Comedy Wheat out of Winnipeg

[elocomotive]

There are several top tier RFAs this summer on teams with potential Cap issues.

What are they saying about us? It's because of Wilson isn't it.

 

[BGDave]

What are they saying about us? It's because of Wilson isn't it.

 

[wings-pens2166]

I messed up, my wife wanted me to rent a good family movie and suggested that title, but I came home with "Getting Some Tail".

you should have told it's often from those types of movies you end up with a family, so you weren't necessarily wrong

 

[dash]

I've been to Winnipeg several times and let me tell you, we don't want it in Alberta lol

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I've been to Winnipeg several times and let me tell you, we don't want it in Alberta lol

That's Alberta, home to fine cities like Edmonton, Fort Mac and Lethbridge right?

 

[dash]

That's Alberta, home to fine cities like Edmonton, Fort Mac and Lethbridge right?

You are correct sir, we already have our fair share of eyesores, we don't need any more lol

 

[BGDave]

My late father-in-law, the prototypical Southern redneck with almost high school education only new one Canadian city when I first met him

Winnipeg.

No idea why, very certain he did not know of Manitoba and could not find it on a map, but damn, he knew Winnipeg.

He was an odd man.

 

[Comeds]

I believe Michael J Fox is from Winnipeg so its OK in my book.

 

[forty_three]

My late father-in-law, the prototypical Southern redneck with almost high school education only new one Canadian city when I first met him

Winnipeg.

No idea why, very certain he did not know of Manitoba and could not find it on a map, but damn, he knew Winnipeg.

He was an odd man.

He didn't even know the Capital, Toronto? Sheesh.

 

[dash]

He didn't even know the Capital, Toronto? Sheesh.

Liked for the Canadian Bacon reference

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

My late father-in-law, the prototypical Southern redneck with almost high school education only new one Canadian city when I first met him

Winnipeg.

No idea why, very certain he did not know of Manitoba and could not find it on a map, but damn, he knew Winnipeg.

He was an odd man.

My BIL, huge hockey fan, when he met me knew that I was from Toronto and that Toronto was in Canada.

His first question to my wife after I had left, completely sincerely and innocently: "So is he a Canadiens fan?"

 

[forty_three]

Liked for the Canadian Bacon reference

THEY WALK AMONG US

 

[puckhead]

interesting wrinkle for Winnipeg's RFA issues

Why every day matters for Jets with Laine and Connor - TSN.ca

 

[dash]

So, after signing Josh Morrissey, the Jets have a little under 15.5 million of cap space remaining to sign both Kyle Connor and Patrik Laine. That doesn't seem like enough to me.

Edit: The Morrisey contract doesn't kick in until next season, but still, it doesn't seem like enough.

 

[BGDave]

Laine will be playing for Jokerit this year.

All the other RFAs face the same fate. Either sign with your current team or overseas-ya later

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

They had to trade one of these two (or Ehlers) the second they signed Blake Wheeler for $8.2 mil/year. I can’t imagine a scenario where that doesn’t happen.

 

[forty_three]

They had to trade one of these two (or Ehlers) the second they signed Blake Wheeler for $8.2 mil/year. I can’t imagine a scenario where that doesn’t happen.

Unless that scenario is they trade Scheifle instead

*pleasepleaseplease*

 

[puckhead]

Buffy taking some time off, to go throw Laine's clothes in the shower

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Why isn't someone like Bergeron offer sheeting Laine or Connor? Winnipeg has a lot more troubles with the cap right now than Carolina did/does.

If you're going to go after top young forwards like Point and Aho, why not these two?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Why isn't someone like Bergeron offer sheeting Laine or Connor? Winnipeg has a lot more troubles with the cap right now than Carolina did/does.

If you're going to go after top young forwards like Point and Aho, why not these two?

I think they were only willing to do it for a centre. They're pretty comfortable on the wings, especially if they can move Domi out there.

Nabbing an RFA C could've given them some combo of RFA C - Kotkaniemi - Danault down the middle which is actually pretty impressive if Kotka can take a leap and Suzuki cracks the roster. Throw in Suzuki maybe making the team either as another C option or at the wing and have an offensive option they can maybe move for a defensive upgrade after missing out on Gardiner and that's actually a pretty terrifying lineup.