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[babolat85]

The Rejection

[kasperikapanenisbetterthanyou]

hockey team thickness - Seattle Kraken 2024 VERSION (roster as of 25.07.2024)

[captainlexapro]

✔️ utah’s MOSTEST likely captain named

the two remaining captain vacancies prompted me to look into current captains and my ‘i love data’ mind was looking for trends to see if i can guess - meaning find a player on utah and seattle that follow the patterns i found - who may be named captain

i found three trends that intrigued me, so i looked at the current rosters and here are the top 5 players who, based on the current data, are most and least likely to be given the c. many of them don’t fulfill all three criteria (i’ll have to check to see if any current captain actually does…)

DISCLAIMER!!! i *KNOW* many of these are rookies/prospects/obviously not gonna happen wtf-are-you-talking-about players. i also don’t follow either of these teams closely so i don’t know the ~vibes~ and current leadership roles as they are. BUT if any of these players end up being named captain later in their career, pls know that i was right™️

The likelihood of captaincy in your future is statistically higher (therefore less surprising):

utah- clayton keller, alex kerfoot, liam o’brien, tij iginla, cole beaudoin

seattle- chandler stephenson, jaden schwartz, yanni gourde, david goyette, luke henman

Your captaincy would be a statistical outlier (which would make it more special):

utah- john marino, vladislav kolachonok, sean durzi, juuso malimaki, kevin connauto

seattle- jordan eberle, andre burakovsky, jared mccann, jagger firkus, nikolas brouillard

[hockeygossipdaily]

https://www.tumblr.com/hockeygossipdaily/764528769094631424/who-are-all-the-kraken-wags-anyone-have-a-list-or

That WAG list is pretty out of date. Here are the ones I know of:

Matty Beniers: soft launched someone over the summer but not confirmed that it’s evolved beyond something minor. Lives with Will Borgen.

Jared McCann: married, Val Vanderkuylen McCann

Chandler Stephenson: married, Tasha Stephenson

Shane Wright: unsure

Oliver Bjorkstrand: married, Jill Bjorkstrand

Andre Burakovsky: long term gf Johanna Scortea, have a kid together

Jordan Eberle: married, Lauren Rodych Eberle

Yanni Gourde: married, Marie Gourde

Ty Kartye: dating, Monik Pigeau

Jaden Schwartz: long term gf Adi Stromberg

Brandon Tanev: unknown, that man is a mystery to us all

Eeli Tolvanen: long term gf Benita

Will Borgen: unknown, dude is more private than anyone else on the team

Vince Dunn: dating Daniella Direnzo

Ryker Evans: dating Mariah Feist

Adam Larsson: married, Vera Soderberg

Josh Mahura: engaged, Kennedy Maling

Brandon Montour: married, Ryian Montour

Jamie Oleksiak: long term gf Kenzie Englund

Joey Daccord: recently single, split from serious gf Lexi Dickinson for unknown reasons

Philipp Grubauer: long term gf Isobel Leandra

Thank you anon!

[keenenthusiastinfluencer]

Official vice presidential Les mis cast rankings (based solely on performers I’ve seen)

Jean Valjean: 1.Milan van Waardenburg 2.Jon Robyns 3.Luke McCall 4.Josh Piterman

Javert: 1.Stewart Clarke 2.Bradley Jaden 3.Richard Carson

Fantine: 1.Katie Hall 2.Kathy Peacock 3.Charnice Alexander Burnett 4.Lucie Jones

Eponine: 1. Amena El-Kindy 2.Sha Dessi 3.Jessie Hart 4.Jo Stephenson

Marius: 1.Harry Apps 2.Will Callan 3.Robert Tripolino

Cosette: 1.Lulu Mae Pears 2.Charlie Burn

Ternardier: 1.Luke Kempner 2.Gerard Carey 3.Mark Pearce

Madame Ternardier: 1.Clare Manchin 2. Josefina Garbrielle

Enjorlas: 1. Dajevan van de Fliet 2.Harry Chandler 3.Jordan Shaw

FAVORITE ensemble members: Bart Lambert, Tom Hext, Adam Pearce, Donald Craig Manuel, Matt Dempsey and Anouk Van Laake

[puckgossreport]

seattle kraken

matty beniers - natalie sreckovic (girlfriend)

oliver bjorkstrand - jill bjorkstrand (wife)

andre burakovsky - johanna scortea (fiancé)

jordan eberle - lauren eberle (wife)

yanni gourde - marie gourde (wife)

john hayden- lauren johnson (wife)

tye kartye - monik pigeau (girlfriend)

jared mccann - val mccann (wife)

chandler stephenson - tasha stephenson (wife)

eeli tolvanen - benita (girlfriend)

shane wright - jalen duffy (girlfriend)

vince dunn - daniella direnzo (girlfriend)

ryker evans - mariah feist (girlfriend)

adam larsson - vera soderberg (wife)

josh mahura - kennedy maling (fiancé)

brandon montour - ryian montour (wife)

jamie oleksiak - kenzie englund (girlfriend)

philipp grubauer - isobel leandra (girlfriend)

single???

joey daccord

will borgen

brandon tanev

jaden schwartz

[dropthegossip]

Kraken Wags

Matty Beniers - Anna Hedengren (gf)

Oliver Bjorkstrand - Jill Bjorkstrand (wife)

Andre Burakovsky - Johanna Scortea (Fiancée)

Jordan Eberle - Lauren Eberle (wife)

Yanni Gourde - Marie Gourde (wife)

John Hayden- Lauren Johnson (wife)

Tye Kartye - Monik Pigeau (gf)

Jared McCann - Val McCann (wife)

Jaden Schwartz - ?

Daniel Sprong -

Chandler Stephenson - Tasha Stephenson (wife)

Brandon Tanev - Single?

Eeli Tolvanen - Benita (gf)

Shane Wright - Jalen Duffy (gf)

Will Borgen - Single?

Vince Dunn - Daniella Direnzo (gf)

Ryker Evans - Mariah Feist (gf)

Adam Larsson - Vera Soderberg (wife)

Josh Mahura - Kennedy Maling (Fiancée)

Brandon Montour - Ryian Montour (wife)

Jamie Oleksiak - Kenzie Englund (gf)

Joey Daccord - Single

Philipp Grubauer - Isobel Leandra (gf)

[squiddieteam]

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I'm Molly!

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Because of that, I don't always follow back! But I keep up with the "kraken lb" and "seattle kraken" tags: that's our space and I love our community and fans!!!! 🩵🩵🩵

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Last Updated April 14 2022

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[babolat85]

The Kiss

[neareport]

PINEVILLE, Ark. – Never in the recorded history of Izard County has a meth bust this big happened.

Members of the Izard county Sheriff’s Department, 16th Judicial Drug task Force, Arkansas State Police, Arkansas Game and Fish, Arkansas Department of Corrections and Independence County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at the residence of Lawrence Arden Parnell, 68, and Amos Louis Parnell, 39, in Pineville, according to Chief Deputy Earnie Blackley.

Lawrence Parnell

Amos Parnell

  This search warrant yielded the most methamphetamine ever seized in Izard County, the department said in a release. Located in the search were numerous items of drug paraphernalia, digital scales, several loaded firearms, and over two pounds of methamphetamine.

Also found and recovered during this search were a stolen four wheeler and a boat valued at over $15,000.

Lawrence Parnell was charged trafficking methamphetamine, a class y felony, possession of drug paraphernalia with purpose to process, prepare, test or analyze methamphetamine, a class B felony, possession of drug paraphernalia with the purpose to ingest methamphetamine a class D felony, maintaining a drug premises a class C felony, manufacturing of Sch. VI marijuana class D felony, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms a class Y felony, felon in possession of firearm a class D felony and theft by receiving a class C felony. He was given a recognizance bond. Amos Louis Parnell was charged trafficking methamphetamine, a class y felony, possession of drug paraphernalia with purpose to process, prepare, test or analyze methamphetamine, a class B felony, possession of drug paraphernalia with the purpose to ingest methamphetamine a class D felony, maintaining a drug premises, a class C felony, manufacturing of Sch. VI marijuana, a class D felony, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, a class Y felony, felon in possession of firearm, a class B felony, theft by receiving, a class C felony and habitual offender having been convicted of four or more felonies, a class U felony. Amos Parnell has a $40,000 bond.

Other Cases

According to Chief Deputy Earnie Blackley on June 25, Deputy Jaden Whitfield and Deputy Geoffery Watts initiated a traffic stop at State Hwy 5 and 56 on a blue van with a tail light out. The driver of the vehicle Bobby Gray, 49, of Oxford, was arrested for suspended drivers license. The passenger of the vehicle Russell Blevins, 50, of Violet Hill, was arrested on a warrant out of Fulton County. Deputy Jayden Whitfield deployed his K9 on the vehicle and it alerted. A search of the vehicle was conducted and drug paraphernalia and 13 grams of crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine was located.

Both subjects were transported to the Izard County Detention Center and placed on a CID hold pending formal charges. Both subjects were charged with possession of controlled substance with purpose to deliver methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia with purpose to process, prepare, test, or analyze methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia with purpose to ingest methamphetamine and have a $25,000 bond.

On June 23, Ronnie James Staggs, 60, of Pineville, was arrested at his residence. Staggs was charged with three counts of delivery of methamphetamine all class C felonies and proximity-enhanced penalty, a class U felony.

Staggs is incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center in lieu of a $50,000 bond. Staggs is scheduled to appear in Izard County Circuit Court on June 27. At the time Staggs was arrested at his residence Officer’s located a small amount of crystalline substance which was identified as being methamphetamine. A search warrant was obtained for the residence and after the warrant was executed four more additional drug related charges were filed. Ronnie Staggs was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with purpose to deliver, a class “C” felony, possession of Methamphetamine drug paraphernalia with the purpose to ingest a class “D” felony, maintaining a drug premise, a class “C” felony, use or possession of a prohibited weapon (sawed off shotgun), a class “D” felony, and simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, a class “Y” felony. Bond on these new charges was set at $50,000.00 by District Judge David Miller.

On June 21, a search warrant was executed on Sherman Gayle Horner’s residence in Horseshoe Bend by the Izard County Sheriff’s Dept. and the 16th Judicial Drug Task Force. Horner was charged with two counts of delivery of methamphetamine, a class C felony, possession of drug paraphernalia with the purpose to process, prepare, test, or analyze methamphetamine a class B felony, maintaining a drug premises, a class C felony, possession of drug paraphernalia with the purpose to ingest methamphetamine, a class D felony, possession of controlled substance with purpose to deliver, methamphetamine, a class C felony and unlawful use of a communication device, a class C felony. Horner was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center in lieu of a $25,000 bond. Horner is scheduled to appear in Izard County Circuit Court on June 27.

On June 25, Shelly Joe Stevenson, 46, of Horseshoe Bend, was arrested by Deputy Toby Smith for Domestic Battery 3rd degree, battery in 3rd degree, terroristic threatening, and endangering the welfare of minor times four. Stephenson was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center and bonded on a $5,000 bond. Stephenson is scheduled to appear in Izard County District Court in Horseshoe Bend on August 1.

On June 25, Randy John Tyler age 62 of Batesville was arrested by Sgt Steve Davidson for drinking in public. Tyler was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center in lieu of $220 bond. Tyler is scheduled to appear in Izard County District Court in Melbourne on July 27.

On June 23 Hardin Mathew Hunt age 28 of Horseshoe Bend was arrested by Deputy Mike Smith for driving on suspended license. Hunt was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center and bonded on a $365 bond. Hunt is scheduled to appear in Izard County District Court in Horseshoe Bend on August 1.

On June 24 Kyle Steven Quillman age 25 or Horseshoe Bend was arrested by Deputy Toby Smith for driving while license suspended. Quillman was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center and bonded on a $365. Bond. Quillman is scheduled to appear in Izard County District Court in Horseshoe Bend on Aug. 1.

On June 24, Charles Allen Tharp age 29 of Pocahontas was arrested by Deputy Richard Crowe for failure to appear. Tharp is incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center in lieu of a $10,000 cash bond. Tharp is scheduled to appear in Izard County Circuit Court on June 27.

On June 24, Kenneth Evon Stephenson age 52 of Horseshoe Bend was arrested by Sgt Steve Davidson for disorderly conduct. Stephenson was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center and given a recognizance bond. Stevenson is scheduled to appear in the Izard County District Court in Horseshoe Bend on August 1.

On June 18, Lonnie Jean Kurtley age 61 of Cave City was arrested by Cpl. Richard Williams for Domestic Battering 3rd degree. Kurtley was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center and bonded on a $250 cash bond. Kurtley is scheduled to appear in Izard County District Court in Melbourne on July 27.

On June 19 Randall Keith Kurtley age 47 of Melbourne was arrested by Cpl. Richard Williams for domestic battering in 3rd degree. Kurtley was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center and bonded on a $250 cash bond. Kurtley is scheduled to appear in Izard County District Court on July 27.

On June 19 Jolynn Na Mandel age 32 of Calico Rock was arrested by Deputy DJ Tiernan for failure to appear. Mandel is incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center in lieu of a $10,000 cash bond. Mandel is scheduled to appear in the Izard County Circuit Court on June 27.

On June 20, James Alvin Baney age 39 of Truman, AR was arrested by Deputy Toby Smith for driving while license suspended. Baney was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center and given a recognizance bond. Baney is scheduled to appear in Izard County District in Horseshoe Bend on August 8.

On June 21, Ashley Taylor Poole age 18 of Brockwell and Bobbi Sue Goodman age 21of Newport were both arrested on a warrant for Residential Burglary a class B felony. Both Poole and Goodman bonded on a $10,000 bond each. Both Poole and Goodman are scheduled to appear in Izard County Circuit Court on June 27.

On June 22, Steven Kent Woodard age 49 was arrested by Deputy Geoffery Watts for Driving on suspended, no insurance and violation of red, amber and blue light law. Woodard was incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center and bonded on a $745 cash bond. Woodard is scheduled to appear in Izard County District Court in Melbourne on July 13.

On June 22, Travis Lee Cagle age 38 of Calico Rock was arrested by Parole Officer Jana Pinkston and placed in a parole hold. Cagle is incarcerated in the Izard County Detention Center with no bond.

The most meth ever seized in Izard County PINEVILLE, Ark. - Never in the recorded history of Izard County has a meth bust this big happened.

[sidelineshooter]

The Inaugural SLAM Summer Classic in NYC

The inaugural SLAM Summer Classic in New York City in August of 2018 was special. I’m not sure it was possible to grow up as a basketball player and not be a fan of SLAM Magazine. I’ve been fortunate to have contributed to the legendary magazine in years past, both with my words and my visuals. But this year our partnership was elevated. I’ll share my SLAM Draft Suite experience with you in another post. For now, let’s focus on some of the top—and most exciting—high school players in America descending on NYC for an all-American game regardless of graduating class.

From the warmups and dunk contest at Lifetime Athletic at Sky—home court to some of the most elite runs in the world featuring the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, and James Harden to name a few—to the boat ride around the city that never sleeps to the culminating event on the hallowed court at Monsignor Kett Playground, I was on the sidelines with my camera.

Teaming up with SLAM to document this historic event was special to me indeed. And continuing my work capturing the journey of the game’s future is a true privilege. Here’s what it looked like from where I was sitting.

[thrashermaxey]

Ramblings: Vegas Does It Again; Plekanec Makes History; Brent Burns Is Rolling – February 5

With the Super Bowl last night, we had a fairly light day for hockey with just three very early Sunday afternoon games. Here’s what went down.

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Due to injuries and general under-performance across the roster, Montreal tried something a little different with their lineup on Sunday: a second line of Alex Galchenyuk, Jonathan Drouin, and Brendan Gallagher. A goal scorer, a play-maker, and a solid two-way winger on the same line. Maybe we could have something here!

And then:

Gallagher back with Plekanec and Scherbak back with Drouin. That thing lasted about six minutes.

— Аrpon Basu (@ArponBasu) February 4, 2018

What is even the point anymore.

There’s the potential that those three constitute Montreal’s top line next year and the team isn’t going to the postseason this year. Why not see what you have? But I digress.

Maybe it was all for the best, though, as Artturi Lehkonen scored a pair of goals in the second period, one of them assisted by Gallagher. Those were Lehkonen’s first goals since October. Seriously.

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Tomas Plekanec also assisted on Lehkonen’s even-strength goal, giving him 600 points for his career (he later added a goal). He’ll never be considered among Montreal’s great players considering the storied history of the franchise, but if he stays healthy this year, and they don’t trade him, he’ll be one of six players to play 1000 games with the team. He’s also the 13th player in franchise history to get to 600 points in the Bleu, Blanc, et Rouge. No, he won’t be considered one of the greats, but he’s been an important part of the roster for much of this century.

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Jeff Petry capped off a pretty good weekend as he scored in the 4-1 win for the Habs. That's three goals this weekend, and tying his career-high of eight. 

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Ottawa looked mostly lifeless in this one, as they have so many games before, but Mike Hoffman is still Mike Hoffman, and shots like this is what should make him highly-coveted if (when) the Sens put him on the trade block:

If you're going to turn the puck over Mike Hoffman is going to make you pay. pic.twitter.com/xmjC9WwzdB

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) February 4, 2018

Carey Price never stood a chance.

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It has been a completely miserable, utterly disastrous season for the Canadiens and comments from Marc Bergevin make it seem like the team will be trending towards youth. This coming less than a year after giving a 29-year old fringe NHL defenceman $23-million. Superb work all around.

One of the very few bright spots has been Brendan Gallagher. He has 18 goals, six off his career-high, and eight goals clear of last year’s mark. The assists totals are a problem, sure, having just nine (10 after Sunday). But he’s never been an assist guy, and Tomas Plekanec, Artturi Lehkonen, and Charles Hudon – three of his four most-common line mates – where shooting a combined 4.2 percent going into Sunday’s matinée. If his line mates can’t score, he can’t rack assists. If they could score, he’d be having a much better fantasy season.

The question now, is, what do we make of him next year?

It’s no secret that Montreal’s pipeline is mostly empty. Outside of Ryan Poehling, how many forward prospects look to even possess the potential of a future fantasy contributor? Not (m)any. So if Max Pacioretty is traded (that seems likely, whether at the deadline or in the summer), who’s left to put the puck in the next? Alex Galchenyuk, if he’s not traded himself. Jonathan Drouin? Maybe Lehkonen if he finds some consistency? It’s not pretty.

It’s a shame, too. Since the start of the 2013-14 season, Gallagher has the same goals/60 minutes rate at five-on-five (0.84) as Jaden Schwartz and Matt Duchene, and slightly higher than TJ Oshie (0.83). He’s been a first-line goal scorer for a while now, but injuries and lack of ice time have limited his upside in fantasy. I can’t imagine it gets better as this franchise continues its trajectory toward a full-fledged rebuild. He had a predictable bounce-back year, which is nice and should give us hope moving forward. But if the team is going to tear down around him, his bounce-back personally is mostly meaningless for fantasy.

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Jeff Skinner has been mired in a little slump, heading into Sunday with one goal in eight games and just three goals since Christmas, a span of 17 contests. Has anything changed?

Since the holiday break, Skinner is second on his team in individual shot attempts per 60 minutes at 17.34. Not bad, right? It’s actually a huge drop-off from what he did at the start of the year; from game 1 through Christmas Eve, Skinner led the team in this regard at 22.78. Losing nearly one-quarter of your shot attempts will definitely supress offence, which is why his goals per 60 minutes have fallen off the map (0.74 since Christmas compared to 1.02 before) despite nearly identical shooting percentages (7.92 percent since Christmas compared to 7.69 before).

So, Skinner is shooting less. Why is he shooting less? Well, he was dropped of Justin Williams’ line, which has been a big reason. When they skated together earlier in the year (before Christmas), the ‘Canes generated 81.7 shot attempts per 60 minutes at five-on-five, and that is a colossal number. He didn’t spend the majority of his time there – about 36 percent of Skinner’s ice time was on Williams’ opposite wing – but when he did, they scored 2.84 goals per 60, a very good number. Since Christmas, Skinner has played roughly 20 percent of his ice time with the veteran on his right wing, and without him since Christmas, the team is generating just 60 shot attempts per 60 minutes at five-on-five, scoring 1.87 goals per 60.

That is a lot of numbers to throw at you in two paragraphs, so let’s summarize:

Without Williams and Skinner together, the Hurricanes are generating about 25 percent fewer shots since the holiday break with Skinner on the ice, and that has led to a drop in goals of about 34 percent. The result has been Skinner’s production decline.

Line combinations change all the time, and there’s no guarantee even if the two wingers are reunited that they’ll produce like they did earlier in the year. But there has been legitimate reason why Skinner hasn’t been scoring like he used to, and it’s not hand-waving at “unlucky.” He just needs line mates that can help him generate that offence. If you wanted to buy low on him, now would be the time in case there’s a shake-up with the forwards.  

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By the way, there was a small shake-up with the forwards in Carolina’s Sunday afternoon game against San Jose, but for Skinner it only meant Lee Stempniak being replaced by Elias Lindholm. Maybe it helps; it didn’t in this one as Skinner managed just two shots and, of course, zero goals.

There will be more of this to come, however:

He said there will be changes to the lineup. Wasn’t happy with “this group.”

— Cory Lavalette (@corylav) February 4, 2018

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Brent Burns led the way for the Sharks in their 3-1 win over Carolina, assisting on Timo Meier’s first-period tally and scoring himself in the second. After a somewhat slow start to the year, Burns now has 33 points in 29 games dating back to the start of December, averaging nearly 4.5 shots on goal per game in that span. It’s good to see the big man doing his thing again.

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Speaking of Meier, that’s seven goals in 18 games since Christmas. On the season, after Sunday afternoon’s game, he’s up to 1.12 goals per 60 minutes at five-on-five this year. To put that into perspective, that’s the same rate as Mark Stone, just below Vladimir Tarasenko (1.16), and just above Patrick Kane (1.08).

Since being a top-10 pick in 2015, Sharks fans have been waiting for the kid to become one of their premier goal scorers. He’s not shooting a crazy-high percentage, either. He’s doing this through sheer shot generation. In other words, he’s scoring like a goal scorer, not like a luckbox. This is good news for San Jose’s faithful, and great news for Meier’s dynasty owners. All that’s missing now is top power-play minutes.

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Sebastian Aho got the lone goal for Carolina in this one. Man, if Skinner isn’t scoring, Aho is really the only other threat here, huh.

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Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Vegas fell behind in a road game and then thanks to their first line, made a comeback to sneak away with a win. Just wild, right?

Chandler Stephenson made it 1-0, and then Ryan Carpenter tied it. Matt Niskanen made it 2-1, and then Reilly Smith tied it. Nicklas Backstrom made it 3-2, and then Smith tied it again. Alex Tuch scored the game-winner with about five minutes left in the third to seal the road victory at 4-3.

Smith had two goals, giving him 16 on the year. Four more for him and two more for Marchessault would give each member of the top line 20 tallies on the year. Pretty good.

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My ever-evolving obsession with Jakub Vrana continues. He dressed again in this one but played the least of any Caps forward.

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Matt Niskanen is quietly putting together another solid season playing behind John Carlson. His 82-game paces after his one-goal, one-assist performance Sunday works out to nine goals and 26 assists, more or less the player he’s been the majority of his career. Despite his earlier injury issues, Niskanen has been as expected. That speaks volumes to the quality of the player.

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Speaking of brutal splits, TJ Oshie has one power-play goal in his last 24 games. One! In 24 games!

What has changed there?

If you want to split Oshie’s season in half, we’d have to go back to November 22nd. Up to that point, Oshie was taking 17 shots per 60 minutes at five-on-five; since that point, that has fallen to 14.22. That of course doesn’t explain his goals drop, it’s the fact that between those two points, his shooting percentage fell from over 46 percent (!) to an even 10 percent.

Oshie is shooting a little less with the man advantage, but it’s obviously the conversion rate that is truly sinking him, unlike Jeff Skinner at five-on-five. Owners can not do much but wait it out.

It should be noted that he’s scoring basically at the same rate he always had in St. Louis, but is shooting a lot less at five-on-five. He was never a volume shooter, but he’s shooting less than Riley Sheahan and Troy Brouwer this year. If that power-play percentage doesn’t start climbing, and that shot rate at five-on-five doesn’t improve, it’s hard to see how he breaks out of this funk to become a consistent scorer.

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I do wonder what the Golden Knights do with David Perron. He’s never produced at this rate in his career (at least assists-wise) so he’s probably carrying more value than he would have even four months ago. But how can they justify someone producing so well for a team that, apparently, is a Cup contender? Interesting times ahead.

I suppose the same could apply for James Neal. But there’s no way they trade them, right? 

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Filip Forsberg earned himself a three-game suspension for his interference hit on Jmmy Vesey on Saturday night: 

Nashville’s Filip Forsberg suspended three games for interference on NY Rangers’ Jimmy Vesey. https://t.co/7gTton1szC

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) February 4, 2018

This is pretty bad news for fantasy owners as it'd only been a couple games since returning from injury. Added to that is that their next three games were against the Leafs, Islanders, and Senators. Those are juicy offensive matchups. 

When Forsberg was out, Pontus Aberg got some minutes on the top line, though we'll probably have to wait until game-day skate to see who actually takes his spot this week. 

from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-rambling/ramblings-vegas-does-it-again-plekanec-makes-history-brent-burns-is-rolling-february-5/

[junker-town]

The B-Sides: Stephen Curry’s fanny pack devotion and 7 other reasons to love the NBA this week

Plus, congratulations to the Miles family, Lance Stephenson’s shoes, and a cool 76ers tradition.

Hi, hello, welcome to B Sides: Volume 6 of the 2017-18 NBA season. Last week was a special Thanksgiving edition — if you missed it, I’m still thankful for everything on this list.

Meanwhile in the NBA, LeBron James is still the greatest basketball player on the planet, Dwight Howard may actually be back, and the wheels are falling off in OKC.

But put all of that to the side because I have seven bonus tracks for you to love in the NBA this week.

1. C.J. Miles’ reaction to the birth of his daughter!

Lauren and C.J. Miles had their baby on Thanksgiving day. What a perfect thing to be thankful for. They’re easily my favorite basketball couple. They named their dogs Shaq and Penny!

Now we have baby Miles and I am so extremely excited. First there was this. Just look at this picture.

Welcome baby girl.. I’ve been impatiently waiting so long to hold you .. love you and get on your nerves for the rest of your life.. Ava Reneé Miles 11-23-2017 at 10:03 Pm #Avacado #LoveLikeThis

A post shared by Cj Miles (@masfresco) on Nov 24, 2017 at 2:11pm PST

Then there was this tweet while he missed a game to be with the family. Just look at that hashtag!

Yes sir fellas ! And I been told y’all bout #TheBenchMob we #BestInTheLeague !! #WeTheNorth #Rtz #CantShootWithPoopOnMyHands

— C.J. Miles (@masfresco) November 26, 2017

But really, all the credit to Lauren here. Congrats!

how many rookies does it take to put a newborn in a car seat!? #WereFinallyHome #NoneOfHerClothesFit #WeGotSomeBeefinToDo #BabyProteinShakesOnDeck

A post shared by Lauren Miles (@iamlaurenmiles) on Nov 25, 2017 at 1:22pm PST

2. Steph Curry wearing the fanny pack everywhere

If you haven’t heard, Steph Curry lost a bet to JaVale McGee. Nevada (where McGee went to school) beat Davidson (where Curry went to school), and now Steph has to wear a fanny pack to at least three games.

Steph has been holding up his end of the bet.

#SFGiants invite Steph Curry to their Retro Fanny Pack promotional game https://t.co/qUmhK2T6Ng #Warriors #DubNation #NBA http://pic.twitter.com/w8s1Yzje5g

— NBCSAuthentic (@NBCSAuthentic) November 26, 2017

Back in the Bay. time for @iclark21 aka Yan...congrats bro!

A post shared by Wardell Curry (@stephencurry30) on Nov 25, 2017 at 10:53pm PST

But he even wore it on what it appears to be a date night with Ayesha. That seems like a lot to me. Either way, proud of Steph for being a good sport. Also where do I purchase this fanny pack.

Earlier this evening... ready to take on @internationalsmoke for my mamas bday. “I got greens, beans, ribs, potatoes, ham, lamb, yams .... you nameeeee it!” . #smokesignals

A post shared by Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) on Nov 26, 2017 at 11:48pm PST

3. Nike’s Statement Jerseys

The rollout of the Nike’s Statement jerseys has begun around the NBA. I don’t care what Celtics fans say, the new black jersey is nice and you should accept change.

You can scroll through for some of my other favorites, which included Cleveland, Indiana, and OKC.

4. Klay Thompson stanning for BodyArmor so hard

Klay Thompson is BodyArmor athlete. BodyArmor is a sports drink that is very much not Gatorade. So here is Klay Thompson having no time for a Gatorade bottle.

Klay outta nowhere. (via @knbr)

A post shared by House of Highlights (@houseofhighlights) on Nov 26, 2017 at 9:40am PST

Stay loyal.

5. Lance Stephenson’s in-game shoe choices

Lance Stephenson and AND-1 are no longer a partner, which is kind of sad given AND-1 is the perfect brand for him.

Regardless, his shoe deal freedom has given us some ridiculous choices this season.

@StephensonLance in the Off-White Hyperdunks pregame. http://pic.twitter.com/9ZiIgtIvWG

— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) November 27, 2017

Lance Stephenson broke out the "Wheat" Jordan 13s and much, much more from yesterday's sneaker action around the League. https://t.co/elxzXEW04D http://pic.twitter.com/c08Lnq5IYW

— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) November 30, 2017

Lance Stephenson in the Nike Zoom Kobe 5 “Prelude” tonight vs. New York http://pic.twitter.com/N4cNFpXueF

— B/R Kicks (@br_kicks) November 6, 2017

6. This Sixers honoring “Strong Kids of the Game” this season

All season long, the Sixers have been running a program called “Strong Kid of the Game,” which celebrates kids who have overcome obstacles in their life. Take Shane for example.

.@JoelEmbiid made this young Sixers fan so happy! ❤️ : @NBA http://pic.twitter.com/ly23E5pcbd

— SB Nation (@SBNation) November 28, 2017

And Sienna.

@sixers honor 12yo Sienna Ward w/StrongKidOfTheGame award! Had both legs amputated after train accident @FOX29philly #LuvThisLilGirl #Cutie http://pic.twitter.com/arX6KPLlQX

— Shawnette Wilson (@SWilsonFOX29) October 21, 2017

And Jaden!

.@IamAmirJohnson presented tonight’s Strong Kid, Jaden, with his own @sixers jersey! Jaden shows us what it means to be #SIXERSSTRONG http://pic.twitter.com/zDPC44m0lc

— SIXERS STRONG (@SIXERSSTRONG) October 26, 2017

I love this so much. Great Job, Sixers.

7. Isaiah Thomas had another perfect t-shirt

IT has been on B-Sides t-shirt watch, and folks, we have another winner. He broke out this Allen Iverson classic while the Celtics were in Philly.

#ThisIsWhyWePlay@isaiahthomas pays homage to his hero @alleniverson in Philadelphia! http://pic.twitter.com/GrXbe7Q95t

— NBA (@NBA) November 28, 2017

Thomas has always been a huge Iverson fan. This video of Thomas getting a jersey signed by him is one of my favorites.

My favorite James Harden photo of the week

He never lets me down.

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

[captainlexapro]

the two remaining captain vacancies prompted me to look into current captains and my ‘i love data’ mind was looking for trends to see if i can guess - meaning find a player on utah and seattle that follow the patterns i found - who may be named captain

i found three trends that intrigued me, so i looked at the current rosters and here are the top 5 players who, based on the current data, are most and least likely to be given the c. many of them don’t fulfill all three criteria (i’ll have to check to see if any current captain actually does…)

DISCLAIMER!!! i *KNOW* many of these are rookies/prospects/obviously not gonna happen wtf-are-you-talking-about players. i also don’t follow either of these teams closely so i don’t know the ~vibes~ and current leadership roles as they are. BUT if any of these players end up being named captain later in their career, pls know that i was right™️

The likelihood of captaincy in your future is statistically higher (therefore less surprising):

utah- clayton keller, alex kerfoot, liam o’brien, tij iginla, cole beaudoin

seattle- chandler stephenson, jaden schwartz, yanni gourde, david goyette, luke henman

Your captaincy would be a statistical outlier (which would make it more special):

utah- john marino, vladislav kolachonok, sean durzi, juuso malimaki, kevin connauto

seattle- jordan eberle, andre burakovsky, jared mccann, jagger firkus, nikolas brouillard

[babolat85]

The Boy.