Mike

Good story for the Riders but it ain’t gonna make a lick of difference on the field

Wow.

In fairness to Walters, the draft where he picked Ekakitie was awful.

Nichols has tunnel vision, is a statue in the pocket and really seemed to stray from the style of football that got him to the level he was playing at as we got deeper into the season last year. Maybe recency bias underrates him but he has a lot to prove this year, especially if we want to go anywhere as a team.

I won’t speak for Chip but personally, yes I do in certain ways. Definitely not in other ways, but I truly believe Streveler does some things better than Nichols right now.

I don’t love the pick but I don’t hate it

Wilkinson would be nice here. I could see Griffiths too. Wouldn’t love a REC but then again, the talent is stacked at that spot. Can they pass on KJG or Gittens if Wilkinson goes next?

Nice pick by the X kimos

I would’ve been happy with Wilkinson at 4 ... could we get him at 14? I doubt it.

Davis Sanchez not a big fan of DJ Peanut Butter Jelly Jam

But will he come over from the KHL?

I don’t honestly see the need so much ... would we care about drafting a RB as much if Oliviera wasn’t from Winnipeg? I think he could be there later, he just recently fired his CFL agent which is a great way to drop your stock. Wouldn’t hate another OL

Lmao Hodge tweeted “if the Tiger-Cats don’t pick Jesse Gibbon they will regret it for the next 10 years” ... he had them taking Lenius-Dickey in his mock. he is so insufferable. Lmao

Chill bruh

Kongbo please

Throwing darts at a list is better than Hodge.

I mean ... I’m just curious where you get this idea he’s a beast on ST ... he had one career tackle in college.

And just for fun, even though I've paid like zero attention to the lead-up to tomorrow ... Toronto picks Desjarlais, Hamilton picks McInnis, Edmonton picks Betts, Winnipeg picks Wilkinson and Kongbo and then after that I don't really care. That'd be my prediction/hope.

Agreed, would like to see us pick one of either Kongbo or Betts for sure. We can afford to gamble. Especially because I don't buy into this idea of us needing a receiver like everyone says we do. Even if we want to start 3, I'd rather see us bring back Coates or try and scrap lower rounds for depth - we don't need to blow a first round pick on CDNWR5 when we have Demski, Wolitarsky, Simonise and Petermann.

I hope so.

The reality of the situation is we need to try and turn some of our assets that are up for big money contracts into assets that are undervalued contracts with team control left. I don't know how you do that other than identifying a team with a competitive window that fits that need. With that said, I think if you could get everyone in the same room, I truly think the best fit would probably be some kind of three-way deal with Calgary and Florida. Calgary probably sees a need to add forward depth and they can deal from a position of strength on D (especially if they're adding a guy like Alex Yelesin from the K, which it seems like they are) ... Florida really seems to be a good fit (player and team) for Trouba and Winnipeg could use a team like Calgary to bolster their D corps with the loss of Trouba. Florida gets: Jacob Trouba, James Neal Calgary gets: Vincent Trocheck, Matthieu Perreault Winnipeg gets: Noah Hanifin Add picks/prospects as you see necessary to make the deal work. Why for Florida? They have the cap space to add Trouba and have long been reported to be a team interested in acquiring him - the fit for the player is there too, as Trouba wants to be in Florida with his girlfriend. James Neal is an albatross for Calgary, but he might be a better fit on the wing in Florida for a team that would need to fill a hole on the wing when Huberdeau goes back to the middle to fill the hole left by Trocheck. Gives them a top six of Dadonov-Barkov-Hoffman, Tippett-Huberdeau-Neal and you can still add spare parts in FA with your excess cap space (they should still have around 6-7 million left over and their only real guy they need to give more cash to is Hawryluk) Why not for Florida? Maybe they're not comfortable moving Huberdeau to the middle and then maybe Neal is redundant, especially since you can spend your money in better ways (like finding a better option than Hawryluk for your 2C) Why for Calgary? They really seem to need add forward depth and Trocheck is the kind of cost effective 2C that will present them with the ability to have an easier time resigning all the big ticket players they're going to have coming up in the next little while ... Tkachuk/Rittich as RFA this year ... Brodie/Hamonic UFA and Jankowski RFA the year after ... Perreault gives you some bridge depth that you can afford in the interim to keep your team's top 9 solid, especially if you let Bennett walk as another cost-controlled measure. Why not for Calgary? Maybe Hanifin isn't the piece they want to give up on D and they're not sold on their ability to retain Brodie/Hamonic the year after next and would rather keep the guy they have secured for longer term. Why for Winnipeg? The biggest asset you gain here is the flexibility to retain your players in a cap crunch and offer your current roster an opportunity to gain a bigger role. Hanifin is a big add for a team that just lost Trouba. Why not for Winnipeg? I'm not sure. Maybe that's a sign this trade isn't as good as I think it is but I already typed all this **** out and I still think it makes decent sense so here we are.

I’m happy if they decide to pull the trigger on Betts or Kongbo somewhere in the draft. Don’t see a lot of need, especially since I anticipate we only need 5 CDN starters this year. Not seeing a huge need for OL but of course, it’d be a wise decision to pick at least one somewhere during the evening.

OTC pretty much implies he was taking it without recommendation from a training staff.

Offensive? No, not really but then again, you're basically asking "has he found a receiver" because we haven't really had a need for American offensive linemen or running backs.

How does this address any need for us?