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Pentagon Pursuit | Part 41 | Huge Record Signing

#FM24 #PentagonPursuit Part 41: Huge Record Signing. Robaato Rasamu shells out £79m on a centre back and snaps up wonderkid midfielder Serhiy Mazurenko as he seeks to close the chasm between #VfBStuttgart and a relentless #FCBayern. Read here:

VfB Stuttgart enjoyed a strong season but found themselves well short of a relentless Bayern, who’d now won 30 Bundesliga titles on the bounce. So Robaato Rasamu felt changes were needed to attempt to close the gap in his third season in Germany. The best thing about managing in Germany was the huge finances available. Stuttgart began the 2042/43 campaign with £200m in the bank and a £90m…

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I made this last night when I was tequila drunk. Best tequila decision ever.

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New Look Sabres: GM 26 - TOR - The Eichel Standard

6-4 Regulation Win

Let’s have a moment of honesty. I’ll start. I expected this to be a signed sealed and delivered loss (I think many of us did). I had a rip-roaring time watching that epic Buffalo Bills game on Thanksgiving to the point where I was near dreading a home and home series with the team I hate more than any other in the world (I think many of us did). The Buffalo Sabres, losers of 11 out of 13, up against a hated Leafs squad fresh off the firing and roasting of their former coach rattling off three straight wins, is the setup for a massively painful loss… or a very cathartic win... and a playoff spot at the moment *Heavily suggestive nudging*. We’ll come back to that. One more moment of honesty: I have begun to feel dirty roasting the Leafs fans who file into Key Bank Center in droves as of late. The reality that has been attested to me a dozen times is these are mostly folks who haven’t and may never see a Leafs game in Toronto. They’ve been priced out. Instead of feeling offended that so many thrifty season ticket holders in the lower bowl sell their tickets to Leafs fans… we should really pity these Leafs fans and give them good treatment. They are priced out by an organization that has sucked ass for half a century and not even granted them the dignity of watching it live. Just a thought. I digress. What is the greatest game against the Leafs in Sabres history? Greatest Game Against for this divisional rival actually has scanter options than you might think. There is no Leafs-Sabres game in the top fifteen of the Buffalo News’ top 50 games in franchise history. These teams are rarely good at the same time and the one time they were gave us the only playoff series between the two in the 1999 Eastern Conference Final, a series won by the Sabres I may add. The Greatest Game Against the Leafs in franchise history comes in that series: Game 5. The 4-2 win sealed the second trip to the Stanley Cup Final in franchise history. Like many big moments the team got in the late 1990s it was backstopped by Dominik Hasek being the best goaltender in the world but nonetheless the Sabres won a trip to the biggest series for the organization since the mid-70s so whose complaining? That series allows us to carry the historical playoff edge against the Leafs into a playoff series I now feel is as inevitable as Thanos. I guess we’ll see about that. Last night was a boost, no doubt about that.

Buffalo did what they’ve been good at lately: getting a neat little hot start and getting our hopes up before absolutely roasting our turkey. There are nights where Jack Eichel has a game. There are nights when Linus Ullmark has a game. Last Night they both had a game. William Nylander outmaneuvered Johan Larsson and Marco Scandella back on the other end and suddenly found himself on a breakaway. Linus Ullmark said: ain’t no problem. He scooped it up to thunderous applause. I wasn’t at this game so I’m not going to comment on the Leafs jerseys to Sabres jerseys ratio but from the sound of it both fanbases had the power of applause. Auston Matthews disappeared throughout this game; but the guy who was mature enough for the C did not. This game could be framed as the battle of the Captains. John Tavares broke the scoreless tie late in the first period with a quick shot from Ilya Mikheyev. I think Linus Ullmark was screened by both Leafs and Sabres players on that one. Sometimes it seems as though this club either doesn’t know how to defend the net or defends it so hard the goalie can’t do his job. Either way it was 1-0 after one period. Tavares struck again early in the second period. Eichel and Spezza had both gone to the box creating a 4-on-4 and some space for creative players on the Leafs. This 2-0 goal I feel comfortable blaming on Ullmark. Tavares leads a 2-on-3 and the puck ends up way behind the net. Ullmark splayed out on his belly way too early and JT got his own rebound and tapped it in. I suppose it also would have helped if the Sabres defenders were a little tougher on Tavares but hey, they held Auston Matthews off the score sheet so I’m not complaining, well at least not after the Buffalo Sabres arrived in this game shortly before six minutes into the second period.

Brandon Montour kept the puck in the offensive zone on a failed Leafs zone exit and passed it to Johan Larsson. Larsson goes in and doesn’t see his shot, so he drop passes it to one of the best trailers in the league in my humble opinion: Jeff Skinner. Yes, Skinner on a line centered by Johan Larsson is some interesting strategy from Ralph Krueger and you probably have seen the roasts of the strange deployment. Me, well I’m going to save those roasts for the losses. Skinner ripped off an Eichel-esque wrist shot that Michael Hutchinson never responded to. Just right in. Funny part of this story as we go onto the flowering of the Sabres offense here: man-of-the-people new Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe asked the players what they thought of the difficult backup position they got up there and they wanted Hutchinson called up. Hutch must feel like he got the raw end of that deal, eh? Spoiler Alert: he let six goals in. After the Skinner goal both teams botched a powerplay and as the Leafs’ one expired Jack Eichel came out of the box to pick up a juicy stray puck that had wandered into the neutral zone. Him, Marcus Johannson and Conor Sheary go off to the races on a 3-on-1. Jack Eichel does a Jack Eichel Special and this game is tied. If you watch this team regularly you probably know what a Jack Eichel Special is: quick release wrist shot from the point, preferably on the rush. That’s yummier than Thanksgiving stuffing! The feast had just begun! Marco Scandella shot from the point and Casey Mittelstadt bats at it to create a redirect of the year candidate for the 3-2 lead. Now if you want to find some similarities between these two teams its not hard. One might be that both have enough skill guys to draw defenders out of their coverages. That’s what happened when another Leafs powerplay was ending and Jack Eichel had the puck. He has the puck behind the Leafs net along with 3(?) blue & white defenders… yeah, you know who that left open: Victor Olofsson. Goalofsson is no longer in an exclusive relationship with the powerplay, now he’s taking shots in all situations and he puts the Sabres up 4-2 to put a nice little bow on the first forty minutes of this game.

Almost seven minutes into the final frame Dmytro Timashov get a shot off through the woods and the Leafs are back within one. You can’t sit back in this league, the Sabres have learned that the hard way. But with the Leafs you can’t only not sit back, you need to bury them alive. You have to beat them so bad they’re thinking of their next opponent to beat these guys. The third period was a kind of touch-and-go experience as the Leafs closed in and the Sabres extended their lead. I was in a movie for this game and when I was looking at the scorers afterwards I saw Jimmy Vesey unassisted and thought to myself: three unassisted breakaway goals in the three games? What are the chances? I come to find out it wasn’t a breakaway, but it was one of those embarrassing goals you watch happen and think: “Yeah, that’s going to be showed in a Leafs video session.” They gave up the puck right in the slot and Jimmy Vesey takes it and hardly has to do the cotton eyed joe to get through the defenders right up to Hutchinson. When Vesey got there he put a goal that actually merits the name “Greasy Vesey”: five hole from point blank. Oh, this was the moment this game became cathartic. Not only is Jack Eichel roasting the Leafs, now its his BU drinking buddy tapping in five-hole stingers. Kasperi Kapanen closed the Leafs to within one again mere minutes later on another goal Ullmark probably wants back. And so it would be a one goal game for the last eight minutes until Jack Eichel got the puck in the defensive zone with a Leafs empty net and launched an ICBM all the way down ice into the open cage for the final score line of 6-4. That’s right, the Sabres didn’t just beat the Leafs, they did it in regulation like a bunch of Gs. If we could have a game like that every night a lot fewer fans would be calling Buffalo’s turkey roasted at this phase of the season.

The NHL gave three stars honors to Eichel, Vesey and Tavares but I’m going to change one of those. Jack Eichel was not only good on the score sheet; he literally had a perfect game in zone entries and breakouts. Those are the stats of a leader. If that behavior infects his teammates we won’t be talking about another lost season much longer. If we see players on this team at least showing Eichel’s drive to win each night then what could happen? The answer is beautiful things with the Eichel Standard. Star number two ought to be Linus Ullmark who has secretly been behind some of the Sabres recent almost success and tonight: actual success. Ullmark has a .913 save percentage, which is very much on the good side, having started five of the last seven games. Think about the last seven games, how many of them do you think the goalie came out looking that good? The tide might be turning on this tandem. The time is shortly before noon on Saturday I’m going to post this. A lot can change in the next 24 hours in this league, not to mention the outcome of a second game between these two teams tonight in Toronto; but as of right now the Buffalo Sabres sit in a playoff spot at third place in the division. Say what you will about this club wasting a fantastic October, or losing in spectacular fashion against lesser teams, or even the seeming inability of the GM to rotate out some defensive depth so his Coach can stop rotating good defenseman out of the lineup; this team is not out of it. Not yet. I did Thanksgiving Playoffs last postgame remembering that most of the teams in the playoffs on American Thanksgiving are in the dance come the end of the season. The playoff picture in the east right now is tight AF. No, frustrated we might be game to game this season has all the makings of not being over. Stop writing the epitaph while the body is warm. Being a Sabres fan sucks but you got to give it the space to not suck sometimes.

After the Leafs tonight we have the DEVILS who are just as bad as the last time we checked. After that the Sabres fly out on a Western Canada road trip I’m not too afraid of. I’m not telling you they’re going to create separation in the standings, we’ve watched this team enough to know opportunity is often squandered, but I doubt we’re as doom and gloom about this team when we see the Leafs again in three Tuesdays. Just an idea, I’ll probably be wrong, right? Tampa is also waiting to come alive like a loaded coil sitting outside the playoff picture so I should be more hesitant to get excited, eh? Like, share and comment on this blog to hop on board to remind me when I’m wrong. Happy Holidays, it seems as though we can be happy this holiday season just off Bills energy. Call me a fool but I’ve got some serious Sabres energy going on right now too. Let’s Go Buffalo!

Thanks for Reading.

P.S. The Tim Hortons Rivalry. Let’s make that a thing. Nobody outside Southern Ontario or Western New York knows wtf the QEW is so let’s not name the rivalry after a fucking highway. This is a sleeping giant of a rivalry that we are naming after a fucking road. Think about it. The more you think about “Tim Hortons Rivalry” the more it makes sense.

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Comedy & Variety Main Races for 2017 - The Bryan Awards

 BEST COMEDY SERIES:

Atlanta (F/X)

Black-ish (ABC)

Master of None (Netflix)

Modern Family (ABC)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Transparent (Amazon)

Veep (HBO)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:

ATLANTA - Donald Glover as Earn Marks (F/X)

BLACK-ISH - Anthony Anderson as Dre Johnson (ABC)

LAST MAN ON EARTH - Will Forte as Phil Miller (Fox)

MASTER OF NONE - Aziz Ansari as Dev (Netflix)

SILICON VALLEY - Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendricks (HBO)

TRANSPARENT - Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman (Amazon Prime)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:

BLACK-ISH - Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson (ABC)

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND - Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch (The CW)

DIVORCE - Sarah Jessica Parker as Frances (HBO)

INSECURE - Issa Rae as Issa (HBO)

MOM - Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett (CBS)

VEEP - Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer (HBO)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:

BASKETS - Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets (FXX)

BLACK-ISH - Laurence Fishburne as Pops Johnson (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY - Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy (ABC)

UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT - Titus Burgess as Titus Andromedon (Netflix)

VEEP - Tony Hale as Gary Walsh (HBO)

VEEP - Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock (HBO)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

BLACK-ISH - Jenifer Lewis as Ruby Johnson (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY - Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy (ABC)

ONE DAY AT A TIME - Rita Moreno as Lydia Riera (Netflix)

TRANSPARENT - Kathryn Hahn as Raquel Fein (Amazon Prime)

TRANSPARENT - Judith Light as Shelley Pfefferman (Amazon Prime)

VEEP - Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer (HBO)

Younger Actor in a Comedy Series:

BLACK-ISH - Marcus Scribner as Andre Johnson Jr. (ABC)

FRESH OFF THE BOAT - Hudson Yang as Eddie Huang (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY - Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY - Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado (ABC)

SHAMELESS - Cameron Monaghan as Ian Gallagher (Showtime)

SHAMELESS - Jeremy Allen White as Lip Gallagher (Showtime)

Younger Actress in a Comedy Series:

BLACK-ISH - Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson (ABC)

CASUAL - Tara Lynne Barr as Laura Meyers (Hulu)

ONE DAY AT A TIME - Isabella Gomez as Elena Alvarez (Netflix)

SHAMELESS - Emma Kenney as Debbie Gallagher (Showtime)

SCREAM QUEENS - Abigail Breslin as Chanel No. 5 (Fox)

SCREAM QUEENS - Emma Roberts as Chanel Oberlin (Fox)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:

GIRLS - Matthew Rhys as Chuck Palmer (HBO)

GIRLS - Peter Scolari as Tad Horvath (HBO)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Dave Chappelle as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Tom Hanks as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

VEEP - Hugh Laurie as Tom James (HBO)

VEEP - Peter MacNicol as Jeff Kane (HBO)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:

THE BIG BANG THEORY - Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper (CBS)

CATASTROPHE - Carrie Fisher as Mia (Hulu)

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND - Tovah Feldshuh as Naomi Bunch (The CW)

GIRLS - Becky Ann Baker as Loreen Darling (HBO)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Scarlett Johannson as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Melissa McCarthy as Host, Sean Spicer, and Various Characters (NBC)

Writing in a Comedy Series:

ATLANTA (F/X) - "B.A.N"

ATLANTA (F/X) - "Streets on Lock"

BLACK-ISH (ABC) - "Lemons"

GIRLS (HBO) - "Latching"

MASTER OF NONE (Netflix) - "New York, I Love You"

MASTER OF NONE (Netflix) - "Thanksgiving"

Directing in a Comedy Series:

ATLANTA - "B.A.N." (Donald Glover, Director)

BLACK-ISH - "Lemons" (Kenya Barris, Director)

MASTER OF NONE - "New York, I Love You" (Alan Yang, Director)

SILICON VALLEY - "Server Error" (Mike Judge, Director)

VEEP - "Blurb" (Morgan Sackett, Director)

VEEP - "Groundbreaking" (David Mandel, Director)

Performance by a Cast in a Comedy or Variety Series:

Black-ish (ABC)

Modern Family (ABC)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Transparent (Amazon)

Veep (HBO)

VARIETY

Variety Talk Series: Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS) Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Variety Sketch Series: Documentary Now (IFC) Portlandia (IFC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO)

Variety Special: Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017 (CBS) Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin/Deep In The Heart of Texas (Netflix) Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents The White House Correspondent’s Dinner...NOT (TBS) Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Shit? (Showtime)

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet To Come (NBC)

Variety Performer - Series: DOCUMENTARY NOW - Bill Hader as Various Characters (IFC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Alec Baldwin as Donald J. Trump (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Beck Bennett as Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Leslie Jones as Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Kate McKinnon as Various Characters (NBC) TRACEY ULLMAN’S SHOW - Tracey Ullman as Various Characters (HBO)

Variety Performer - Special: CARPOOL KARAOKE/THE GRAMMYS/THE TONYS - James Corden (All CBS) DAVE CHAPPELLE... - Dave Chappelle (Netflix) FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE PRESENTS… - Samantha Bee (TBS) LOUIS C.K. 2017 - Louis C.K. (Netflix) THE OSCARS - Jimmy Kimmel (ABC) STEPHEN COLBERT’S LIVE ELECTION NIGHT… - Stephen Colbert (Showtime)

Late Night Talk Host: CHELSEA - Chelsea Handler (Netflix) FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE - Samantha Bee (TBS) LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER - John Oliver (HBO) THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN - James Corden (CBS) THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT - Stephen Colbert (CBS) THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON - Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Daytime Talk Show: The Chew (ABC) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated) Harry (Syndicated) Live With Kelly (Syndicated) Steve Harvey (Syndicated) The Steve Wilkos Show (Syndicated) The Talk (CBS)

Daytime Talk Show Host: THE CHEW - Mario Batali, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, Michael Symon, and Daphne Oz (ABC) HARRY - Harry Connick Jr. (Syndicated) LIVE WITH KELLY - Kelly Ripa (Syndicated) STEVE HARVEY - Steve Harvey (Syndicated) THE TALK - Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler, and Sheryl Underwood (CBS)

Writing in a Variety or Talk Series: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated) Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS) Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS) Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Directing in a Variety or Talk Series: Drunk History (Comedy Central) Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Talk (CBS)

Writing in a Variety Special: Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin/Deep In The Heart of Texas (Netflix) Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents The White House Correspondent’s Dinner...NOT (TBS) The Golden Globes (NBC) Louis C.K. 2017 (Netflix) The Oscars (ABC) Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Shit? (Showtime)

Directing in a Variety Special: Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) The Oscars (ABC) The 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (HBO) Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Shit? (Showtime) The 2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony (NBC) The Tony Awards (CBS)

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet To Come (NBC)

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Bruins RW Johansson out after upper-body injury

Bruins RW Johansson out after upper-body injury

Boston Bruins RW Marcus Johansson was knocked out of Tuesday night’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes early in the first period after a collision with Micheal Ferland.

The team announced he has an upper-body injury and would not return.

The collision appeared to be shoulder to shoulder, but Johannson stayed down on the ice for a while and had to be helped to his feet before slowly making his…

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Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Monahan, Lindholm, Dahlin, Hughes, Meier, Fiala, and Zacha

  Welcome to the first installment of what will be a monthly fantasy hockey mailbag column. The concept is simple – you send me (instructions are provided at the end of the column) questions about fantasy hockey and I address them here in a way that not only gives you the answer(s) you’re seeking but also provides useful fantasy advice and food for thought to other readers, even if they don’t own the same players. Without further ado, here are this week’s questions and answers.

  Question #1 (from Louis-Philippe)

Elias Lindholm and Sean Monahan will be available in my points-only cap keeper league (goals count as much as assists). I have the first pick next season and am wondering who’s the better choice, given (1) Monahan is paid ~$1.5M more while having one year less on his contract, but (2) this is Lindholm’s first great season, while Monahan is more proven, plus (3) Monahan is a center, versus Lindholm being a wing, and (4) some have speculated/observed that Mark Giordano tends to pass to Lindholm on the PP, based on his stick-handling side, helping Lindholm but for how long considering Gio’s age.

  Your league is points only; that’s important, since if it valued goals more heavily then Monahan’s status as a sniping center (7th most tallies among centers over the previous four seasons) would be a key asset. But in your league, that has no bearing. Accordingly, answering the question largely depends on if we should view Lindholm as having “arrived” or go with the perhaps safer bet in Monahan.

  One key is the IPP stat (i.e., the percentage of times a player gets a point when a goal is scored while he’s on the ice), as despite his surge in scoring Lindholm is receiving a point on only 62.7% of goals scored while he’s on the ice overall, but at a rate of 68.6% on the PP. In contrast, Monahan’s even strength IPP is 73.4% (Johnny Gaudreau’s is 78.3%) versus a mere 52.6% with the man advantage. That speaks to your point about Giordano and the PP running through Lindholm, but also raises concern that Lindholm is being propped up by PP scoring. After all, Lindholm is on pace for 32 PPPts, and the total number of wingers who had even 25 PPPts in three of the past five seasons is three; so even if the PP keeps flowing through Lindholm, past results would suggest he’s likely to see his PP scoring drop.

  While there’s also room for Lindholm’s overall IPP to increase, I wouldn’t bank on it happening what with the chemistry Gaudreau and Monahan have at even strength. That's where most goals are scored. In fact, 46 of Monahan’s 47 ES points thus far this season have been scored with Gaudreau on the ice, and 47 of Gaudreau’s 52 ES points with Monahan on the ice.

  In the end, Monahan is the surer thing in view of his magical even-strength connection with Gaudreau and Lindholm’s likely unsustainable reliance upon PP scoring. Thus, I’d go with Monahan as your pick, unless wingers are at a big premium in your league or the added cap hit really hinders you.

  Question #2 (from Stewart)

Is Pavel Zacha worth retaining in a keeper? I’ve seen some of New Jersey’s games and I like his speed, but his point totals haven’t improved over his first three seasons.

  Zacha hasn’t been put into a position to thrive thus far in his young career, what with not averaging more than 16 minutes of ice time or even two minutes of PP time per game in this season or either of his prior two campaigns. He’s also barely ever had a sniff of time on the same line as Taylor Hall. These things having been said, my take is although Zacha is still very young and has only about 200 NHL games to his credit if he was going to pan out he already should be doing better than he is.

  One area I examine closely when assessing a player who’s been/being underutilized or otherwise not deployed in a way likely to lead to success is IPP. In his first full season, Zacha’s overall IPP was 70.6%, or above the 70% mark which – based on all my cage matches – seemed to be a threshold for separating players who might be very good from those who might be merely okay. Yet from there his overall IPP has nosedived to 62.5% in 2017-18, then this season to 45.9%, ranking him 337th among 349 forwards who’ve played 40+ games! Yikes…….

  The issue is a skilled player coupled with lousy linemates, or otherwise not deployed optimally, should, if anything, have a higher IPP because the other less talented players on the ice aren’t as likely to have a nose for scoring. Accordingly, Zacha’s IPP being lower for the second year in a row while playing mainly with not so great players like Jesper Bratt, recently traded Marcus Johansson, Drew Stafford, and Miles Wood is a concern, especially coupled with a SOG rate that’s down a good bit from last season as well.

  Beyond this, there’s his poor trend in PPPts. In 2016-17, he had the 173rd most PP minutes among NHL forwards, yet tied for 95th in PPPts. Last season and so far for 2018-19, however, his PP production was in line with his PP time, ranking 230th in PPPts and receiving the 227th most PP Time among forwards last season and 204th and 199th for 2018-19. So even when he gets chances on the PP, he’s not making the most of the opportunity. Collectively this paints the picture of a player whose effort level isn’t there. And for a young, still largely unproven player, that can lead to continued subpar deployment.

  Of course, Zacha could be frustrated with his situation and might respond if put with better linemates or given more/better ice time, which raises the age-old fantasy dilemma of opportunity only coming when one plays well but one needing opportunity to play well. Let’s also not forget that Zacha is still only 21 years old, and, once signed to a new deal this summer, could hopefully get better opportunities. Plus, players with natural speed and agility sometimes take a while to “get it”. Look at Andreas Athanasiou in Detroit, for whom things didn’t really start to click until this season at age 24.

  On the flip side, now that Marcus Johannson has been traded the reality is all other Devils forwards of consequence are signed through next season, leaving Zacha perhaps in much the same (or even worse) situation for 2019-20. Also, we can’t ignore that Zacha, who’s from Europe, could decide he doesn’t like his situation with New Jersey and opt to sign overseas this summer. It’s a longshot, but not impossible.

  Given all this, Zacha would be worth keeping, I think, only in leagues where 200+ forwards are owned and you don’t have better options in terms of younger, unproven talent. In those leagues, you keep him and hope for the best. Anything less than 200 forwards, and my take is you have to toss Zacha back into the draft pool because there are likely better options to retain, especially since not keeping him still leaves you open to redrafting him – that is, the mere fact you don’t keep a player doesn’t prevent you from drafting him again should you desire.

  Question #3 (from Dave)

I’m in a points-only (goals weighted the same as assists) keeper league. In our active line-ups, we play a total of 10 F, 2 D, 1 G, and we have a farm of up to 45 players. In this setup, would you trade Timo Meier for Kaspari Kapanen and Kevin Fiala?

  An old adage is the winning side of a trade – in the real NHL or fantasy – is the side which gets the best player in the deal, and that still can be true if the one player is being traded for two players. But is it true in this specific case? I say yes.

  The key here is your league only starting ten forwards, which places an enormous premium on being able to own those whom you can bank on getting 70+ points (note – you didn’t indicate how many teams are in the league, so perhaps if it’s a 12 team league then you want 60+ points from each of your ten forwards – you get the idea). Of these three players, the one who’s not only the most likely to pay dividends sooner, but also pan out best in the end, is Meier.

  I’m basing this not just on what we’ve seen from Meier in 2018-19, but also since he’ll have two 20+ goal 200+ SOG seasons by age 22, which is something only 24 other players have also accomplished since 2000-01. Among those 24 who are now age 25 or older, nearly two-thirds have tallied 90+ points at least once in a season, versus, by the end of this season, only one has failed to record more than 65 points at least twice. Read that again and really let it sink in – it’s eyebrow-raising food for thought.

  Kapanen plays for a team that’s very good now and poised to get even better, which, when it comes to the fantasy value of non-superstars, is as much a curse as a blessing since although they’re on high scoring squads top PP minutes are harder to come by as are a steady spot in the top six and points when sharing the ice with stars. Fiala’s trade should get him more and better minutes, but he’s still largely unproven and took a step back this season, such that he might not thrive even if given an expanded/improved role. In the case of Meier, the “two Joes” won’t be around much longer, or if they are their roles figure to be deemphasized, leaving the door open for Meier to thrive even more so than he has thus far since he’s hardly played at all with Thornton and not been reliant upon Pavelski to prop him up.

  Long story short, I’m taking the Meier side. In fact, for me not to take him it would have to be a league where there are more than 150+ forwards rostered, as in that case if Kapanen and Fiala each score 10 to-15 points less than Meier it still might be better for your team because you get two of what figure to be the top 125 forwards, whereas if you get Meier in the trade you probably have to pick up a free agent to take the place of the extra forward you dealt, and that free agent might only get you 40 or so points, leaving you with less in the aggregate than if you’d kept Fiala and Kapanen.

  Question #4 (from Eric)

I just joined a points-only keeper league where three defensemen start. I have the first pick and am considering whether to trade it to the GM who owns Rasmus Dahlin. My reasoning is I think Dahlin will become a generational fantasy talent but Jack Hugues, whom the other GM would assuredly pick, will be merely very good. What do you think?

  This is a tough question in that I have no NHL data on which to judge Hughes and only a partial season’s worth on Dahlin. We do know Dahlin is on pace to easily score 40+ points as an 18 year old, and the only two other rearguards who previously tallied 40+ points as 18-year-old NHL rookies were Bobby Orr and Phil Housley, both of whom went on to have careers which, in today’s day and age, would indeed make them generational talents in terms of fantasy.

  Does that mean Dahlin will fall into the same category? Not necessarily; after all, take the case of Aaron Ekblad, who fell just one point short of the 40 mark as an age 18 rookie and, barring a scoring binge over last chunk of this season, will still yet to have tasted even 40+ points (or scored at a 40+ point 82 game scoring pace) in his now five-season NHL career.

  One thing also to consider though, is that if Dahlin becomes a superstar it could take a while. After all, since 2000-01 only two rearguards have tallied 55+ points by age 21 – Erik Karlsson and Drew Doughty. Could Dahlin become Karlsson 2.0? It’s possible, as Karlsson had 71 points in his first 135 games before exploding and becoming the player he is now. But for every Karlsson, there are plenty of once highly touted players who simply didn’t end up panning out, or others, like Morgan Rielly, who took a while to rise to superstar status.

  As for Hughes, for what it’s worth there’s been an excellent success rate among first overall picked forwards over the last decade, including the likes of John Tavares, Taylor Hall, Steven Stamkos, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews, compared to only one total bust (Nail Yakupov) and one merely good player (Ryan Nugent-Hopkins). But can we rightfully compare Hughes to any of these now star players, especially when all of them – with the exception of Matthews – were by-products of the Canadian Juniors? One thing we know about Hughes is he’s becoming more of a playmaker, with a shrinking goal to assist ratio with each season. And although at first, that seems to beg for comparison to McDavid, it’s also more similar to RNH than the other top picks, each of whom was a prolific goal scorer before coming to the NHL. And say what you will about Hughes, but almost no one is putting him in the same category as McDavid, which thus perhaps makes him most analogous to RNH.

  One other point is that Dahlin is on a Buffalo team on the rise. And don’t let Buffalo’s recent acquisition of Brandon Montour scare you off – he’ll fall below Dahlin and Rasmus Ristolainen in the pecking order. Basically, think Nick Leddy as the third wheel (behind Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook) in his Chicago days. In contrast, Hughes likely will find himself on a struggling team, maybe making it more difficult for him to succeed, at least in the near term. Look at how that held back a player like MacKinnon early on.

  It would’ve been helpful to know how many teams are in your league and how many forwards start at each position. After all, my answer could vary if you’re in a 16 team league versus an eight-team one and if you have only two forwards who start at each position versus more.

  But based on the information I have, what I might do is try if I was in your shoes is to offer the pick to the Dahlin owner and also see about getting something more in return, maybe by talking down Dahlin’s value to the other GM due to the Montour trade? For example, you can try to trade one of your weaker forward keepers for one of his stronger ones as part of the deal. That helps guard against the unknown of Hughes and Dahlin’s futures while upgrading your team via a trade of more well-known assets.

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Thanks to those who sent in questions this week – sorry I couldn’t answer them all. Although my next mailbag isn’t for another four weeks, it’s never too early to start sending me more questions, which you can do in one of two ways: (1) emailing them to admin@dobbersports.com with “Roos Mailbag” as the subject line, or (2) sending them to me via a private message on the DobberHockey Forums, where my username is “rizzeedizzee”.

  When sending me your questions, remember to provide as much detail about your league/situation as possible, since as you saw above in a couple of the questions there were some omitted details which made it difficult for me to give a truly proper answer. Examples of the types of things I need to know include what type of league you’re in (i.e., limited keeper, dynasty, or one-year; roto vs H2H), does the salary cap matter, how many players are rostered (and of those, how many start at each position), what categories are scored and how are they weighted, plus other details if necessary (such as free agents available if you’re thinking of dropping a player or rosters of both teams if you’re thinking of making a trade). The key is to tell me enough for me to give you a truly proper answer, and for readers of this column to benefit from the answer/advice I provide. When in doubt, err on the side of inclusion. See you next week for the return of Goldipucks and the Three Skaters!

  from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-home/fantasy-hockey-rick-roos/fantasy-hockey-mailbag-monahan-lindholm-dahlin-hughes-meier-fiala-and-kapanen/

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Pentagon Pursuit | Part 39 | First Taste Of European Champions League

#FM24 #PentagonPursuit Part 39: First Taste Of European #ChampionsLeague. Robaato Rasamu begins the final leg of his #PentagonChallenge adventure in Europe. And he discovers exactly why #FCBayern are still so dominant in German football. Read here:

After one season in Germany, Robaato Rasamu had worked his magic to inspire VfB Stuttgart to their highest league position in 34 years and European Champions League qualification. So it was feasible – unlikely – but feasible that he could wrap up this Pentagon Pursuit inside 19 years of management. Not one to get too carried away, Rasamu was more focused on strengthening Stuttgart in key areas…

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Adorable Mojo! Thanks devils instagram!

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NILS PATRIK JOHANSSON - Az első szólódal az Astral Doors énekesétől: Evil Deluxe

NILS PATRIK JOHANSSON - Az első szólódal az Astral Doors énekesétől: Evil Deluxe - http://metalindex.hu/2018/04/29/nils-patrik-johansson-az-elso-szolodal-az-astral-doors-enekesetol-evil-deluxe/ -

Az Astral Doors és a Lion’s Share frontembere, a Civil Warból két éve kilépett Nils Patrik Johansson május 25-én adja ki az első szólóalbumát. A lemez címe Evil Deluxe lesz, a szöveges videóval kísért címadó dallal pedig máris lehet ismerkedni. Az albumon többek között hallható lesz Chris Boltendahl énekes (Grave Digger), Andy Loos basszer (Lion’s Share, Glory), Fredrik Bergh billetyűs (Bloodbound), Kay Backlund billentyűs (Lion’s Share), Anuviel billentyűs (Saecred Spirit), valamint Marcus Bengts basszer. Nils Patrik: “Már 10 éve tervezem ezt a saját albumot, de aztán bejött a képbe a Civil War, és arra a három lemezre az összes ötletemet felhasználtam. Miután kiszálltam onnan, 100 százalékosan az Astral Doors-ra és a Lion’s Share-re akartam koncentrálni, de váratlanul megszállt az ihlet, majd a semmiből lett 10 új gyilkos nótám. Magától értetődően a Lion’s Share-beli társamat, Lars Chriss-t kértem fel producernek és gitárosnak, dobokon a fiam, Fredrik Johansson játszik. Végre az apa és fia egy albumon szerepel!”

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    NILS PATRIK JOHANNSON – Evil Deluxe (szöveges videó a 2018-as Evil Deluxe albumhoz)

NILS PATRIK JOHANNSON – Előzetes a 2018-as Evil Deluxe albumhoz

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Fandoms

The following below are fandoms that I’m in and a few of the characters that I’m willing to write for. Feel free to request someone that’s not on the list and I’ll see if I can write them.

I do the following in case anyone was wondering. X Reader Character Ships Male X Male Male X Female Female X Female Any X Gender Nutral

So here we go!

Marvel Cinematic Universe Tony Stark Bucky Barnes Natasha Romanoff Wanda Maximoff Others

X-Men Logan Howlett Jean Gray Storm Others

Marvel On Netflix Frank Castle (Punisher) Trish Walker (Jessica Jones) Matt Murdock (Daredevil) Others

DC Comics Joker (Any version) Harley Quinn Oliver Queen Others

Gotham Jim Gordon Harvey Bullock Ed  Nygma Selina Kyle Others

Supernatural Dean Winchester Castiel Rowena Charlie Others

The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon Negan Rick Grimes Maggie Greene Others

The Witcher Geralt Jaskier Yennefer Others

Fear The Walking Dead Nick Clarke Al Alicia Clarke Victor Strand Others

Criminal Minds Spencer Ried JJ Derek Morgan Others

Law and Order SVU Finn Amanda Carisi Others

Orange Is The New Black Nicky Lorna Others

Big Brother Nicole Franzel Paul Abrahamian Others

The 100 Bellamy Blake Octavia Blake John Murphy Marcus Kane Others

Greys Anatomy Mark Sloan Lexie Grey Derek Shepherd Izzie Stevens Others

Soul Eater Death The Kid Maka Albarn Soul Eater Evans Others

My Hero Academia Shota Aizawa Izuku Midoriya Shoto Todoroki Others

Attack On Titan Annie Leonhart Levi Ackerman Mikasa Ackerman Hange Zoe Others

Lucifer Lucifer Morningstar Chloe Decker Others

American Horror Story (Depends) James Patrick March (Hotel) Countess (Hotel) Nora (Murder House) Kit (Assylum) Others

Victorious Jade West Beck Oliver Andre Harris Others

NCIS Anthony DiNozzo Ziva David Others

The Office Jim Pam Erin Others

9-1-1 Buck Abby Others

Fallout 4 Nick Valentine Piper Wright John Handcock Others

Undertale Sans Undyne Papyrus Others

Until Dawn Chris Heartley Samantha Giddings Others

Detroit: Become Human Connor Kara Others

Resident Evil: Village Karl Heisenberg Alcina Demetrius Bela Demetrius Others

Youtubers Jacksepticeye Smosh (Anyone) Markiplier Jenna Marbles Others

Markiplier (Egos) Darkiplier Willford Warfstache Illinois Yancy Others

Jacksepticeye (Egos) Anti Chase Marvin Others

NateWantsToBattle (Egos) Natemare Phantom Others

Creepypasta Jeff The Killer Ticci Toby Clockwork Others

Disney Elsa Kristoff Others

Celebrities Jeffrey Dean Morgan Lauren Cohan Robert Downey Jr. Scarlett Johannson  Others

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Marcus Johansson of New Jersey Devils calls Brad Marchand hit 'stupid'

Marcus Johansson of New Jersey Devils calls Brad Marchand hit ‘stupid’

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New Jersey Devils forward Marcus Johansson, who has missed 28 games battling a concussion stemming from a Brad Marchand elbow to the head Jan. 23, returned to practice Monday and didn’t hold back on his opinion of the hit.

“It was stupid. There’s nothing else to say about it,” Johannson said of the hit from the controversial Boston Bruinswinger. “There was no point in doing that. There…

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Marcus Johansson of New Jersey Devils calls Brad Marchand hit 'stupid'

Marcus Johansson of New Jersey Devils calls Brad Marchand hit ‘stupid’

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There it is Makkan!

Woo!

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Pentagon Pursuit | Part 44 | Battling Bayern For Bundesliga

#FM24 #PentagonPursuit Part 44: Battling Bayern For Bundesliga. #VfBStuttgart find themselves right in the mix chasing a first German title for 37 years. But can they finally end Bayern's run of 31 consecutive titles? Read here:

VfB Stuttgart came into 2044 absolutely flying and posing serious questions over FC Bayern’s ability to make it 32 consecutive Bundesliga titles. So manager Robaato Rasamu didn’t think too much work was required in the January transfer window. Rasamu moved on a couple of players in January with the underperforming Marcus Johannson going to Valencia for £12m and whiney midfielder Ricardo Mendes…