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sixmapleleafs · 4 years ago

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having fun? // frederik andersen

Summary: A somewhat complicated past makes bubble life a hell of a lot more interesting

“Holy shit” you mumbled, your body was still buzzing from the three orgasms you’d just given yourself and your heart was beating so fast you could actually hear it. You didn’t think it would be this hard to keep quiet yet the bite marks on your arm told a different story, wiping your fingers off you silently cursed yourself for not packing your vibrator and there was no way you were going to get your roommate to just drop it off at reception for you to collect later. In all honesty you didn’t think you’d need it, everyday was incredibly busy and being a physical therapist for the leafs meant you were being summoned left, right and centre. That being said, there was also a lot of down time where the boys would go off to play video games, your coworkers would go to FaceTime their families and you’d be left to entertain yourself. You’d also made the mistake of thinking you’d be able to spend this much time with him without needing some type of release.

It had been almost six months since you’d had his head between your legs but that didn’t mean the image wasn’t burned into your brain. It had been the reason you were seeing stars about five minutes ago after all. You huffed in annoyance as your body returned to normal, you hated that you were so attracted to him and you hated that since he’d spent the night at your place no other guy had been able to get you off. He was the best you’d ever had, not to mention the biggest and it seemed as if no other man would ever be able to compare. If you were being honest, you didn’t really want anyone else but you couldn’t have him and you had to accept that. Your career was more important than a little crush and now that you were literally stuck together you didn’t want to risk anyone finding out.

Deciding on a shower before bed you hopped off the bed towards the bathroom, you had to attend a practice very early the next morning and you already knew you would hit the snooze button until five minutes before you had to be there. Steam quickly filled the small bathroom, fogging up the mirror a little. A dramatic sigh fell from your lips when the hot water hit your skin.

Freddie’s phone landed on the bed with a slight thud, the container of food in his hand was still warm and smelled amazing but the thought of eating alone in his room every night kind of put a damper on his mood. Reaching for the tv remote his head snapped up at the sound of a familiar moan, immediately he looked over at the wall as if he’d be able to see through it somehow. His first thought was that he’d misheard, chances were it wasn’t a moan and just a random noise from something or maybe it was his brain playing tricks on him, wishful thinking of some sort. But then it happened again. He knew exactly who was on the other side of the wall, of course he did, a mix up at the hotel had been a blessing in Freddie’s eyes. A wave of jealousy washed over him as he sat the container down on the desk in the corner of the room, there was no way you were in there with a guy was there? Was it one of his teammates? Someone from the teams staff? A player from another team? The questions were flooding Freddie’s brain and he could feel his blood start to boil, if only the season hadn’t been cut off and he hadn’t of headed to Arizona with Auston then he’d probably be the one fucking you. Before he could process what he was doing his phone was in his hand and he was typing out the message.

Having fun?

Scrolling through your notifications the next morning you almost spat out your coffee, you were stood at the back of the locker room ‘listening’ to Sheldon give his daily speech about working on issues and staying safe so your near death experience had caught the attention of a few players near you. “Everything ok?” Mitch questioned, unintentionally drawing the attention of the entire room over to you. You nodded claiming you were just drinking your coffee too fast, everyone nodded and turned back to Sheldon including yourself which meant you missed the smirk plastered on Freddie’s face.

The message haunted you throughout the entire practice, having fun? What does that even mean? Did he hear you last night? But you did everything you could to be quiet? You tried your best to focus on the boys and listen to the senior physical therapists when they pointed out how the way certain players approached each other would make them vulnerable to a variety of different injuries if it was a real game and their opponent didn’t stop before colliding with them. You nodded along but you couldn’t help thinking they were just trying to give you something to think about during practices since you had to sit there everyday and watch essentially the same thing over and over again. Being in the bubble and not playing any games yet meant there were no injuries or players to help since everyone who’d been selected was fit and healthy. You did help Robertson a few times with ways to help the general aches and pains that came with playing against men twice his age, but other than that you were simply watching until you were needed which hopefully wouldn’t be any time soon.

Sheldon called you over once the boys had skated off the ice and you furrowed your eyebrows in confusion, you hadn’t seen anyone fall or get hit. He greeted you as you fell into step along side him, he was heading towards the locker room which meant he needed you to assess a player. “Andersen has been complaining about his shoulder, I don’t think it’s anything serious but I’d like you to just talk with him and maybe take a look just in case” he explained. Your mouth went dry at the sound of his name and you opened and closed it a few times before finally telling him it would be no problem at all. “Everybody decent?” There was a collective “yeah” and then he was calling you in and directing you over to Freddie’s stall, as if you didn’t know where it was already.

“I hear your shoulder has been bothering you” Freddie saw right through your attempt to remain professional, he knew what you really wanted to say was more along the lines of, what do you mean am I having fun? but he played along nonetheless. He explained the ‘problem’ as the other guys started leaving the locker room, the equipment managers and coaches following them until it was just you two.

“So was it anyone I know?” His question caught you off guard, you swallowed the lump in your throat before turning to him.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about” you tried to play it off but he just scoffed making you roll your eyes.

“Are we really going to play this game? Come on y/n I already know you were with someone last night” he said standing up, you’d forgotten how tall he really was and his size plus the look he was giving you was very intimidating but you couldn’t deny the tingling between your legs. He was so close to you that you could practically feel the anger radiating off of him.

“Why do you care so much?” You folded your arms over your chest, raising an eyebrow when you saw his gaze flicker down for a split second. “Are you jealous Fred?” You taunted, secretly loving the way his fists clenched and his breathing got heavier at the lack of information you gave him. He let out what could only be described as a growl before he was lifting you up and turning around so you were now stood on the bench in his stall.

“You’re loving this aren’t you? Getting me all worked up over the thought of someone else fucking you” he rested his hands on your waist, slipping the hem of the leafs shirt you were wearing between his fingers as he looked down at you. You hooked your arms around his neck, now at a height where it was easier to look him in the eye.

“Like I said Fred, I have no clue what you’re talking about. I wasn’t with anybody last night” your tone was suggestive and from the look of relief on Freddie’s face he caught what you were saying.

“Oh really?” His tone was much lighter now, he looked less like he wanted to knock a guy out and more like he was enjoying where this was going. You hummed in response sending him a suggestive smile.

“It was just me. All alone...” you trailed off moving your hands up to the curls at the bottom of his neck, subconsciously moving yourself closer to him. He wrapped his arms around you so there was no space between the two of you. Suddenly you were pushing him off you jumping down from the bench and making yourself look busy.

“Y/n. What’s the diagnosis?” Sheldon said as he entered the room, Freddie’s face relaxed as he realised why you’d pushed him off you. Sending you a quick wink when his coach wasn’t looking. Needless to say, you weren’t surprised when he was knocking on your door in the early hours of the morning.

#frederik andersen #frederik andersen imagine #freddie andersen #freddie andersen imagine #hockey imagines #nhlimagines #hockey imagine #nhl imagine

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fanfics-for-the-hockey-fan · 4 years ago

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A Bump in the Road - Morgan Rielly

Request: 44. You need to see a doctor.” Morgan Rielly

I winced as I got off the sofa, I had been feeling off for a couple of days now but I just chalked it up to my period and the cramps being extra bad this month. It didn’t help that Mo was out of town on a super long road trip and that always put me in a funk. But he was coming home today and I was ready to spend some time with him. I was picking Morgan up from the airport so I threw on some leggings and one of Morgan’s old sweatshirts.

Getting into the car, I tried to push off the discomfort and focused on the road ahead of me. I managed to pull into the parking lot of the airport just as Morgan texted that they landed. Heading inside the small, private terminal they would be coming through I found a couple of the other girls waiting. Alannah waved me over, smiling as I sat down next to her. “Are you okay Samantha? You look a little pale.”

“Yeah.” Alannah looked like she was going to push more but the guys showed up then. I was slow to get out of the seat so Alannah said something to Morgan before going to Zach. I had just stood up by the time Morgan got to me. “I missed you.”

“I missed you too. Alannah said you don’t feel good.”

“I’m fine, it’s just cramps from my period.” Morgan grabbed his bag as we headed out to the car, I didn’t even argue with him when he motioned for the car keys.

“You’re period isn’t for another 4 days and you only start cramping the day before. You look really pale.” I got into the passenger seat and winced as I twisted to get my seatbelt on. Morgan looked super concerned, reaching over to feel my forehead. “And you feel warm. How long have you been feeling like this?”

“A day or two. I probably just ate something bad.”

“You need to see a doctor Sam.” I really wanted to roll my eyes at him but I also knew he was just worried about me.

“I’ll get an appointment for tomorrow.” That seemed to make Morgan happy because he didn’t bring it up on the way home, letting me call to make an appointment before we cuddled on the sofa. As we caught up on tv I started to feel worse, trying to hide it from Morgan so he wouldn’t worry. That all went out the window when I stood up to get a drink and I literally swayed before falling back onto the sofa.

“That’s it, we are going to the ER now.”

“Mo…”

“No, you just almost fainted. You need to see a doctor. Right now.” His face was as serious as I had ever seen, even when he was on the ice in a tight playoff game. “You are going to sit here while I go get pants for both of us and your purse. Then we are getting in my car and I am driving us to the hospital.” I just nodded, wincing as I moved on the sofa. Morgan left the room quickly, I could hear him down in the bedroom. He came rushing back, pulling on a sweatshirt and carrying sweatpants for me. “Do you need help getting these on while I grab your bag?”

I just shook my head, slowly pulling on my sweatpants. I barely had both legs in the sweatpants by the time Morgan returned, carefully helping me stand up and pulling the sweatpants up before looking me in the eyes. “I have your purse with your wallet, your water bottle, some snacks, an ipad, and some headphones.” I nodded and before I could say anything Morgan picked me up and moved towards the door. He hurried us out of the apartment and down to the car, buckling me in before hurrying around to the driver's seat. I closed my eyes as Morgan started to drive, even with my eyes closed I knew he was speeding as much as he could in a big city with so many traffic lights.

Before I knew it Morgan was stopping and getting out of the car, my eyes opened to see him hurrying across the front of the car with the backpack before helping me out of the car. He had actually parked the car and was now carrying me through the parking garage to the emergency department entrance. A nurse spotted us as soon as we entered, bringing a wheelchair over for me. As much as I didn't want to admit it, the pain was much worse now and I was so out of it that Morgan had to do all the talking to get me checked in. Once that was all done we were moved back to a room and Morgan lifted me onto the bed.

The next few minutes were a flurry of activity, a nurse getting me on an iv as a doctor came in and started to ask questions. They must have given me something for the pain because I was finally about to focus on what the doctor was saying. "Your boyfriend said that you have been having bad stomach pain for a few days now?"

"Yeah, at first I thought it was just cramping but it is much more painful than any cramp I have ever had."

"I'm going to run some tests and we will figure this out." He spoke to the nurse before leaving the room with a nod. Once the nurse was also done I turned to look at Morgan who looked terrified.

"I'm going to text Kyle and Sheldon to let them know I probably won't be at practice tomorrow." I wanted to argue but the concerned look that covered Morgan’s face was enough to stop me before I spoke up, just nodding and watching him type out a text. When that was done he put his phone away and grabbed my hand. “How are you feeling?”

“Like there is a knife in my stomach, but besides that I’m fine. How was your road trip?” Morgan raised an eyebrow, making me laugh. “It will distract me until the doctor comes back.”

“Fine.” With that Morgan launched into a story of the shenanigans that he and his teammates got into during their trip. As Morgan was telling me about Mitch hiding Auston’s gear before a practice. The story made me laugh which caused pain that I was trying to hide from Morgan. "I'm hurting you by making you laugh. Is there anything I can do to make you more comfortable?"

“No, I think it’s just something I have to deal with until the doctor figures it out.” Morgan held onto my hand as we waited, telling me more about the road trip until the doctor came into the room around 30 minutes later.

“Ms. Kennedy, we got the results of your test back. Your appendix is about to burst. We need to get you into surgery right away. The complications if we wait too long are severe so time is of the essence. Our plan is to do it laparoscopically, that might change once we are in there. The surgery should last about an hour as long as everything goes to plan. Do you have any questions?”

“What is the recovery time?”

“You will probably have to stay in the hospital for a day or two, maybe 3 if there are any complications. You should be back to regular daily activities in 2 to 4 weeks, nothing too strenuous for the first week or so. Anything else?” We both say no, the doctor shaking both of our hands before moving towards the door. “Someone will be in shortly to prep you for surgery.”

Once he was gone I looked over at Morgan who was frozen. “Mo, it’s going to be fine.”

“It’s still surgery Samantha! Surgery always has a chance of something bad happening.”

“Wow, did you really just full first name me? I will be fine, and two days from now I will be watching you play hockey from the comfort of our bed while you kick ass on the ice. I’m gonna text my family quickly before I go back for surgery but I am going to need you to keep them up to date with what’s going on. I know they are going to want to fly out but hopefully I can convince them not to come.”

“Good luck with that.”

Morgan’s POV

I watched as Sam texted her family before the nurse came in to take her back for surgery. “I’ll see you once soon. I love you so much.”

“I love you too Mo.” I kissed her forehead and then her lips before they wheeled her bed away. Another nurse showed me to a waiting room where I would be out of the way and they would know where to find me. I was texting an update to Samantha’s family when someone bumped into my legs. It annoyed me when they just stood there then, not apologizing. I looked up and saw Fred and Auston standing there with coffee and a bag of food.

“What are you guys doing here?”

“Sam texted us and said you might need some company. So we brought coffee and snacks." They sit on either side of me, handing me a coffee before pulling out some sandwiches. “How long is the surgery supposed to take?”

“Hopefully an hour. Thank you guys for coming.”

“Of course, Sam’s family too.” Freddie says handing me a sandwich. Auston and Fred kept me distracted for the whole time as we waited for the doctor to come out. I started to get antsy when the hour mark passed. As we got closer to two hours I was pacing the waiting room. “Mo, sit down. I’m sure they will be out soon with news.” Freddie had to pull me back into my seat to stop me from pacing. Instead of pacing my leg was bouncing and Auston laughed at me.

“Sometimes surgery takes a while, if something went wrong I’m sure that someone would come out and update you.” I really wanted to believe my teammates, but I was still worried. Finally Samantha”s doctor came out and as soon as I spotted him I was up, out of my seat and moving towards him.

“Did something go wrong?”

“No, things were a little worse than we expected so we weren’t able to do it laparoscopically. Besides that everything went perfect. She is in a recovery room now. I don’t think the change in procedure will extend her time she needs to stay here, it could take her a little longer to get back to 100 percent.”

“Okay.”

“A nurse can take you to her whenever you are ready, but unfortunately only one visitor can see her.” I thank him, shaking his hand before going to tell my friends what was going on.

“We’ll try to stop by tomorrow after practice if Sam is up to it.” I bid them goodbye before following the nurse back to where Sam was. Walking into the room, I wiped my sweaty hands on my sweatpants before going into the room. Sam was laying in the slightly inclined bed with her eyes closed, so I tried to be quiet as I pulled a chair up to her bed. Just as I was sitting down Sam looked at me smiling.

“Hi.”

“Hi, how are you feeling?” That caused me to laugh, of course she was asking me how I was.

“Aren’t I supposed to ask you that, since you are the one who just came out of surgery?” That got a smile out of her as she reached for my hand.

“I’m fine but I am also pretty sure that I have pain meds in me right now.” Sam stroked my cheek and smiled at me. “You worry about me, and the nurse mentioned that the surgery ran long so I know that you worried even more.”

“Well, Fred and Auston didn’t have to tie me down to the chair.”

“That’s good.” We talked for a bit before a nurse came in to check on Sam. When he left Sam turned to me. “Why don’t you sleep at home?”

“I’m sure they will be okay if I stay here with you overnight.”

“It’s not going to be comfortable for you. Please go home and sleep in our bed, I will still be here in the morning and your back will thank me for making sure you don’t hurt yourself.”

“Sam…”

“Please Mo. Do it for me. I am going to be asleep basically the whole time you are gone.”

“Fine, but I will be back in the morning as soon as visitor hours start.”

“I can’t wait.” Kissing Samantha goodbye, I left the hospital, wishing that I was back with her but knowing she was right.

***

“She is walking around with a nurse but they should be back in the room in a few minutes.” I thank the nurse and sit down in a chair and answer a few texts before I hear Sam and a nurse coming into the room.

“Mo!”

“Hey Sam, how are you feeling?”

“A little stiff, but good. It felt really good to walk around the floor.” The nurse says a doctor will be in soon before leaving us, Sam coming to sit on my lap. “I missed you.”

“I missed you too, but you were right.”

“I’m sorry, can you repeat that?” I laugh, kissing her before lightly squeezing her side.

“You were right and I love you. I also brought you an iced coffee, I called the nurses desk and they talked to your doctor who gave the okay for the drink.”

“I love you too. And not just because you brought me coffee.” Hugging Sam as she drank her coffee and we chatted, waiting for the doctor, I was happy that this was just a bump in a road and even though I was super worried about the surgery, it all worked out.

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first-and-ten · 7 years ago

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2017 Week 5 Recap

Fuck Mike Pence so much. He flew out to Indiana just to throw a fit about players kneeling for the anthem. Go to hell. Ugh. And on top of that Jerry Jones, after looking like the world’s least comfortable Scrooge McDuck at the Cowboys’ pre-anthem protest last week, now says players who kneel should be cut. It’s so bad Roger Goodell had to send a memo to the owners telling them to cool it. I hope all the Cowboys kneel and the Pence and Jerry die in the same fire. And did you see the statue of Payton anyway? It doesn’t look like him, and it is also too soon. Let him at least have time to decide to GM the Titans before you do that, now you might have a statue of a division rival’s GM outside your stadium! Idiots. Oh and the Dolphins’ o-line coach resigned in disgrace after a video surfaced of him snorting cocaine before a team meeting, so next time someone complains about players kneeling during the anthem, that could provide some perspective.

Also, YA Tittle died, so that sucks too.

Teams that need Kaepernick: TEN, MIA, CLE, SF, NYJ, BAL, OAK IND, JAX, MIN, NYG, ARI, PIT

Hot seats: Ben McAdoo, John Fox, Hue Jackson, Marvin Lewis, Chuck Pagano, Todd Bowles, Bruce Arians

Teams on Bye: ATL, WSH, DEN, NO

NE 19 - 14 TB [W] Game ball: Stephen Gostkowski If the Patriots can’t give a good Thursday performance then who can? This is not how this game should have ended but Nick Folk’s errant kicking turned this from a 23-19 upset into an ugly loss from a team that just barely outuglied the defending champs.

BUF 16 - 20 CIN [W] Game ball: AJ Green Solid performance all around from the Bengals, who are now only a game back in a division of klutzes. Making the switch to Bill Lazor at offensive coordinator seems to have been the right move, as Cincy’s new schemes give Andy Dalton a little more time to think before he throws. The Bills shouldn’t get too down, but the passing attack was lackluster without Jordan Matthews.

CAR 27 - 24 DET [L] Game ball: Cam Newton An impressive and important victory. Cam played with poise and very few mistakes, earning a crucial tie-breaker over Detroit. Don’t think that gets him off the hook for what he said about it being weird for a woman to talk routes, though. If he thinks that’s weird, he would be astounded by how much women know about sports but don’t say because men won’t shut the fuck up. Please educate yourself on how women have impacted your sport’s growth and culture, because I promise you it’s more than you think.

LAC 27 - 22 NYG [W] Game ball: Melvin Gordon Like I said, someone had to lose. Makes sense that it’s the team that lost 4 WRs on the same day. OBJ and Brandon Marshall are both out for the season, so a 0-5 with nothing in the cupboard, the G-men are done. Stick a fork in them. It’s just not happening. The Chargers aren’t a whole lot better off, but after 4 weeks of actually competing I bet it’s nice for it to finally end in a victory.

SF 23 - 26 IND OT [W] Game ball: Adam Vinatieri Both the Niners and the Colts played extra periods last week as well, meaning at this point each squad has gone 10 quarters of pro football in the last 8 calendar days. That’s absurd. Any win with Jacoby Brissett at the helm is a gift for the Colts. Every week without a win is a nightmare I’m sure for John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan. Here’s an idea: employ a QB other than Brian Hoyer! Maybe one whose name rhymes with Schmollin Schmappernick.

NYJ 17 - 14 CLE [W] Game ball: Marcus Maye In a bizarre twist, the Browns actually controlled much of this game. They had two red zone turnovers in the first half that completely squandered their dominance. They brought in Kevin Hogan for the second half, leaving the week 6 start up in the air. Myles Garrett got a sack on his first snap, which is pretty awesome. Probably not a coincidence that the Browns defense has never looked better this season.

ARI 7 - 34 PHI [W] Game ball: Carson Wentz Not much of a battle of the Carsons, more like one Carson just sending the other’s team through a shredder. Total domination by the Eagles, and now the Cardinals have Adrian Peterson to save the day, because nothing says Arizona like a bunch of rich guys who are about to retire.

JAX 30 - 9 PIT [L] Game ball: Leonard Fournette Yesssss, bury him! Ben Roethlisberger threw 5 INTERCEPTIONS and no touchdowns! You know who else has done that this century? Ryan Fitzpatrick AND NOBODY ELSE! Dude, he is going to just straight up give up in the middle of a game this year and he and Jay Cutler are gonna just get appointed to Trump’s cabinet and stop giving a fuck about anything. Oh and BTW the team he threw those picks to legitimately did well. They just ran the ball a gajillion times so that Bortles couldn’t Bortles up their chances. I mean if you told me before this game that a QB would throw 5 picks I wouldn’t be surprised, but I also would have been really excited to have the Steelers defense on fantasy because I would assume they were doing the picking.

TEN 10 - 16 MIA [W] Game ball: Kiko Alonso Another game that nobody should have won. Matt Cassell isn’t doing it for anyone, and neither is Cutler. It is time to move on. It’s nice for Miami to get a win but they had playoff aspirations before the season that seem pretty far-fetched at this point.

BAL 30 - 17 OAK [L] Game ball: Mike Wallace It’s a little hard to analyze this game because the Raiders fell behind so early. It would be unreasonable to expect EJ Manuel to dig out of that hole. This is the Baltimore we saw in the first two weeks, it must be nice for them to now that still exists.

SEA 16 - 10 LAR [W] Game ball: Sheldon Richardson It was a close one but the Seahawks are now leading the division. Neither team looked even close to good on offense, though the Seahawks have to be happy that Jimmy Graham has been effective two weeks in a row.

GB 35 - 31 DAL [W] Game ball: Aaron Rodgers Oh man, this is what happens! Aaron freakin Rodgers! What do you even do? You score to go up 3 with just over a minute left, if you’re playing any of 30 teams in the league you’re thinking you probably are winning or going to overtime. But against the Patriots or Packers, you just resign yourself to seeing football magic kill your game. Ridiculous. I said the Packers run game might end up better now than it was with Ty Montgomery, and, well, Im not sure it hasn’t...

KC 42 - 34 HOU [W] Game ball: Tyreek Hill The fact that this game was in reach in the 4th quarter before Hill took a punt to the house is quite the testament to DeShaun Watson and how he has changed the offense around him. It’s really incredible. But that might not be enough to overcome the loss of JJ Watt and Whitney Merciless. That is fucking tragic.

MIN 20 - 17 CHI [L] Game ball: Jerrick McKinnon I was so damn close. And then Mitch Trubisky goes and throws a pick. Great, thanks Mitch. Mitchington. Mitcherino.

Record this week: 10-4 Record this season: 45-32 Locks record: 14-5 (Survivors used [X]: ATL, SEA, NE, GB, PIT) Upsets record: 11-13 2014 pace: 50-27 Pickwatch leader: 52-25 (Patrick Schmidt, Fansided)

NFL Title Belt: KC (defended from HOU)

DSA Jackpot candidates: KC

MMA candidates: NYG, CLE, SF

The Room Where It Happens: N/A

Fallen Tributes: N/A

FANTASY CORNER

Danger Squirrels 125 - 140 Schneiders List [L, 2-3]

Goddamnit. I prepared so well to be covered during my bye weeks and then Mariota and Montgomery went and got hurt. I dropped Mariota for Tyrod Taylor and I guess I chose wrong because it was not enough. Props to Melvin Gordon for trying to get me the win, and a big fuck you to the Steelers defense. And I technically wasn’t rooting for this because Go Seahawks but imagine what could have been if Cooper Kupp caught that TD in the last seconds? Siemian the Finals 150.29 - 171.75 Decatur Fist [L, 3-2]

I shoulda started Torrey Smith. I knew I should have, too. I just couldn’t get all the drops I’ve seen him make this season out of my head! The one time Jimmy Graham is worth a damn, and I get nothing out of Antonio Gates. I cannot believe Ed Dickson scored 22.5 points, that’s just cheating.

#Jaguars #Eagles #Panthers #Texans #nfl #week 5 #2017 results #2017 previews

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thrashermaxey · 6 years ago

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The Journey: CIBC Canada-Russia Series and Fastest Rising Prospects

Hello fantasy hockey fans, and welcome to The Journey! If you’ve followed this column for any length of time, chances are you’ve become quite familiar with the great work of Jokke Nevalainen, Brad Phillips, Kevin LeBlanc and some other awesome writers around the site. My name is Brayden Olafson – I’m from a small town in Saskatchewan and have been working with DobberProspects for about two years, and I’ll be taking the reins here going forward. Like much of the staff at Dobber, I consider myself a student of the game at all levels, and love to get involved in discussions with fellow fans and readers. The best way to get a hold of me is through the comments here or on Twitter @olaf1393.

With those pleasantries aside, let’s get into some hockey. Since Dobber has just released his November edition of the Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards, we’re going to have a look at some of the biggest risers and fallers. First though, we’re going to have a quick look at the U20 Canada-Russia series that wrapped up on Thursday night in Drummondville.

The CIBC Canada-Russia series was hosted by six different cities across Canada over the course of the last two weeks. Beginning in Vancouver on November 5, and wrapping up on Thursday in Drummondville. The six-game series in which the Russians challenge each league’s All-Star team twice, is one of the best annual opportunities for scouts to compare the top U20 Russian talents to the top U20 Canadians. The age bracket allows for already drafted players in addition to draft eligible players to get prime exposure leading up to the World Junior Championship roster selections. The WHL’s bench boss Tim Hunter will also head up Canada’s final roster at the holiday classic, so you can be sure that the results of this series will weigh heavily on the selections. It also so happens that the Russians’ will be slotted in Canada’s pool for round-robin play at the WJC, which added an extra element of evaluation to Hunter’s two-week cross-Canada escapade.

Neither the Dub, nor the O tallied a single official powerplay goal in their series, despite a combined 15 opportunities. Coach Hunter admitted that the team showed little to no cohesion on the man advantage, likely as a result of their unfamiliarity with each other. That narrative seemed to carry through the week for the CHL teams, which Hunter also admitted, was a factor in their evaluation. The Russians have provided consistent competition for the seemingly cyclical Canadian squads. This time around, the parity of the series was uncanny. While both of the first two CHL leagues were able to split their respective series with the Red Machine, the QMJHL failed to close in either of their contests. The Russians clinched their first win of the series since 2010 with a regulation goal to send the final game of the series to overtime. The six games had a World Junior-like excitement, despite it being the lowest scoring series in the 16-year history.

The dynamic scene of evaluating young hockey players means that the results of a best-on-best series such as this can have a more significant impact on a player’s apparent value than similar events for other groups. With that being said, here are some of the players that made the most positive impact on their stock through the course of the short series.

Russia

Stepan Starkov (FA) – The undrafted 19-year-old center led the Russian’s in scoring through the series. He’s flown under the radar in his previous years of draft eligibility and has never played outside of the Iron Curtain which could stint NHL interest. His performance over the last couple of weeks could create interest though.

WHL

Dylan Cozens (2019 Draft) – Of the several 2019 draft eligible players to be featured in the series, Cozens seemed to have the most positive impact on his team. The Yukon native is on an upward trajectory, which will leave Tim Hunter with a tough decision when it comes to the 17-year-old and World Junior selections.

OHL

Michael DiPietro (2017/64th, Vancouver) – The Canucks prospect added to his successful 2018 with a win for team OHL. Tim Hunter marveled at the 19-year-old’s athleticism, a factor that could make him a favorite to land the starting role for Canada in Vancouver.

QMJHL

Jared McIssac (2018/36th, Detroit) – After a moderately successful draft year in Halifax, McIssac has been able to refocus his game on his strengths as a complete defender. Despite being held off of the score sheet in either of the QMJHL’s contests, he provided sound defensive play and flashes of opportunity in the offensive zone.

The Russian lineup is a fairly accurate picture of what we will see on the ice in Vancouver and Victoria this Boxing Day, however each of the Canadian players will continue to compete until the final selection camp.

Fastest Rising Prospects

Now getting into the meat and potatoes of this week, the fastest rising players from Dobber’s most recent edition of his top-200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards.

Brett Howden – New York Rangers – Up to 13 from 99

An unlikely hero in the Rangers’ rebuild saga, Howden has emerged from the Blueshirts group of youngsters as a reliable source of offense and defense. Coming over in the Miller/McDonagh transition from Tampa, Howden was seen as a relatively safe type of player who would spend time in Hartford before coming up to play in a support role on Broadway.

This October, however, revealed a renewed set of expectations for the former 27th overall pick. The 20-year-old is on pace for a 48-point rookie campaign playing primarily between Jesper Fast and Jimmy Vesey. That mark would eclipse either of his two line-mates annual totals through their fifth and second years respectively. Howden is currently scoring on 20% of his shots, in all likelihood, an unsustainable rate to keep up through the length of the season. His second unit powerplay opportunity has been limited though, which provides an opportunity for growth between now and the end of the year. Sticking on a line with Vesey and Fast will also allow Howden to continue flying under the radar against other teams’ defensive tactics, all in all, painting a pretty nice picture for future success.

At 6-3, Howden is a specimen. There’s certainly room for growth in his game, but this early success rewrites his script to some extent. It’s plausible that by the end of the year he will have surpassed both Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil on the teams projections, putting him in line to be the poster-boy and 1-C at MSG for years to come.

Sheldon Rempal – LA Kings – up to 114 from 202

Signed as a free-agent out of Clarkson, the opportunistic Sheldon Rempal is in the business of proving people wrong. At 5-10, 165lb, he makes Mitch Marner look like a pretty big boy – but that hasn’t slowed him down at any level of hockey yet. In his draft year, Rempal played for the Nanaimo Clippers of the BCHL on Vancouver Island – he tallied a respectable 50 points in 58 games, but nowhere near draft caliber. It wasn’t until two seasons later in his final year of Junior A that he exploded with 59 goals and 110 points through 56 contests.

Three years later, Rempal can tell the same story of his two years of Division I and how that success has catapulted him into the AHL. A handful of games into his pro career, the 23-year-old was off to a blistering start with Ontaio before being recalled to the Kings to play alongside Jeff Carter and Ilya Kovalchuk. His audition with the team was short lived with Dustin Brown returning from the IR, but with the developing turmoil on the team it might not be long before we see him reinstated in the Kings top-6.

At this point, Rempal becomes almost a pure boom/bust type of prospect for the Kings. At a time when the team is uncertain of their future, that kind of name plate could certainly be something to bet on.

Kristian Vesalainen – Winnipeg Jets – Up to 28 from 83

Success in the European professional leagues can often go underappreciated – just look at Elias Pettersson. Kristian Vesalainen really isn’t a whole heck of a lot different – before you go screaming about Pettersson’s NHL production, his pedigree, his nice hair… hear me out. Vesalainen plays a 200-foot game, and his production may never amount to the exact level of Pettersson’s, but the concept of his underappreciation due to his geographic circumstances is equivalent. The Jets are also in a totally different situation than the Canucks where it would be unacceptable to give Vesalainen the same kind of opportunity that Pettersson is getting right now.

At 19 years of age, Vesalainen’s vision, poise, hockey sense and size make him a tantalizing prospect who has the potential to flank a top NHL line in the future. In recent news, Vesalainen has been called up to play for the Jets, one day before his European out clause was set to begin.

Aleksi Heponiemi – Florida Panthers –Up to 36 from 88

The Panthers second-round-pick from 2017 was a star at the Canadian major junior level for the last two years. In his draft and draft+1 seasons, he scored 86 and 118 points respectively good for 16th and 3rd in WHL scoring those years. Although he would remain eligible to play in the league for another year, Heponiemi and his advisors opted for a change in scenery that would attest to his ability as a complete and maturing player. This summer, he announced that he would be returning to Finland to join Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga.

Competing against men, rather than a narrow group of his peers in Canada, Hepo has proven early this fall that he is an adaptable player. He’s shown that an increase in the level of his competition will not stand as a barrier to his development – hence the boost to 36 on Dobber’s list. If he’s able to sustain this level of play over the course of a full campaign, his next challenge will be closing the gap on an NHL job as early as next October.

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The FBI’s report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been received by the Senate, Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley confirmed early Thursday morning. And now it’s under some of the strictest security Congress has to offer.

Lawmakers and a few high-level staff will have an opportunity to review the document — of which there is only one physical copy — in a secure location and ultimately decide whether they think it offers any corroborating evidence that could sway their votes on Kavanaugh. Whatever the FBI uncovered about the sexual assault allegations from Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey Ford, it’s being treated like a state secret.

The report consists predominately of summaries of interviews that the agency has conducted with key witnesses related to the allegations, lawmakers have said. While speaking on CNN on Thursday morning, White House spokesperson Raj Shah says the FBI spoke with nine witnesses total. It remains unclear if any portions will be made fully public.

The FBI investigation examined sexual misconduct allegations brought against Kavanaugh by multiple women including Ford and Kavanaugh’s former Yale classmate Deborah Ramirez. Kavanaugh has unequivocally denied all allegations, even as media reports in the last week have suggested he has been at the very least less than honest about his drinking as a student.

A copy of the report was sent to the White House on Wednesday, and members of the administration have already concluded that it does not provide corroborating evidence for Ford or Ramirez’s claims, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The file was subsequently transmitted to the Senate, where lawmakers will have to make their own analyses of the information that’s presented.

Supplemental FBI background file for Judge Kavanaugh has been received by @senjudiciary Ranking Member Feinstein & I have agreed to alternating EQUAL access for senators to study content from additional background info gathered by non-partisan FBI agents 1/3

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Now that the Senate has the report, it has a very specific and guarded process to enable lawmakers to view it. This process — which concerns how the Senate handles particular executive branch documents — was agreed to in 2009 between then-Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy and President Barack Obama, Grassley noted.

Throughout the course of Thursday, lawmakers will have the chance to read the report in what’s known as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, also known as an SCIF, or a secure area of the Capitol.

While Democrats have been pushing for an FBI investigation ever since Ford came forward a few weeks ago, Republicans resisted such calls until last week when Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) — a pivotal swing senator — urged a delay in a floor vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination in order to conduct one. At the time, Flake argued that the FBI should have up to, but no more, than one week in order to look into the sexual misconduct allegations.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to hold off on an important procedural vote for Kavanaugh until the report had been completed. That vote is now set to take place on Friday.

Senators and a select group of 10 staffers will have the opportunity to review the report in a SCIF that’s been set up in the Capitol Visitor’s Center, the Washington Post reports. An SCIF is a designated area that’s been established for lawmakers to review classified information. Other well-know SCIFs including the Situation Room in the White House and hotel rooms when the president is on the road, for example.

Since this report is technically part of Kavanaugh’s FBI background check, it’s a file that would typically be confidential.

As a tweet from the Daily Beast’s Andrew Desiderio indicates, the SCIF looks like pretty much any other room from the outside.

The review of the report will alternate between Republicans and Democrats in the course of the day, the Post notes:

The two parties will take turns having access to the FBI report in shifts, according to a senior Senate official. For example, Republicans will spend an hour with the report from 8 a.m. until 9 a.m. Thursday, then Democrats will have an hour with the report. It will rotate throughout the rest of the day Thursday and potentially into Friday, with staff members simultaneously briefing senators.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had asked for a briefing on the report from FBI agents, but McConnell suggested that such an effort would go up against the previous agreement.

Democrats have expressed concerns about the tight timeframe Senators are now on to review the report given the procedural vote on Friday, something McConnell made the case for in a floor speech on Wednesday night. “There will be plenty of time for members to review and be briefed on the supplemental material,” he said.

Based on statements from their respective attorneys and broader media reports, the FBI has talked to a few people relevant to the investigation.

Mark Judge: Ford, a Palo Alto University professor, has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while they were both in high school. (Kavanaugh has denied this, along with the sexual misconduct allegations against him by Ramirez and Julie Swetnick.)

Ford said that Judge was in the room at the time of the assault. Judge has said he has no recollection of the event and that he’s never seen Kavanaugh behave in this way.

Swetnick has said that Judge was present at parties where he and Kavanaugh would spike drinks so that women could be “gang raped.” Judge has denied these allegations as well.

In addition to having been implicated in accusations by two women, Judge is seen as someone who could provide crucial background about both the culture of Georgetown Prep and Kavanaugh’s drinking habits in high school. Judge has since written a memoir about his own struggles with alcoholism that includes a character named Bart O’Kavanaugh, who passes out after drinking too much at a party.

Patrick Smyth: Smyth is another Georgetown Prep classmate who Ford has said was present at the gathering where she was allegedly assaulted. Smyth has said he has no knowledge of the party in question and no information about the allegations that have been levied against Kavanaugh.

Leland Keyser: Keyser is a friend of Ford’s who she has also named as someone who was at the gathering where the assault allegedly took place. Keyser has said that she does not know Kavanaugh and has no recollection of being at a party where he was present. She has also said, however, that she believes Ford’s account of the assault.

Tim Gaudette: Gaudette is someone Kavanaugh signaled was a friend and classmate from Georgetown Prep. In a July 1, 1982, entry on Kavanaugh’s detailed high school calendars, he lists going to “Timmy’s for skis with Judge, Tom, P.J. Bernie and … Squi.” “Timmy,” in this case, is referencing Gaudette.

Additionally, during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting last week, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) noted that there were some similarities between that July 1 calendar entry and the gathering where Ford says she was assaulted — namely, that a few of the same people were in attendance. Whitehouse had urged the FBI to look into this possible connection.

Chris Garrett: Garrett is another friend and classmate of Kavanaugh’s who was purportedly in attendance at a July 1, 1982, gathering of friends. He also previously went out with Ford and is listed in the calendar entry by his nickname, “Squi.”

Deborah Ramirez: Ramirez has accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her while the two were in college, an allegation he has denied. She spoke with FBI agents for about two hours this past weekend, according to her attorney John Clune. Clune has said that she also provided more than 20 names of people who could corroborate her account, though he expressed concerns that the FBI had not yet contacted any of them as of Tuesday evening.

“It was a detailed and productive interview, and the agents were clearly motivated to investigate the matter in any way they were permitted,” Clune wrote in a tweet on Tuesday.

Notably, however, neither Ford nor Kavanaugh were interviewed as part of the investigation.

According to the WSJ, the White House has already made up its mind about the contents of the FBI report and whether they offer corroborating evidence for the allegations against Kavanaugh.

“We believe that all the Senate’s questions have been addressed through this supplemental FBI investigation,” said Shah in his Thursday CNN appearance, where he emphasized that the White House remained “firmly” behind Kavanaugh. The WSJ noted, however, that it was unclear if the White House had finished reviewing the entire report in detail when it made that statement.

The attention shifts to the Senate where everyone will be watching a set of five key swing votes. They include moderate Republican Senators Flake (AZ), Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK), as well as red-state Democrats Joe Manchin (WV) and Heidi Heitkamp (ND).

Because of Republicans’ razor-thin 51-49 majority in the Senate, a final vote on Kavanaugh will rest on what these Senators ultimately make of the report — and whether its findings have any bearing on where they stand on his nomination.

As of now, there are still three potential paths forward.

First, it’s possible that senators believe that investigators have found corroboration of allegations brought by Ford or Ramirez — even though the White House disagrees. That would put the onus on Flake, Collins, and Murkowski to decide what to do. Other Republicans have said they remain unsure about how the report could affect their stance on Kavanaugh.

In this case, it’s possible McConnell would call their bluff and put the nomination on the floor, risking the very public embarrassment of having the Republicans’ Supreme Court nominee defeated with the world watching. But it’s also possible he would delay the vote or, in the most extreme case, urge that the White House pull the nominee altogether.

Second, it’s possible lawmakers see the FBI investigation as offering no new information. As we’ve already seen, many of the objections from Democrats and moderate Republicans have been about the process. With no new substantive information emerging, the skeptical Republican senators could say they are satisfied with the supplemental review. After reaching this conclusion, they could side with Kavanaugh and advance his confirmation.

Third, even with no new information, the undecided Republicans — particularly Collins and Murkowski — could feel the weight of the “believe women” advocacy that has reached a fever pitch. They could get cold feet and either vote down Kavanaugh or pressure McConnell to withdraw the nomination. (The conservative movement already has several alternative candidates waiting in the wings.)

Any of these would be a dramatic end to an already dramatic Supreme Court confirmation process. And any of these remain possible in the coming days, as Kavanaugh, the least popular Supreme Court nominee in recent memory, awaits his fate.

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WASHINGTON — The nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has exposed just how far the Senate has drifted from the rules of decorum that once elevated senatorial prerogative over party, leaving behind the kind of smash-mouth partisan politics that have long dominated the unruly House.

Senate rules dating back to Thomas Jefferson mandate that lawmakers refer to each other by state and title — “my good friend, the senator from California” — and forbid members from questioning motives, maligning a home state or imputing “to another senator or to other senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a senator.” Senators are not even supposed to read a newspaper while another member of the body is speaking on the chamber floor.

Few of such niceties have been in evidence as the Senate struggles to fill the Supreme Court seat of the retired Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Republicans have accused Democrats on the Judiciary Committee of plotting a last-minute smear of Judge Kavanaugh, and have privately argued that the party’s senators demeaned themselves and the body by asking a nominee to the Supreme Court intimate questions about his drinking habits and sexual behavior.

With only circumstantial evidence, Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, called for an investigation into whether Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee’s ranking Democrat, sat on and then leaked Christine Blasey Ford’s letter accusing Judge Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, has delivered an escalating series of threats to his Democratic counterparts.

Even the nominee himself threatened Democratic senators, warning, “What goes around comes around.”

Democrats charged that Republicans are trying to cover up and “plow right through” with the confirmation of a man who has been credibly accused of sexual assault simply in service to power politics. And they were unforgiving in their own assessments, accusing Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, of a “railroad job” to get Judge Kavanaugh through.

Mr. Grassley seemed to see it coming as he embarked on trying to confirm a stalwart conservative justice to the seat vacated by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s moderate swing vote.

“To the public, it looks like Republicans and Democrats never speak to each other, we don’t ever work together,” Mr. Grassley recalled saying at the outset of Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. “And for this nomination, I can understand why they would come to that conclusion.”

Judge Kavanaugh helped breech the Senate’s own protocols with his lashing performance last week. When two Democratic senators, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, questioned his drinking habits, he tried to turn the tables. “I’m curious if you have” ever been blackout drunk, he said to Ms. Klobuchar. To Mr. Whitehouse, he quipped, “Do you like beer, senator, or not? What do you like to drink?”

Far from coming to their colleagues’ defense, Republicans pressed on without a mention. They said Judge Kavanaugh’s emotional outbursts were justified given the circumstances, and on Tuesday, Mr. Graham said on Fox News that Ms. Klobuchar should apologize to the nominee “for being part of a smear campaign like I have never seen in 20 years in politics.”

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, alongside Senator Amy Klobuchar, held a copy of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s high school calendar during the hearing last week.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times

Mr. Cotton joined in, deriding Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, for lying about his service in Vietnam: “Maybe he should reconsider before questioning Judge Kavanaugh’s credibility.”

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“You want this seat. I hope you never get it,” Senator Lindsey Graham said to Democrats last week.CreditGabriella Demczuk for The New York Times

It was not supposed to be this way, and the rules were supposed to prohibit it.

“Jefferson’s argument was that politics were always going to be contentious, emotional, divisive, so to have any cool, reflective debate under those circumstances, you had to have rules to operate under some sort of decorum,” said Donald A. Ritchie, the Senate’s historian emeritus.

There have been obvious and famous exceptions that make present circumstances appear civil. In 1856, Senator Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts abolitionist, was caned in the chamber by a pro-slavery House member from South Carolina.

In 1954, senators voted to condemn one of their own, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, for contempt for flouting the body’s norms. Notably, their measure sidestepped McCarthy’s divisive tactics in smearing supposed communists coming before his committee, the crux of the issue, in favor of his offenses against the Senate itself.

There was discussion of a rules breach as recently as 2015, when Senator Ted Cruz, the hard-charging Texas Republican, accused Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, of telling “a flat-out lie” on the Senate floor amid a debate about the Export-Import Bank. In a sign of the times, Mr. Cruz went on conservative talk radio afterward rather than apologizing for the breach.

But by and large, Jefferson’s rules have served their purpose, Mr. Ritchie said. Even during the most heated debates over the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the most divisive legislative periods in the modern Senate, senators drew a distinction between political differences and ad hominem attacks, said John Stewart, who served as Senator Hubert Humphrey’s top legislative aide during the debate over that legislation and other hallmark bills of the period.

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Senator Hubert Humphrey, third from left, watched President Lyndon B. Johnson sign the Civil Rights Bill in 1964. Humphrey sparred with a pro-segregation Democrat during Civil Rights Act debates.CreditAssociated Press

Mr. Stewart recounted a fiery debate between Mr. Humphrey, who was tasked with advancing the Civil Rights Act, and Senator Absalom Willis Robertson, a pro-segregation Democrat from Virginia. When it was over, he said, Mr. Robertson crossed the Senate floor to stick his confederate battle flag pin on Mr. Humphrey’s lapel — a compliment for a debate well conducted. The two men walked off the floor arm in arm to drink bourbon in Mr. Robertson’s hideaway office.

“It was a club,” Mr. Stewart said in an interview. “You hate to sound like you are just living in the past, but damn it, it was different. It was much more civilized and much more respectful.”

Senator Jeff Flake, a retiring Arizona Republican, has said he had something similar in mind last Friday when he walked across the Judiciary Committee dais to hatch a deal with a friend, Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware. After a furious hour of negotiations that came to involve nearly every member of the committee, the two men agreed to start a one-week F.B.I. investigation into the accusations against Judge Kavanaugh and put off a final Senate vote on his confirmation.

“It’s always been the body where the rules of the Senate bring you together,” Mr. Flake said Tuesday during an event at the Atlantic Festival. “The Senate requires and pushes you together. But lately there have been so many things that have simply drug us apart. I don’t know how we get back, the incentives are all the other way.”

Mr. Flake’s agreement eased tensions in the short term, but it is unlikely to provide any sort of permanent salve. Small as it was, drafted by two relatively junior senators, the breakthrough served mostly to highlight how far normal relations between the two sides had slid, particularly around openings on the Supreme Court.

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Senator Jeff Flake was approached by Ms. Feinstein and Senator Patrick J. Leahy before taking a vote to move Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times

With his departure, and the impending retirements of many of the Senate’s senior-most members in the coming years, it is just as likely that younger lawmakers less interested in compromise — like Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz and their liberal counterparts — become the norm.

Mr. Coons said he had already heard from Republicans who said they were simply no longer willing to work with certain Democrats.

“You can always challenge each other’s policies or priorities,” he said in an interview. “But to go after each other’s motives, and so aggressively and repeatedly, that makes it really hard to then sit down and work something out with someone who has just laid you out.”

The differences have been on display throughout Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation process. Ms. Feinstein, at 85 a patrician Democrat who prizes productive relationships with Republicans, has been outflanked by younger members.

Mr. Grassley, also 85, frequently argues that acrimony sells; reporters rarely air stories about bipartisan legislation. But asked if he would investigate Ms. Feinstein and her staff, Mr. Grassley demurred.

“You ask a legitimate question, but I’m trying to maintain the best relationship I can with Dianne Feinstein,” he said. “I consider her a friend.”

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Even the nominee himself threatened Democratic senators, warning, “What goes around comes around.”

Mr. Grassley seemed to see it coming as he embarked on trying to confirm a stalwart conservative justice to the seat vacated by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s moderate swing vote.

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Mr. Coons said he had already heard from Republicans who said they were simply no longer willing to work with certain Democrats.

“You ask a legitimate question, but I’m trying to maintain the best relationship I can with Dianne Feinstein,” he said. “I consider her a friend.”

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Even the nominee himself threatened Democratic senators, warning, “What goes around comes around.”

Mr. Grassley seemed to see it coming as he embarked on trying to confirm a stalwart conservative justice to the seat vacated by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s moderate swing vote.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, alongside Senator Amy Klobuchar, held a copy of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s high school calendar during the hearing last week.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times

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Mr. Coons said he had already heard from Republicans who said they were simply no longer willing to work with certain Democrats.

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Even the nominee himself threatened Democratic senators, warning, “What goes around comes around.”

Mr. Grassley seemed to see it coming as he embarked on trying to confirm a stalwart conservative justice to the seat vacated by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s moderate swing vote.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, alongside Senator Amy Klobuchar, held a copy of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s high school calendar during the hearing last week.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times

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Mr. Coons said he had already heard from Republicans who said they were simply no longer willing to work with certain Democrats.

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Senators Charles E. Grassley and Dianne Feinstein talking with aides last week during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.CreditCreditGabriella Demczuk for The New York Times

Even the nominee himself threatened Democratic senators, warning, “What goes around comes around.”

Mr. Grassley seemed to see it coming as he embarked on trying to confirm a stalwart conservative justice to the seat vacated by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s moderate swing vote.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, alongside Senator Amy Klobuchar, held a copy of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s high school calendar during the hearing last week.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times

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Mr. Coons said he had already heard from Republicans who said they were simply no longer willing to work with certain Democrats.

“You ask a legitimate question, but I’m trying to maintain the best relationship I can with Dianne Feinstein,” he said. “I consider her a friend.”

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Kavanaugh Hearing Shows Drift From Decorum

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