After the Saskatchewan Roughriders re-signed Samuel Emilus to a two-year contract, SportsCage CFL analyst Glen Suitor believes the team should bring back more Canadian talent.
"I would start with Kian Schaffer-Baker because he's more proven," Suitor said on the SportsCage. "Although, a little bit injury-prone early in his time."
In 2025 for the Green and White, Schaffer-Baker played five games, he registered 15 receptions for 177 yards. The last time Schaffer-Baker played a full season in the CFL was his second year with the Riders in 2022.
Suitor also had another receiver in mind: Tommy Nield. He wants the Riders to bring him back.
"The production from Nield at the end of the season and then into the postseason, his production went through the roof," Suitor said. "He took another step."
Nield played his first season with the Riders in 2025; previously, he was with the Toronto Argonauts from 2021 to 2024. With Saskatchewan, Nield played 13 games, totalled 42 receptions for 535 yards and five touchdowns.
Both players contributed to Saskatchewan winning the 112th Grey Cup, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 25-17. It was Schaffer-Baker's first CFL championship, while Nield captured his third, having previously won with Toronto in 2022 and 2024. Schaffer-Baker recorded three receptions for 27 yards, while Nield had the same number of receptions but for 46 yards.
Later, Suitor explained why he wanted Saskatchewan to continue bringing back its Canadian talent.
"I'm going to get criticized for my Canadian flag on my hat," Suitor joked. "Because of ratio flexibility and how much that can help your team when you have quality starters in a lot of different positions, whether it be a corner like Tevaughn Campbell or Kian Schaffer-Baker and Tommy Nield."
With the CFL off-season, Suitor wanted to share his opinion when it came to one CFL rule that will be implemented next season.
"I think the more important one is how they deal with the final three minutes of the half and the final three minutes of the game, and how this new 35-second clock is going to tie into that. If there's too much change in adjustment, and I've heard this about timeouts, we'll give them more timeouts. No, that's not going to fix it, or it doesn't need fixing, but it's not going to help, to give coaches more timeouts," Suitor detailed.
"You've got to keep the final three minutes the way it is now, or as close to it as you possibly can. And that explanation coming out of the January meetings, that's what I want to hear. What are they going to do with those final three minutes? Cause if they mess with it, they're messing with one of the best pillar aspects of our game."
The CFL will implement new rules over the next two years. In 2026, benches will be at the opposite side of the field. There will be a new 35-second play clock, replacing the old 20-second one. As for the rouge, it will only be awarded if a kick returner takes a knee in the end zone or gets stopped. That changes from the old rule, where a missed field goal or a punt had to go out of the end zone to get a rouge. The second set of rules changes will happen in 2027 where the field size will be reduced from 110 to 100. Besides reducing the field size, the goal post will be moved to the back of the end zone and will be reduced from 20 to 15.
