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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.

Thought some might be interested in this article about Drew Wolitarsky. As it mentions he is having a very strong season. I have cut and paste below as I believe the Winnipeg Free Press has everything paywalled and most if not all posters here don't care enough about Winnipeg to pay. In other...

The Wild have also gained an epic number of points after pulling the goalie. That inflates their point total quite a bit as it is generally seen as "luck" to be above league average. Wild- Blues will be a war. I think Colorado is beatable so this could be a year to go on a run. As for NHL...

Would a tie have gotten them into pot 3? Canada scored relatively late and it was called back on a VAR review that was pretty spotty. Ah well, it is important to remember that this is the first time since 1986 that Canada has been in and even more crazy, this was the first time since 1998 that...

Agreed that Canada will be in a group of death, but that's partly because Canada will be in it as they will be one of the really strong pot 4 teams. It will be interesting to see how Canada does in the World Cup. This seems to be a special team and a team whose best players are relatively young...