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Here's his quote on Hall: "Obviously Alex is a good player, but I don't know how he would fit in. We've got a lot of good players on our roster who don't get a chance to play right now. If you add another one to the mix, who do you bump?" said O'Shea. You play that game and you say, oh this guy would be great or that guy would be great. But you have to always ask where they fit. And what it really comes down to is, who are you going to release to get that guy on the roster? The way I see it right now, our roster has got some depth in areas, and we have some starters that are waiting to play who do a great job when they get the chance," he continued. "When I look at Alex Hall, I see an edge pass-rusher, and I don't see how that fits in with Gary Etcheverry's defensive system where you don't just stand a guy out on the edge and let him rush the passer all day while the other guys clean up the run plays. The way we are built we can't have guys who don't fit our system."

Your analogy is terrible. They would only be similar if the actor playing a cop had now become a real cop and came on the show to talk about his career change.

Like TUP said, wrestlers get punched in the face a lot. It won't be new for him. Also, How'd you decide on Nate Diaz for your example? edit: I just watched the clip and saw the Diaz mention. I wondered at first why you mentioned Diaz b/c he's certainly doesn't have the heaviest hands in mma.

I think we trade Harrison once we're healthy. I bet we could get more than we gave up for him b/c we'd be trading him closer to the deadline.

Landsberg's schitch is asking mock aggressive questions. Guys who don't know it's coming get offended. Sonnen walked off his show once, but has been back a few times since now that he knows what Landsberg is doing.

You can only bring him up on an emergency basis. He can't stay up for a prolonged time.

Chiarot & Brouillette are here and both Kichton & Ellerby are hurt. It makes sense to search for dmen from other teams rather than bring up guys who are bottom pairing dmen in the minors.

Good trade. Big stay at home dman for a very reasonable price. Edit: Carolina also eating 30% of his salary.

I think Portis would have wanted some assurance about being on the active roster before he re-signed. This makes me less confident Brohm will be back, which is too bad b/c I'm a fan. I'm a fan of all of our qbs though so I guess I'll be ok no matter what happens...

Per Lawless the Bombers have spoken to Benevedes already. They have also asked the Riders for permission to speak to Hall.

None. The best way to keep your job is to hire good coordinators and win games.

We don't need a bigger dl. They're almost exactly the same size as the Riders, who had arguably the best DL in the league. We need Vega to rediscover his game and an upgrade on the other side. Peach is a decent rotational guy but I don't want him starting again.

Benevedes, Claybrooks, Hall Claybrooks was in line to be Calgary's DC last season until Stubler became available and he's the heir apparent when he retires. I like anybody that Huff likes.

Sounds like Stuart is hurt now too. It looked to me like the last punch he took in his fight rattled him. I really hope he doesn't have a concussion.

In fairness Iso, you deserved to be mocked. You've become Nate-like in your world view. Everybody is a koolaid drinking lemming except you (and maybe Atomic). Only you can see things for how they really are.

That's an old story, the trade was pretty much done but last minute Lowe got angry about something and demanded Comrie repay a signing bonus, that's what nixed that trade. Things got really personal between Lowe and Comrie back then. I remember the relationship with Comrie being bad, but I don't recall ever hearing about that potential trade. That would have been up there as one of the best/worst trades in NHL history.

Awful story from twitter (Down goes Brown): Lowe was offered Corey Perry & a 1st rounder in 2003 for Mike Comrie. He turned it down and traded Comrie the following week for Jeff Woywitka, a 1st, & a 3rd rounder. Just another reminder of how awful Lowe has been at his job.

Isn't 25% turnover fairly significant? In 2011 we brought back the majority of the 2010 team and went from 4-14 to 11-7 and a Grey Cup appearance.

I wonder how much we can really save on the cap with Jones with a bonus in 2014. As a 4th round pick, I assume he would have been on a minium deal next year anyways.

But the new coach of the Bombers also had a real qb to work with. The comparable with the Oilers would be the new coach having a legit goalie to work with. I don't think Eakins did a good job, but you're over the top in your blame of him for all of their problems. The Oilers have a handful of good players and two handfuls of AHLers. I think the Oilers will get better with a new coach in large part b/c they quit on Eakins, so if nothing else there'll be more effort now.

You're the king of terrible fantasy trades. You have a very high opinion of our players.

I wanted to post that Yakupov stat about his hot end to his rookie season, but I didn't have enough time last night to find the actual numbers. I just remembered he had a crazy finish to an otherwise forgettable season, and hasn't come close to doing it again.

Using avg. goals per game to account for the difference in games played, there was only 10 goals difference between Eakins' first season and the season before he was hired.

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Darren Dreger just reported that the Oilers have put Taylor Hall on the trade market. As an owner of Hall in two fantasy leagues, I really hope it's true.