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  1. One good game doesn't make or break anything but the kids quietly putting together a solid sophomore year on the 4th line for a guy most had written off. Manny and coach Green are doing well by him
  2. Is ti REALLY dead though? Golden boy just announced unequivocally that the pipeline WILL be built https://globalnews.ca/news/4000183/that-pipeline-is-going-to-get-built-says-trudeau/?utm_source=GlobalBC&utm_medium=Facebook Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a pipeline will be built. His comments were made in an interview with 630 CHED’s Kelsey Campbell on the Ryan Jespersen Show in Edmonton Thursday morning, and come after a war of words between B.C. and Alberta over the Kinder Morgan pipeline. “We were assured, and we did the science and we did the research, the Kinder Morgan pipeline is not a danger to the B.C. coast. Particularly not, given the billions of dollars that we’ve invested in the Oceans Protection Plan,” said Trudeau.“And that pipeline is going to get built. We will stand by our decision, we will ensure that the Kinder Morgan pipeline gets built.” “We can’t be simply trapped in the American market and that’s why getting this pipeline built, which has been waited for a long time, is something that this government is serious about,” He said. “The recovery in the Alberta economy is coming slowly, but if we want to keep it and if we want to make sure that it does impact positively on families and workers across the province, we’ve gotta keep moving forward on responsible projects like the Trans Mountain.” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is threatening legal action against B.C. as Premier John Horgan’s government is looking at banning increases on shipments of diluted bitumen off the coast until it can determine shippers are prepared, and can properly clean up a spill. For its part, B.C. says the ban is not a stalling tactic, but a responsibility. Prime Minister Trudeau will be speaking at a town hall meeting in Nanaimo Friday morning.
  3. Ya...see I dunno about that BC has ports. Alberta doesn't. It's the root cause of thoe whole issue. I don't agree with what Horgan/Weaver are doing as they should have just let the courts decide it But Alberta declaring a trade war on BC would go badly for Alberta in the long run Possibly the most shocking thing is Horgans unwillingness to work with Notley. A pipeline ensures Notley a far better chance at re-election than no pipeline. Her standing up so hard for Alberta is obviously a good thing optically but results are results. Horgan and Weaver have to know that a centrist NDP in Alberta is FAR more palatable than the religiously driven corporate friendly idiocy that is the UCP and Kenney
  4. ok But no need to make things up man.
  5. Ok that is patently untrue He had a great WJC in a bad Finnish team. Defensive player of the tournament for the team Play better? Currently having an amazing U-20 season for a rookie. You cannot ask a guy who is potentially setting a rookie season record for defencemen to play better Man...some of you and your unrealistic expectations and impatience sre worse than Desi ever was. No need to make things up or discount the season he is having to suit your narrative
  6. Actually. If PET had been able to enact his National Energy Plan our energy and resource sector would look a lot like Norways With the country controlling majorities in energy production and resource extraction, employing people which would insulate through downturns in prices and world markets, as well as ensuring that there was a minimum of 2 refineries in each province ot ensure that costs were kept as low as possible which would have had a net effect keeping the costs of everything lower via lower transportation costs. As well our national fund would be looking very well and we'd have little debt to speak of. But MUlroney came in on the wings of anti eastern sentiment and swore to never force Albertans to sell oil to the east at below market prices (canadians helping canadians) and instead after being elected worked out NAFTA NAFTA gave US companies different pricing in effect instead of selling to other Canadians cheaper we sold to the US for even LESS and are forced to buy it back at inflated prices. NAFTA ensured we'd see raw product leave the country for below world prices. Brent Crude vs West Texas Intermediate So no, in essence "his daddy didn't sell us down the river" his daddy tried to save us but idiots and greed killed us. IN fact not 4-5 years ago the Harper government tried to enact major parts of PET's national energy plan and found that in the 80's it was economically feasible, but now the costs to buy back all the land and infrastructure would all but bankrupt the country. Fancy that eh
  7. Actually, what's scarier is at ANY point in time US lines could simply say sorry we're at capacity. Our oil would go nowhere. With the Permian basin in Texas now viable again for the first time in decades, it's the closest; easiest oil in North America. Couple that with the shale beds in the North East and really...we're against a wall.
  8. of the 15 remaining refineries only 2 are creating car fuel of any kind from canadian oil. The rest are processing jet fuel, oil from over seas and items for plastics and petroleum industrial usage. I 100% agree. Over the last 30+ years we've seen 20 shut down. Those 20 were the ones that created our fuel, diesel and jet fuel. Without a steady supply from Canadian sources we are beholden to OPEC and the US We need pipelines to tidewater on both coasts but we also need more refineries. Kinder Morgan might be possibly the safest line and route available in Canada as it is not making new routes nor is it doing more than increasing existing capacity. Anyone cheering for the shut down or possible stoppage of this must enjoy paying more for everything and traveling less. Because if there's a necessary evil in this industry, KM is probably the least invasive of all of them
  9. Far from dead and if NAFTA is a foregone conclusion you better hope we find new routes to tidewater because "america first" means Canadian fuel last. And as we now only have 2 refineries in all of Canada making our diesel and none making regular gas/fuel anymore if the US decides their lines are "full" we've nowhere to sell and thereby nowhere to refine. Imagine watching the price of lettuce jump by $4.00 overnight in january. Flights by 40% etc. Not dead is vastly different than " further uncertainty" but this is one line that needs to get done
  10. OK, using rumours about attitude issues or fitness is making baseless claims is in fact wasting peoples time, continuing to push that narrative is in fact trolling. Juolevi and the rest of the captaincy of last years team pushing for a coaching change is not an attitude or locker room issue, it is pure leadership driven by a desire to win and expectation that their coaching staff will be better A reported conditioning issue would be a player not being fit enough to play. A coach stating his fitness is fine but he'd like to see more is not a conditioning issue. There's a huge amount of rookies and actual pros that come to camp out of shape. It didn't mean he wasn't fit enough or conditioned When you tug at a thread and call it a rope you're creating a false narrative that people with an agenda eat up. Look at Dreger, Patterson, Botchford. Anyways, again you've your say I've mine. You're worrying about a 19 year old child playing in a mens league having a great season I'm not. I've occupied far to much of my day on this already. Have a good night
  11. Is that like....claiming he's an issue in the locker room or is somehow not fit or conditioned?
  12. Wow...you really don't see why that is important do you This is where i bow out. Pointless continuing.
  13. Wrong. He won't be playing with studs in sheltered areas or Norris calibre players like Hedman Giordano or Chara. Give him a world class perennial true #1 d man to pair with or a top 10 offensive team and it sure changes things. Bringing a top prospect on to a team like Tampa Boston or an upcoming Calgary is very different than bringing them in to an Arizona or a Vancouver See Kellers production post November
  14. Have they given him that responsibility? That quality d pairing? No. So that argument is moot. Hasn't destroyed anything.
  15. I need to save this somewhere
  16. It isn't about how putrid the D core is You don't know coach green very well if you do There are only so many roster spots. There is only so much ice time. Coach Green will give you spots if you earn them. But if there is only X amount of spots on the left which are already eaten up by pre-existing players on contracts by simple numbers OJ will be pushed out and it has little to do with his ability to play well or not. The most likely scenario is a 60-40 NHL/AHL next year and that's fine The fun part will be seeing what happens when both him and Miro are 3rd year NHL players and we revisit this. Because for all the comparisons, we've seen OJ be successful on NA ice. By comparison, we've seen Heiskanen shy away from physical play entirely and have yet to see him play in North America Again, it all comes down to a lack of aptience for a true rebuild within this fan base.
  17. At no point am I discounting it. You're inf act intentionally ignoring my continually stating how good Miro is. Do the math More ice time. Better D pairing partner. More PP time. More offensive zone starts will lead to better overall numbers. That's it that's all Or in laymans terms Work more hours, work a better position, work with better benefits. Earn more money
  18. OJ is only 10 months older than Heiskanen. We see 10 year vets in the NHL scratched regularly. Spezza was recently scratched. This year Gaudreau and Monahan were scratched. You're reading WAY to deeply in to it and pretending there's a "massive difference" is laughable Rumoured a couple times? No it was flat out stated that OJ and the leaders on the finnish WJC team loathed the way the coaching staff was utilizing the payers and were looking at potential relegation. So they stepped up and said they wouldn't play for them. That's not an attitude or locker room issue. That's a straight up leader. I think you have vastly different ideas on what sheltered means than some of the rest of us. I can't take much more salt in grain form or otherwise right now. Enjoy your tangent.
  19. So ignore the mitigating factors that ensure a player will or won't have better numbers entirely. No problem. I have no idea what I am talking about and as always you do. Sometimes you and OldNews are the exact same person and that's cool. But I won't waste much more time pretending I care enough about your need to be correct all the time to continue this conversation
  20. I am still unsure as to why we're comparing Miro to OJ. It is obvious to see people are wanting instant gratification and the lack of patience during a rebuild is not there. OJ will be in North America next year in Utica or on the big club. Once here his every move will continue to be dissected. If in Utica it will be why he isn't putting up more points, why is he not on the 1st pairing etc. If in Vancouver, why is on this line, no PP time, 2nd unit and more. We're in technical year 2 of a rebuild, possibly the most thorough rebuild in club history if it goes the full distance of 4-5 years. Of course w're not going to be good on the ice. But the worry about everything needs to stop. In hindsight, McAvoy would have been the better D choice, maybe OJ looks different if still in London or in Vancouver. But worrying about it is non productive. As of right now, OJ is still having a great rookie year in his league. He will be a good player here too. Anything in between is just conjecture and not really worth worrying over.
  21. If I am reading this right, OJ has played with 3 different D partners where Miro has played with 1. Miro plays with an all star D man in the Sm Liiga, OJ has not. Miro gets more minutes, PP time O zone starts where as OJ plays more d zone starts less minutes and plays on the 2nd pairing. These are ALL the most important factors as pairing, TOI in various situations, PP/PK etc as well as consistency and quality of defensive pairing account for every essential factor in determining the success of a player. Or as you say, ignoring those factors ensures your argument holds no water
  22. At no point am I discounting what Miro is doing or has done. He's an amazing player thus far I am saying YOU are discounting what OJ is doing or has done. Miro Heiskanen plays more minutes. Has more PP time. More O-zone starts. Plays with a better partner than OJ in his second full year in a mens club and was scratched in his rookie year OJ plays less minutes, has more D-zone starts, less PP time 2nd pairing or 3-4 defensive unit with different D pairings in his rookie season on a mens club and isn't entirely sheltered. In fact much like your claims about his rumoured attitude I'd need to see some actual literature claiming he's sheltered. As for me, a defenseman being successful with less minute yet more D zone starts vs a defenseman being successful with more minutes and more O-zone starts are two different beasts entirely and point to one being sheltered in ways the other isn't. Hesiskanen being scratched in his rookie year and OJ being scratched in his rookie year with only 10 months age separating them is exactly the same thing. It doesn't matter when they were drafted, like at all. It's like Leafs fans discounting what Boeser is doing because he's 7 months older than Matthews. We're not talking 3-5 years difference here it's barely 10 months in age Heiskanen IS a solid player. OJ IS a solid player. Creating a narrative of concern or separation of vast difference between them by skewing the numbers is not something anyone should give any weight credence or attention too. Which is what you are doing. Until such time as you produce proof or evidence of OJ being sheltered vs Heiskanen and until you can produce or provide evidence that shows as per your claims that OJ is an player with an attitude and an issue in the locker room. I will have to take anything you say on this particular tangent with a grain of salt
  23. yes, there's TOI as well. With almost 6 to 8 more minutes per game, more PP time, more offensive zone starts, Heiskanens production SHOULD be better and that's without question. If it wasn't comparable or better than OJ's even with playing 3 less games that would be serious cause for concern no?
  24. Umm...no where did I say it was unrealistic. I said discounting the season he's had while expecting more from him is questionable He is a rookie in a mens league, expecting him to play 24+ minutes a night while discounting the near record breaking rookie season he has had thus far is questionable.
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