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What complicates the Nurse issue is that he and McDavid are very close. Toronto fans seem to think McDavid will play out his contract and return to his hometown of Toronto. As if any top player will willingly walk into the toxicity of the Toronto media market after the Marner mess.

I think he Pietrangelo gets all the money due him. He is injured. The Knights just get to use his salary since he can't play. It would be interesting to know if NHL teams have insurance for this or they write it off as a cost of business. As for Eichel's extension, I think he will wait and let...

McDavid has always done a team friendly deal. I suspect he will sign for a bit more than Draisatl...unless he decides he wants out. Leafs fans think he wants to come home. I think they are delusional but who really knows.

As Boldy? No though I think his ceiling is higher than Norris or Cozens with a lower floor because of his size. Guerin needs to sign him and hope. Its so hard to acquire talent in the NHL and a trade won't bring back equivalent "right now" talent.

Pretty sure you make more than Wolitarsky. CFL is a minor league. Not that long ago, BC lost a starting O-line mid-season because he got accepted into the Vancouver Fire Department. Bombers also just released Adam Bighill, all time great linebacker/ good community guy and are not getting good...

Sad news. Wolitarsky has been a Blue Bomber since leaving the Gophers. Won 2 grey Cups (and lost 3). Apparently released in late January because the Bombers would have owed him a $12,000 CAD bonus on February 1. I like the CFL but man it is a mickey mouse league at times. Because he is...

Who knows? I don't think he moves. I think PJ is different and he may want to try to make Minnesota a lifetime job like Ferentz in Iowa. The guys who move around create no legacy.

Gophers win, Badgers enter decade of darkness.

Drew Wolitarsky has carved out a nice career in Winnipeg. 2 Grey Cups already. FWIW, Simoni Lawrence is the only other active Gopher in the CFL although Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks both appear to be on practice rosters. Here is a cut and paste of the article as it is behind a firewall...

I think the average fan, at least in Winnipeg, understands that Vegas plays to win. I think we laso hope it comes back to bite them in the ass as players don't want to be there but that seems to be wishful thinking. Las Vegas also seems to be quite astute in identifying talent. I don't think...

Absolutely on the luck. Every Stanley Cup winner has had a ton of luck. I lived in Edmonton for a while so follow lots of Oilers twitter. They are gutted as they know this was a year they could have won it all. Unfortunately for them, Las Vegas's no-name goalie outplayed Edmonton's unproven...

Las Vegas got lucky to get Florida. One wonders what Boston could have been. They also got lucky by having a career journeyman goalie become a number 1 overnight. Hill will turn back into a pumpkin next year although he will likely be a rich pumpkin (and no longer in Vegas).

I haven't seen enough of Durr to give any analysis but generally small American fooball linebackers who can tackle (Simoni Laurence) and big American football DBs who can tackle do well in the CFL. Hope he does well. As mentioned Montreal is a bit of a mess of a franchise but really so is...

Disappointing but Croatia looked very good and Canada looked confused. It seems that inexperience on this stage got to them. It looks quite possible that all of the CONCACAF teams will not advance with only Costa Rica winning a game after 2 games each. Also Belgium may just not be very good...

Yes, it was the wrong decision, especially against one of the world's best keepers. Any thoughts on Canada taking the game to the world #2? I think Croatia is a little more worried than they were prior to this game.