The risk of playing the Canucks on Friday 041621 is high. A positive test can scuttle the Oilers' season, not to mention the cost of a player's health short and long term.
There's an upside to the O …
- WHAT'S the purpose here? How does a partnership help the CFL with its woeful financial issues? Given there are substantive differences in the game played in Canada, wider, longer field, three downs, …
- Here comes the analysis. The consensus is Dimitri Kulikov can help the Oilers as a defensive defenceman. That's good. The General Manager got the coach a veteran player the coach can count on. The coa …
- Why? Randy Ambroise is leading the CFL to extinction. The proposed merger with the XFL is fraught with uncertainty. The hope from the Canadian side is to make the Canadian game more homogenous to …
- There's some merit to the idea of the CFL taking back its digital rights. It made a huge mistake lumping them in with the broadcast rights. Fifteen years ago, TSN used to simulcast Friday night foot …
- The re-branding exercise is awful. The New EFT president is in over his head on this. When we don't know or are unsure of a step in our lives, we tend to proceed very slowly. Chris Presson is clea …
- Four down football in Canada provided by the CFL/XFL won't sell. It won't because it is a second-class four-down football. There's a geography issue too. The size of the Canadian field isn't comp …
- Savy CFL fans know what a general manager thinks of his team, by which position he seeks to change personnel. Brock Sunderland's focus was his offensive and defensive lines, where he lost two long-st …
- This is a thorough analysis of the skills of Nick Arbuckle and Matt Nichols. The difference between the two, Arbuckle is younger, a tad less experienced, with a longer career ahead than Nichols. The …
- Two good experienced players are leaving the Edmonton Football Team. Almondo Sewell and Matt O'Donnell. General manager Brock Sunderland has loaded up with offensive linemen in anticipation of not r …
- There's a rule that needs to be implemented in the CFL. Once a contract is signed, the parties are bound by it. So in this case when teams sign players to contracts and pledge a bonus as part of tha …
- EE Football fans should be pleased Brock Sunderland is the team's Vice President of Football Operations and the General Manager. Sunderland hasn't won a Grey Cup during his EE tenure. He is setting …
- The Argos didn't want to pay Nichols. Now they have to find a competent CFL quarterback. The Redblacks solve that problem, signing and reuniting Matt Nichols and Paul LaPolice. Redbacks' head coach …
- This signing is critical for the EE Football team. Adding Craig Ellingson gives Quarterback the possession receiver all teams need. Ellingson is complementary to Derel Walker, the deep threat on the r …
- NEITHER Neil Thrope nor Chris Jones should be the EE's next head coach. Jones because he's all about Chris Jones. Thrope because he's a good defensive coordinator. That leaves Jamie Elizondo. He's t …
- There's only one real candidate here, Jamie Elizondo. The question is can he negotiate a contract if he has one already with the XFL? If he can do that, then he'll be the next head coach of the Edmont …
- This an example of the intersection of maturity and leadership. Quarterback salaries in the CFL were unstainable with the current, pre-pandemic salary structure. A football team needs an experienced …
- Well, not sure I would make this trade, Walker for Ellingson. Ellingson is a possession receiver. He's the player quarterbacks look to when they need critical first down yardage. Walker can be that t …
- EE Football Club, General Manager, Brock Sunderland is amassing a strong cadre of players for the 2021 season. Derek Walker assuming he's healthy and hasn't lost a half step is the deep pass threat th …
- The CFL is turning a corner. The League is staying relevant in the wintertime. Normally, once the Grey Cup is over, the CFL goes dark for three months. That's not a tactic that keeps fans engaged. Pe …
- The Alouettes will be competitive on the field in 2021. In the East, they only need to be competitive with Hamilton. If they are, they finish first or second. Off the field is where the challenge is. …
- There wasn't much choice for Trevor Harris. In the last five seasons. CFL starting quarterbacks were overpaid. One reason why the league loses money every year. That's changed and will continue to do …
- The CFL is going back to the days of part-time work for football players, with salaries commensurate with seven months worth of play. CFL Quarterbacks will bear the brunt of the early salary adjust …
