doesn't agree, he doesn't play. If he does, he plays.