There's a hole in my bucket...

...and by bucket, I mean Stampeders' offence.  Offensive line mainstay Jeff Pilon has retired. 

Pilon isn't an unexpected departure; he was drafted waaaaaay back in 1999 (man, I'm getting old) and has been around long enough to play in three different pro leagues - NFL, XFL and CFL.  He was openly mulling retirement after the 2008 season, but came back.  Still, in the immediate aftermath of the playoff loss to Saskatchewan, Stampeders.com had a blog entry saying Pilon "still has the drive." 

With Dmitri Tsoumpas also gone, not to mention Jeremaine Copeland and George Cortez, the Stamps' braintrust has a lot of plugging to do. 

Thanks, Jeff.  We'll miss you around here.