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Bombers will make very little. Not sure why the NHL couldn't pay for the extra seating when they are the ones taking in all the revenue. Heritage classic nice but seems the local team and stadium lose out lots

O. Vermette is a Ufa this off season.

Technically the game was never confirmed in the first place so I don't see the need for outrage or to play the blame game. Seems like both true north the bombers and the NHL are all at fault. Bombers might make a few bucks off the game. Not much. True north don't make much either. NHL takes all the revenue.

What a waste of 600 bucks. 300 jersey 300 tix.

Postma Burmi Hali Pardy and probably prospects not named copp petan comrie Morrissey ehlers and Hellebyuck. 3rd line winger. Zach Kassian rumors out there

Yeah. He is the DC at McMaster and was a Laurier grad who played safety for the Calgary Stampeders

Honest Question. No sarcasm or bs like my last few posts in this topic.. Why does it matter when they announce who the DC is? Honestly, why do a few of you care so much? Does it really bother you that much? Or.. I'm just curious as to why a few people can't wait until they announce it. I understand it's the off-season and people want news, i get that. I get that maybe because of Stubler last year saying thanks but no thanks people might be getting a bit antsy but other than those 2 reasons, why the rush? Why the need to know? The people that matter all know already. I just don't get why it's such a big deal if they announce it today tomorrow a week from now or even a month from now. Before people say but a month from now, free agency will have passed, yes but last year technically ETCH wasn't named DC until after the free agency period.

I have tickets for that game too. Should be a doozy. I'd honestly suspect nothing much happens but 6 games for a guy who has been suspended like 1000000 times before? seems right :S

What that photo doesn't show tho is Pav making 2 or 3 saves prior to it and all the traffic in front of him including 6'5 inch Dustin Byfuglien. Seriously putting that goal on him when he made 2 or 3 big saves before hand and the team had at least 2 chances to clear the puck out of the zone and failed to do so is kind of ridiculous actually.

I don't see tate being traded, to who? Nobody really needs a QB? Ottawa? doubt it, regardless they have Henry and Demarco still, they don't need him. Montreal will probably roll with Crompton. This is a solid move by the Stamps to secure a guy who obviously wants to be there.

Jets looked tired all game long, pretty understandable considering it was their 7th game in 11 days. Finished with a 5-1-1 record there too. Not bad. Pav played very well, didn't get much help back there for most of the night, several grade A chances for Arizona but Pav stood tall and made the big saves. Blaming him for any of those goals tonight is crazy.. One was a bad giveaway, that i suppose you can blame Pav on since he was the one that shot it away in the first place but the last 2? Nah, a deflection and then a double deflection? No goalie in the league is gonna stop those ones that's for sure. Pav has actually played quite well the last 2 or 3 even 4 games now, just doesn't seem to get much help. Regardless, 2 points is 2 points and now tied with the Blackhawks for third in the central. WHo would have thought that. I have noticed something tho, when the Jets play on Sportsnet or Citi TV, regardless it's a sportsnet production, they really aren't very good. Perhaps they are listening to the very boring announcing during the game and it's putting them too sleep cuz god knows it darn near puts me to sleep. Bob Cole might be a legend but the guy is so boring now and doesn't really have a clue what is going on at all, Greg Millen seems angry all the time, It's just not a good combination at all. Sportsnet really needs to do something about their announcing teams, cuz COLE and Millen absolutely suck, Just no excitement at all, they are just so boring to listen too, it honestly makes the game seem more boring than it is. Oh well, On to Columbus on Wednesday, I'll be at that game Hopefully the Jets are rested and come out and pound them before getting a much needed break. It's insane this last little schedule they have been on, West Coast to Winnipeg to Dallas to Chicago to Winnipeg all in 11 nights, Brutal schedule but like i said, 5-1-1 on the toughest part of the schedule is huge.

Or maybe hall is already hired and they are waiting cuz they enjoy ppl on this board getting their panties in a knot.

I think Floyd you need to pay more attention. Jets are very high on copp. He will be on the team next season if he decides to leave school. He is pro ready. No you don't need 3 #1 lines, you need d men tho. Bogo isn't being trades anytime soon

Honestly, if i asked my friends who are casual bomber fans, they watch the games and even go to games but don't follow the team that closely in the off-season, I mean the Jets are the team right now to be watching, but if i asked them now, who are the coaches of the bombers, they would just say Mike O'shea or that guy from the argos even, not sure some even know his name, If i asked them who the DC is, they would say what is the DC... Casual fans don't care especially in January, there is snow on the ground, we got a hockey team to watch, they just don't care at the moment. Once the season gets closer, people will start to care. When the bombers do name the DC, there will be a topic and it will have about 100 or so people commenting on it, when you really think about it, 100 people is nothing. That stadium gets anywhere between 26 and 33000 people at games. 100 people on these boards? It's not about impatient people, it's about keeping the bomber name in the news. YOu think the average fan cares who the DC is? or who they sign in January? Not at all. Once the snow melts tho and the hockey season is over, that's when people will start to care more. Heres my best guess, since Darren Cameron is in Arizona it appears, and will be back Monday,I'd honestly expect an announcement on the DC to come shortly, perhaps during the NHL all star break when their is no Jets news, right now, Jets are the talk of the town, 4-0-1 in their last 5, those last 5 games being played in 7 days. Next week, i'd expect maybe after the Columbus game on Wednesday, you will hear a bomber announcement. And that's the right way to do it because for the next several days, because of the all star break, there will be no Jets news really.

They don't cater to fans on message boards, the 1 or 2 percent if that of the fans.. they space it out so the average fan, my parents, my girlfriend, people like that... so they go oh the bombers are in the news now. Cool. It's not about catering to impatient fans on message boards that's for sure.

Trouba will probably get a bridge deal, that's what the Jets do. Buff at 8 million? Not really, maybe 7 but really that's only 1.5 or so more than it is now, You are gonna have guys like Ehlers Petan Morrissey and the little known center from Michigan Andrew Copp coming in to on Entry Level Contracts. It's not a lot of cap.. And regardless what anyone says, Bogo is not the third pairing d man, he's at worst a top 4. Actually he's playing top 2 minutes right now with Toby. Trading a dman who is not in his prime is crazy talk. Teams are built from the net out. What it seems to be is some people (maybe just one) wants the Jets to mortgage the future, but the future looks bright and their are ways around the cap.. Don't re-sign slater, move Thorburn or Postma, Stuart even... Is frolik gonna stick around? rumour has it he wants close to 5 million or so a year for 5 years. Do we need him with prospects coming up? You don't trade top 4 d men and that's what bogo is, for forwards and we don't need centers really. We have many of them. Jets are looking for a 3rd line right winger, they don't need a top 6 winger right now and with ehlers and petan coming soon, they want need wingers for a while. Hey but i got an idea, let's trade a top 4 d man (that's what bogo is) so then when people get hurt, we can call up ellerby or play pardy.. Great idea.. Let's just totally disrupt the obvious chemistry this team has cuz i mean we are totally in rebuild mode right now anyways, we aren't 5th overall in the western conference and only 2 points back of both Chicago and St Louis, Let's trade a top 4 d man for an easily picked up winger that we really don't need right now. Makes no sense at all really. Forwards are a dime a dozen, we don't need centers, we have one that nobody has heard of that the Jets are high on in Andrew Copp, we have 2, could argue 3 centers already in Little,Scheif and Lowry (who could easily switch over to the wing) and Copp takes his center spot on the third line. Wingers? Hello Petan and Ehlers. Why would we even think about moving a top 4 d man right now.. it's crazy talk and it won't happen, It's more likely we move Buff than Bogo in my opinion only due to the fact that Bogo is still yet to reach his prime and Buff is in his right now. Want to talk realistic trades? It involves these guys here (Frolik, cuz he's not signed after this season, Postma,Pardy,Harrison probably,Slater,Thorburn,Peluso, Halischuk, Prospects not named Hellebyuck,Comrie,Morrissey,Ehlers,Petan,Copp) That's about it right now. You gonna see a postma/burmi type of trade for a 3rd line winger on an expiring or cheap contract. That's it. No big deals to be made here. Why? the team is playing well and looking to add, not subtract.

Just one more thing, Anybody still want to trade Bogo for Eberle? Like that was ever going to happen? Since returning from injury,BOGO has been a beast, this is the Bogo everyone has been waiting for. The guy is a young d man still trying to find his niche and these last few games, i think he's found it. He's not gonna put up tons and tons of points altho he does have more points this year then he did all of last year but the guy is a reliable shut down d man who can score from time to time and still young enough to get better, hasn't reached his prime really. D men take longer to reach their prime. You don't trade guys like Bogo, you build around guys like him. Our D is scary and when Trouba comes back and Harrison more than likely goes upstairs, what team is gonna want to face Buff/Chiarot,Bogo/Toby and Trouba/Stuart. What a luxury to have these guys. This is how winning teams are built, from the goaltender on out, not sure why anyone would want to move a guy like Bogo really. D men like that don't grow on trees, Bet Montreal is kicking themselves for moving Ryan McDonough and i know if we moved Bogo, in a couple years, we would be doing the same. And especially not for a winger or someone like that from a losing culture who can't play D. As much as it pains me to say this, and it does, cuz he's a beast, if you are looking to move a d man, i'd look at Buff, he'd bring the most back... but ideally Buff Bogo and Trouba are all around for a very long time and we just find a way to make it work. I'm guessing that's what they will do too. Find a way to make it work.

Blake Wheeler has become the unofficial captain of the team really, not sure why anyone would say he seems disengaged, 12 goals 23 assists for 35 points. Third lead scorer on the team behind Ladd who is the leading point getter and Little, Those 2 benefit from having Wheeler on their line big time. Wheeler is also a plus 9 so he has played very good defensive hockey. The guy is a beast out there most nights, goes through some tough times like they all do but is noticeable in a good way probably 9 out of 10 games. The guy is the future captain of this team, It's only a matter of time. Maybe not the captain but the guy will be and is a big time leader both on and off the ice. It's no coincidence that he got an A this year and the team is much better. Fun Fact.. we only have 2 forward with a - rating and that's Thorburn and Galliardi. I know +/- don't really mean much really but... it's interesting none the less. Ladd, Little,Wheeler all plus 9 on the year.

This is good news, the bad news tho is it probably means Carcillo doesn't get suspended eventho that shouldn't matter but apparently it does. Probably miss Phoenix Columbus and hopefully the All Star Break allows him to heal up and be back either the game after or shortly after that one.

Deep bruise or something. If broken would have been taken to hospital

Don't forget these dbs can probably play SAM.

You're right. People get too up down about the goalies which is why some of us joke about it. Here's hoping Hutch is sensational tonight It don't really seem like jokes

Ya I think some people see the name Fred Stamps and confuse the current version with the all star version.

Hate to say it but hutch has played in 19 games this year. We are playing game 46 tonight. Unless pav was injured that would mean he's played 26 games so far. Tonight is Hutch 20th game. Seems to me Pav is playing so not sure what this hutch is the starter thing Is about. Reality is they both are playing. Last night Pav played. Tonight Hutch. Sunday probably Pav. Wednesday Hutch. Pav is the starter some games. Hutch is other games. Talking a year or 2 from now? Who knows. Maybe Hellebyuck is the starter. Hutch needs to prove himself this year. Has come back to reality a bit the last few games. I like Hutch but a year from now he could be in the ECHL like he was at this time last year pretty much. He might be some NHL all star too tho. But right now for as much as some think. He's not the starter. They both are.

I wouldn't throw loads of cash at any import receivers. We have bigger needs and surely we can find one Damn receiver this off season. Let's be honest. We gonna start 2 Canadians and 3 Americans. Moore Denmark and the third import will hopefully be a training camp find