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Sheif, Wheeler, Buff. Well we might as well just close up shop now because that trio doesn't hold a candle to the ones I listed above.

I'm shocked that Chipman explained something the Jets did in a way that presents them in a favorable light. I expected that he would just say "we ****** up". NOT!

Hell no to one division. Sometimes it's nice to have things just for the CHARACTER of the league. East vs West is one of those things. It might not make the most competitive sense but it is better from a rivalry and storytelling perspective. And realistically having one division wouldn't solve as many problems as people think.

I just think, when you get into a situation like "Oh, well Player A is better right now, but Player B is going to be great and we need to extend him next year so we gotta get rid of Player A...." that's when you get into trouble. As in, we can't afford Frolik because we have to extend Trouba. If you make that decision too many times, the team turns into the Oilers.

So you agree. Planning for the future is futile.

Big money for Chungh has to be Plan A, for sure.

It just goes to show that you cannot plan for the future. Look at the situation we're in with Trouba now. You're not going to get a better player back. Guaranteed, no way, will not happen. So now we have no defensive prospects beyond Morrissey. You don't see that as a huge problem? That we banked on Trouba being a top-pairing guy for three years and when he's ready, he leaves? If you think this was part of Chevy's plan you're nuts.

So what have the last 5 years been about? Why didn't we just tank if it's so critical to build around a first or second overall pick? I just feel like we keep hearing about a plan but there actually isn't one at all. And it's not asinine at all. It actually proves me correct. You CAN'T plan far into the future because so-called "one-off" events like Trouba demanding to leave throw off the whole plan.

Do the people who already bought tickets get partial refunds down to the new price? Seems like a bit of a joke... Of course good news for me if the Bombers make it cuz I'll be buying

Yeah. As in 2 or 3 players. Toews, Kane, Keith. Stamkos, Drouin, Hedman. Kopitar, Doughty, Quick. Crosby, Malkin, Fleury. And then they supplemented those players through free agency and trades. You can't build a whole damn team through high draft picks, it doesn't make any sense. Nobody has ever won by doing that. 6 years in and who are we building around? Scheifele?

I love the idea of trading our first round pick (not Toronto's) next year for an OL if we can get one. But the trade deadline has passed, so that's more of an off-season thing. I also wouldn't mind dressing Keeping/Neufeld and starting Couture. If he's really getting beat, we can put in the veteran. If he does ok, it's great experience for next year.

Frankly the "building for the future" story we've been told has been exposed as a scam. How can you build for the future around guys like Trouba who are just going to leave after they've developed their skills here? At some point you have to build a team for THIS YEAR, because you never know what the future may hold. Sure, Laine and Connor could be great but will we be able to afford them both along with Scheifele and others? Will they even want to stay? Smart GMs know you can't predict the future. Notice how all the teams that are trash year after year are also YOUNG year after year. Edmonton has been full of young talent for a DECADE. It doesn't work!!

Just plain ignorant really. Who's getting free tickets to this event? I dropped $425+ for my tickets, because it is a once-in-a-lifetime event. 30,000 other people have done the same, or in some cases spent way more. Get the Alberta sized stick out of your ass already.

Yeah we've barely got 750k people in this city, I think we support events just fine. If the stadium was 30k seats it would be sold out and everyone would be happy, but because it's 33k and we're still a few hundred short of a sellout, it's all "we don't support events and won't pay retail value, etc, etc"... gimme a break. I'm sure when the puck drops, the place will be packed.

Who cares about wins? The team is young, right? Isn't that the goal? To have the youngest team? Forever young, I wanna be, forever young...

Jk of course. I know how much it sucks dealing with these kinds of incidents. Thanks for all the work you do to keep the site running.

Will we be receiving compensation? I did some of my best work in the previous week

Yeah I'm thinking Macho Harris, Jeff Keeping, Ryan Smith, and Bruce Johnson are all ahead of Wild Ian

I loved it. I mentioned it in the Upcoming Movies thread because I'm not too bright.

I wouldn't even recognize Sask's flag if I saw it. But I would bet my life that there is wheat on it somewhere

We appear to be the 6th-youngest team. I would have guessed youngest. Nice to see Wayner back with the Oilers. I'm pumped to see him play at IGF.

WHAT! Get real. No chance.

I think the "Canada's Team" thing comes more from the Cowboys being referred to as "America's Team". Which to be honest is just as much nonsense as the Riders being Canada's Team.

I think he's referring to outside of Canada and I have to admit I've seen the same thing in Mexico... one guy was decked out head to toe in Rider gear lookin like someone puked all over him. Can't say I've seen any Bomber gear internationally. Small sample size for me though.

Ohhhh Sammy Yes!!!!! ???