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He's been acting like a crybaby all year, refusing interviews, claiming the Jets never gave him a real shot in all his time here, etc. I don't think that's at play here though. I think the Jets and Hutch both know he won't be back so they are letting Comrie and Mason run with the backup job.

Are those accumulators big enough??

Young guys putting on a show tonight. Ehlers, Laine, Connor. All ridiculous with the puck.

That would be wonderful but why would the Aboriginal people ever agree to that?

That's a huge gamble and history is not on the government's side when it comes to disputes with Indigenous people. Hydro has a whole division dedicated to creating and maintaining relationships with First Nations because it is financially disastrous when things break down. This isn't an isolated case where Hydro can just say "**** you guys" and walk away. The relationship has to be a strong one or Hydro is totally handcuffed.

So fight it in court for years and end up paying far more anyways. Nice.

When you are talking about lawsuits between First Nations and the government, $70 million is actually not a large sum. What will be the cost of legal fees and lost profits? And that's before any eventual settlement is factored in. This is just ****-measuring by the government. "Oh we shouldn't have to pay." This is Canada. You pay First Nations for everything. Fight it in court at your own peril.

It's actually not about Bipole III. Bipole III is more or less complete. This is about a transmission line that will run from Manitoba to Minnesota. Basically allowing excess power generated by Keeyask to be exported to the States. We just don't have the capacity to do that right now so the excess power won't be able to be sold without this line. Every day it gets delayed means we are losing money.

I prefer the booby luge.

What do you think the 70 million was going to be for? Just for fun?

I thought they went over the top the last couple years but these seem a lot more minor and sensible to me.

Assuming we're going to make the playoffs again... and that Montreal will miss

Yeah I wouldn't be surprised if he is out until the playoffs. But 4 days puts him back in the lineup on Sunday, 14 days puts him back in for game 81 at home against the Flames. In case anyone was wondering.

Like I said.... you going to take the land by force?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bowman-winnipeg-mayor-2018-1.4588274 Bowman to seek second term as Mayor

Especially when they still have a player from the 2007 draft on the roster.

Never said it was bad.

If Muamba didn't like it he could always change agents. My impression has always been that he is a guy who cares about money first. I remember after we drafted him people called him out for tweeting at Shomari Williams (the number one pick from the year prior) asking him how much his signing bonus was. Muamba is all about the money, no doubt in my mind.

You could describe every interaction with Indigenous groups this way....

Yeah when you want to build on Indigenous land, you don't get to do it for free. And with such an increased capacity for power generation, you kinda need a way to get it to the States. I wonder what Pallister's plan would be? Take the land by force?

Yeah no doubt he has been great, I'd love to see Stastny here long term. It just seems incredibly unlikely.

There is a lot that has to happen before we get there but it's more likely now than it was yesterday.

Back to back games for LA including overtime the night before. They were gassed.

There is zero chance Stastny signs here regardless of cap increase

Struggling to see any good side of this