Tuesday This and That

The Estevan Bruins playoff fate was sealed on the weekend as they’re heading to the Survivor Series next weekend likely starting next Friday in Estevan. I’ll spend more time talking about that next week since that series is still 10 days away from beginning.

The SJHL twitter listed some possible candidates for Rookie of the year and the one Bruin mentioned was Austin Yano. I wonder if Yano if the top rookie for the Bruins this season so I’ll leave that question on the right hand side to gauge the interest of the readers. 

Taylor Reich is likely out for the Survivor Series and that’s going to be a huge loss for the Bruins. Reich is one of the top 18 year olds in the SJHL this season with his ability to play many roles for the Bruins. There’s a chance Reich will be back in the second round if the Bruins make it that far.

Just a reminder the Bruins will be wearing their special jerseys on Sunday and will be auctioning the jerseys of Josh Jelinski, Derek Whitehill, Dominic Perrault, Matthew Dochylo, Michael Hengen, Tanner Froese, Ben Johnstone, and Dylan Smith at the game, while the rest of the jerseys are currently being auctioned off online at estevanbruins.com. The bidding for those jerseys closes on Monday at 12:00. The Bruins will also unveil the brand new mascot on Sunday. 

Now for Some NHL and CFL thoughts of mine. 

 It just might be me, but isn’t the NHL trading deadline shaping up to be a very quiet one. I just can’t see the Blue Jackets trading Rick Nash until after the season, but if he goes anywhere at the deadline I would say LA. Just because they have the players to send to Columbus and since they’re sitting in 7^th in the West, you would think they would be more desperate than other teams like the Rangers or Philly. 

Even if the deadline is quiet on February 27, you can count me as one of those guys who will be spending the day watching TSN even if nothing happens. 

CFL free agency kicks off tomorrow and finally the Andy Fantuz saga should come to an end. I don’t think Fantuz is coming back, but I would have no problem if he came back. I think some team like Toronto and Hamilton is going to throw a lot of money at him. Weyburn’s Brendon LaBatte seems Rider bound judging the comments from the Bombers today. It’s a no brainer for the Riders to go after an All-Canadian offensive lineman with local ties. I would still like to see Tristan Jackson back for the Riders, he was one of the best Riders pickup in the offseason last season.