Bomber Free Agents

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Not sure you re accurate there, he made some very good plays last year.  I think he was nicked...  or got on Hogan's bad side.  He's still a top notch talent, and we should see him back next year, doing good things.

I believe both Clercius and MCI have one year left on their contracts, but neither have improved their contribution in their second year as would be expected. At this point they seem to be little more than place-holders, good enough until something better comes along. They remind me of Carl Volny, a super talented RB that played 4 years for the Bombers but rarely touched the ball....which maybe Peterson's fate as well.

[Blue In BC]

We have 13 Canadians on our potential free agent list. 4 of those I don't expect back.  So who will be the 1st to re-sign and which are really most likely to test free agency?

At the end of the season teams have a good sense of what to expect and contract offers are ready for many.  There are some obvious favourites but there has been some discussion about our ability to change the ratio if necessary with lower SMS hits with an import. So pros and cons.

I think sorting out the Canadians on the OL is the 1st priority as far as who do we want and who don't we want. 

I won't be surprised if we see about 5 or 6 re-signings before the end of the year.  In theory I think we'll have some SMS left and will sign some players early.

[Pigskin]

Like to see us lock up Holm, Demski, and Lawson, early. BO20 could wait for FA. Very deep draft this year for OL and DL. 11 of the 20 top prospects at this point are either play OL or DL.. Also 2 Manitoba kids in the the top 20 and one is a OL. Vaccaro 6"3" 305.

[ModAdmin]

Like to see us lock up Holm, Demski, and Lawson, early. BO20 could wait for FA. Very deep draft this year for OL and DL. 11 of the 20 top prospects at this point are either play OL or DL.. Also 2 Manitoba kids in the the top 20 and one is a OL. Vaccaro 6"3" 305.

Early lock ups should include Sergio Castillo.  Good kickers are hard to come by.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

We have 13 Canadians on our potential free agent list. 4 of those I don't expect back.  So who will be the 1st to re-sign and which are really most likely to test free agency?

At the end of the season teams have a good sense of what to expect and contract offers are ready for many.  There are some obvious favourites but there has been some discussion about our ability to change the ratio if necessary with lower SMS hits with an import. So pros and cons.

I think sorting out the Canadians on the OL is the 1st priority as far as who do we want and who don't we want. 

I won't be surprised if we see about 5 or 6 re-signings before the end of the year.  In theory I think we'll have some SMS left and will sign some players early.

The Bombers have a few Natl. players that negotiate their own contracts and are smart enough not to price themselves out of a job. Neuf being the leader on offence Jake on defence, they know once they're done with football a $100k+ salary is not that easy to come by. I expect that strategy has been passed on to a few players on the team as the majority of players probably do not own homes.