Jake Vermeer

Farmer. Sports Degenerate. Lakeland College Alumni

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

Day 1 of High moisture corn wrapped up. 12,000 bushels combined and processed today!
@samcosystem @PioneerSeeds @dairyguy65

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

@saskdairy Yep very happy! I grooved the wrong way but that's about it!

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

Calf barns don't always have to cost a million dollars!

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

I guess Gary's eating free Wendy's for life #Toronto #rigged #draftlottery

[Taylor Burns @tburns34]

Jeff Jackson (and Stan Bowman) absolutely decimated the Oilers chances to have a prolonged window at multiple Cups two summers ago.

The decision to prioritize re-signing aging role players (Perry, Brown, Janmark, and Henrique) over Holloway and Broberg was a colossal miscalculation.

Then (and probably due to a bull-headed owner) they decided not to match and let them walk for nothing.

Broberg long-term would have allowed for:

a) a lesser role for Ekholm as he began to enter the twilight of his career
b) the ability to offload Nurse or force him into 3LD which would slot him where he should be and potentially also make him want to waive his NMC
c) not needing to trade for Walman a year ago

And THEN, in classic Oilers fashion they make reactionary moves to previous mistakes. They learn the wrong lesson from their failure and overcorrect.

SO, last summer, they say, "oh shit, we need to lock up some of these young players." Inexplicably signing Walman to 7x7 and Frederic to 7 years as well.

Don't address the goaltending at all in the summer, and then trade for a worse goalie on a worse contract that will now hamstring us further.

It's a tale as old as time:

Petry for a 3rd. Cogliano for a 3rd. Not knowing what we had in Glencross and Brodziak and letting them walk. Eberle for Strome for Spooner. Hall for Larsson. Trading a 1st for Reinhart. CONSTANT recency and local bias. Buying out Pouliot for no reason. Not doing anything to replace Sekera in 17-18.

It's just insane that you have two of the top 4 playoff point producers of all time and you couldn't surround them with enough support and goaltending to win even a single cup.

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

Look at his eyes @nielsonTSN1260

https://t.co/iiQ9ecQHJn

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

I thought the US was trying to deport illegals, not import them

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

All the way from Canada! #WILCAM

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

Nice to finally meet you!

[Lee Laframboise @LeeLaframboise]

We stopped in to visit @dairyguy65 and @JakeVermeer farm this afternoon. Nice well run farm. @MelissaLaframbo my quebecer wife tried to teach them how to farm. I think she failed 🤣 great place to visit !!!

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

@saskfarmguy @efarmerdot

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

@jimclark67crop @PioneerSeeds Yes

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

Having fun combining 6910! @PioneerSeeds

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

@saskdairy @PioneerSeeds Yes it was, around 150 bu/acre

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

Anyone else having jd gps issues with today's smoke?

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

Happy birthday ya am nasty @dairyguy65! Wishing you a day filled with family and friends!
He's a huge @EdmontonOilers and @nielsonTSN1260 fan!

[Lance Neilson @CattleNeilson]

We had @CBCCalgary come to the farm yesterday for a segment on the calf imprinting research that we have been completing with Dr Desiree Gellatly and @OldsCollege.
Thank you to @JakeVermeer for letting borrow a newborn calf since we aren’t calving now.

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

@dfaber84 @budlight What about putting something a little controversial in there cans!

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

The only leaf player I'd want on my team is Knies, the rest is trash

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

@corrado_dan @kirkmin Kate*

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

He is Him, He is Risen. #Mcjesus

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

The Oilers are trying to win the Stanley Cup, the King's are trying to beat the #Oilers

[Jake Vermeer @JakeVermeer]

Oilers game plan for tonight