Target Date for Free Agency Feb. 9th 12 noon ET - 11 am Winnipeg - 9 am Kelowna 

The Bombers will lead into the pre-draft weekend with a press conference tomorrow, February 5th, at 10:00am to discuss Free Agency as it pertains to the Blue Bombers.

Below is a list of the Bomber's free agents:

Capers, Selvish    OL    International    

Gibson, Thaddeus    DL    International    

Hajrullahu, Lirim    K    National    

Marshall, Cameron    RB    International    

Newman, Graig    DB     National  

Pontbriand, Michel-Pierre    FB     National    

Washington, Demond    DB    International

Moore, Nick    WR    International 

Shell, Lin-J    DB    International    

Walker, Chevon    RB    International    
 

Extended :

Daniels, Jace    OL     International    Extended (12/14/15)

Nichols, Matt    QB    International    Extended (01/05/16)

Richardson, Louie    DL    National    Extended (01/25/16)

 

We already know N. Moore won't be extended, and I've assumed Walker and Shell are gonzo, so that leaves 7 players, including 3 Non-imports. How many of these 7 guys will be announced as re-signed by Walters tomorrow?

Any guesses or half wishes, preferences?

Marshall? Hajrullahu? Pontbriand? Newman? What about Washington?

Edited February 9, 20169 yr by Mr Dee

Disaggree.  300k may be too much for and import, but if he is the best in the league then its probally worth it.

Look.. Our team is horrible and has been horrible for a long time. Only Sask was worse last year and they have blow the thing up and released 20 plus players.

Stop taking the slow and cheap option.. it hasn't been working.. Overpay to get the best assests possible.  If that means our backups are paid less and maybe not as good.. then so be it.  the drop off on backups will not be as significant as the starters

 

4 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I wonder if Chad Owens finds a new team.... 

He will if he doesn't lower his expectations. Yes he can still contribute a lot and yes he's the face of the team here, but he isn't a $175k player at this point. If he played all 18 games + playoffs he might be so if he works out something incentive based he might get there... but realistically he may end up elsewhere as Barker traditionally doesn't break the bank for free agents. It would suck to see him in Hamilton.

Laurent is worth 250K easily, and I would probably go up to 275K for him. He might be the best DT in the league and he's Canadian. 

1 minute ago, Blueandgold said:

Laurent is worth 250K easily, and I would probably go up to 275K for him. He might be the best DT in the league and he's Canadian. 

250K and you make the deal, absolutely. But it sounds like a number of teams will be willing to pay him that. Who can go higher is the question.

I have a request.

Can people please post twitter information, or any information on this thread?  I can't get the twitter feed at work and I don't know where else to get up to the minute information.

 

Edited February 9, 20169 yr by Dascow

12 minutes ago, bryan35 said:

300k is too much for a d tackle

Wasn't Brown pulling in 220ish many moons ago?

Just now, Brandon said:

Wasn't Brown pulling in 220ish many moons ago?

He was. I was just about to say that if you substitute the name Brown for Laurent and it would be a no brainer to the posters here.

1 minute ago, Dascow said:

I have a request.

Can people please post twitter information, or any information on this thread?  I can't get the twitter feed at work and I don't know where else to get up to date information.

 

 

1 minute ago, Dascow said:

I have a request.

Can people please post twitter information, or any information on this thread?  I can't get the twitter feed at work and I don't know where else to get up to date information.

 

All trades should be posted on here...

What's taking so long?

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Dascow said:

I have a request.

Can people please post twitter information, or any information on this thread?  I can't get the twitter feed at work and I don't know where else to get up to the minute information.

 

You could look at the live twitter feed on the main page

Chiles is still a downgrade from Dressler and Smith

Just now, Bomber_fanaddict said:

You could look at the live twitter feed on the main page

It doesn't work for me here at work.

 

Thanks to those who are posting the tweets and other info.

We should've cut Adams and signed Chiles.

It's been 20 minutes - Why haven't the Bombers signed Peyton Manning yet?

@CFL

As per @TSNScianitti, multiple offers in for @Trev_Harris already.

Any word on the teams in on Harris? I would suspect that Toronto, Montreal, Saskatchewan and maybe Ottawa would show interest.

1 minute ago, Blueandgold said:

Any word on the teams in on Harris? I would suspect that Toronto, Montreal, Saskatchewan and maybe Ottawa would show interest.

I think all of those except Saskatchewan would probably be in on him. I don't get the impression that SK wants to bring in competition for Durant

1 minute ago, Blueandgold said:

Any word on the teams in on Harris? I would suspect that Toronto, Montreal, Saskatchewan and maybe Ottawa would show interest.

Those would be my guess. Montreal and Sask could both really use him! Hope he goes to neither

3 minutes ago, Cam P said:

I think all of those except Saskatchewan would probably be in on him. I don't get the impression that SK wants to bring in competition for Durant

Would be silly of Jones not to bring him in for that exact reason! Look what happened to them after losing Durant last year. They don't have much behind Durant and they also don't know what he has as he hasn't played in a season and a half.

Irfaan Gaffar Verified account ‏@sportsnetirf 2m2 minutes ago

Breaking - Andrew Harris will sign with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. #CFLFA

Edited February 9, 20169 yr by comedygeek

23 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

What's taking so long?

WTH!!! It's 33 minutes in and we haven't seen multiple big signings yet! Doh stupid CFL, I'm outta here ...

Edited February 9, 20169 yr by IC Khari