#Season 131.1

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Ritter/Brykalov from IAM.O. Marina’s Azerbaijani team, Carhart/Kolosovkyi, are also competing.

this is interesting because there was a question of how they would determine which team would get to go to Europeans. There is no real figure skating Nationals for Azerbaijan, given that these teams make arrangements to represent them and are skaters from and training in other countries. So I’m wondering if this competition is what will decide it, or if there will be another head to head competition

Ritter/Brykalov are also entered into Golden Spin in Zagreb Dec 7-10, so they have back to back competitions

i don't know if this season's scores will factor in at all, but Carhart/Kolosovskyi competed at Denis Ten Memorial and scored 148.57 (the scores were pretty high at that event- KanaDai scored 19 pts higher there than at Skate America, which was less than a week before). Ritter/Brykalov's international scores this season have been 131.1 and 138.8, at Lake Placid and US Classic

it's rough when international scoring determines who gets the big assignments, when there can be a huge discrepancy between GP's, Challengers and smaller international competitions, but are weighted the same in those determinations

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Juventus financial situation and outcome from it

My mate asked me to look in Juventus financial situation that had seemed to be taken front pages for some time. I can promise not all my articles will be about this club but promise is promise. So I keep to it. I have base knowledge in economics.

Few pointers before we go deeper:

Juventus payroll to total revenue ratio stood at 71 per cent.

 Juventus debt is € 463.5 million.

Juventus increased their capital for 300 million euros.

 Board of Juventus has raised general and season ticket prices (e.g. Curva season ticket 2011 - 275 €, 2019 – 650 €).

Teams income doesn’t cover their outcome.

As we have the main facts down. I can get a bit deeper into it as much as my knowledge in it all allows.

Let’s start with Juventus stock rates that are dropping still and have been for few months in minuses. All stock places suggest that you better sell them than own them. Of course, there is positive growths when team is doing more stable in serie a.

Last season Juventus lost a lot of money in transfer campaign close to 131.1 million euros net which made their debt grow to 463.5 million. What caused such disastrous fail? Buying Ronaldo is one of the reasons with all the extra bonuses he gets. Big part is also board raising ticket prices and kind of having tense relationship with ultras. We all know that fans are one of the most important parts of the club, the ones that bring in the money by buying the merchandise of the team, the tickets for the game. These groups of people are the ones that you want to please not start fighting with. As said in article that will be linked down below, if they came forward to talk with fans and put ticket prices back at normal amount they would get more out of the ticket sales.

This season they seem to be selling players, buying players that are free agents, loaning them out to get their payroll to total revenue ratio under 70 percent or else they will be violating the Financial Fair play. Paratici may have unloaded Juventus from few players that may have brought club back in safety. At the same time the players Paratici signed has higher salaries than some of the players that has been at Juventus for years. For example Ramsey that was hyped up as the saver of the midfield has now been more injured than playing for the team and getting paid 6-8 million euros per year. It just makes you question are all these moves the right choice.

Juventus board increased capital for 300 million euros, saying that is finally to reach all the other big European clubs. Their main thing in this plan is to buy ‘the new, younger Ronaldo’ which sounds so funny and contradicts with what they did.

You bought old Ronaldo to raise your merchandise sales and fulfil idea you said. While team already had youngster aka Paulo Dybala that could have been made in this superstar if there was more trust in him. Team could have faced less controversy and saved loads of money. Also the way team is acting right now, by selling players and not bringing new ones that could cover injured player places. It makes you question if by saving money, they won’t start putting player health on line.

Conclusion

Generally, Juventus board is digging hole they soon will fall in and I don’t know if they will be able to get out of. What if their plan of buying ‘new, younger Ronaldo’ fails? It means that even more money will go into the debt. We all know that big clubs have debts. What is different with Juventus is that they had the players that brought in the money, which fans respected and could get fans to come to games. Buying Ronaldo was unnecessary on so many levels. It was the small snow ball that started it all. What I could suggest to them? Is to start from anew, look at the mess they are in and learn from it. Not allow themselves more unnecessary spending’s, keep the fans happy, and care about players and not see them as euro signs.

P.S. Feel free to ask questions or send in requests about which club or their problems I should look deeper in. I’m always open to the suggestions.

Sources:

Juventus FC. (n.d.). 

Administrator. (24.10.2019.). Juventus increase Jeep sponsorship.

Administrator (19.10.2019.). Report: Juventus plan €300m development.

Football Italia staff. (15.01.2020.). Report: Juventus in FFP danger.

Statements and reports 2018-19. (n.d.).

Simply Wall St. (28.01.2020.). The Juventus Football Club (BIT:JUVE) Share Price Has Soared 412%, Delighting Many Shareholders.

Giovannelli, M. (04.07.2019.). A View from the Curva Sud.

Vaciago, di G. (31.01.2020.). Paratici abbassa gli ingaggi: la situazione finanziaria della Juve.

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Deandre Ayton’s future with the Suns is the biggest question of NBA free agency

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The Suns’ Deandre Ayton problem only gets more real after playoff flameout.

The Phoenix Suns were the best team in the NBA all season. After making a surprise trip to the NBA Finals last year, Phoenix was even better in Chris Paul’s second season with the franchise. The Suns won a league-high 64 games, saw Monty Williams capture Coach of the Year honors, and watched Devin Booker finish No. 4 in MVP voting.

Regular season success was never going to satisfy Phoenix. Booker had been referring to this season as a “revenge tour” after his team finished just two wins away from a championship last year. With Paul turning 37 years old during the playoffs and one major roster decision looming, the Suns knew this was their best chance at a ring for a franchise that’s never won one.

Phoenix’s season is now over, and the end was more humiliating than anyone could have imagined. The Suns were eliminated in the second round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs by the Dallas Mavericks after getting smoked in Game 7, 123-90, on their home floor in a game that amounted to an organizational-wide failure. Mavs superstar Luka Doncic had as many points as Phoenix did at halftime, Chris Paul melted down in the series after Game 2, and Williams was out-coached by Dallas’ Jason Kidd. No one involved with the Suns can say they had a good game in Game 7.

The big question now facing Phoenix in the offseason is the status of restricted free agent Deandre Ayton. The Suns took Ayton at No. 1 overall in the 2018 NBA Draft over Doncic, but opted against signing him to an extension before the season. Phoenix has the ability to match any contract Ayton signs in free agency, but doing so at the max number he desires would push the team into the luxury tax for the first time in more than a decade.

Ayton’s restricted free agency was always going to be a thorny situation for both the team and the player, and Game 7 against Dallas only made the situation more murky. Ayton finished the night with five points and four rebounds in only 17 minutes. Here’s what Williams said about it after the game.

Monty Williams on Deandre Ayton only playing 17 minutes tonight: "It's internal."

— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) May 16, 2022

An unverified report of Ayton and Williams needing to be separated also circulated during the game.

A complicated situation was only made more complicated by the Suns’ disastrous ending. Here’s everything you need to know about Ayton’s free agency before he turns 24 years old in July.

Deandre Ayton free agency: What it would cost the Suns to bring Ayton back

Phoenix can offer Ayton a max contract of $177 million over five years. Here’s. how the contract would break down, via ESPN’s Bobby Marks:

2022-23 | $30.5 million

2023-24 | $32.9 million

2024-25 | $35.4 million

2025-26 | $37.8 million

2026-27 | $40.3 million

Per Marks, the Suns have $128.8 million already committed in salary, and are projected to be about $20 million below the tax threshold going into the offseason. If Phoenix resigns Ayton, uses its midlevel exception, and resigns JaVale McGee, the Suns would be looking at the biggest luxury tax bill in the league, up to $77 million, per Marks. No team paid more than $56 million in tax this season, and only two teams made more than $20 million in tax.

How can another team sign Deandre Ayton away from the Suns?

As a restricted free agent, Ayton can sign an offer sheet with any team who has the cap space to bring him in. Phoenix is the only team that can offer Ayton a five-year deal, and he’ll get slightly larger raises on his max deal if he stays with his incumbent team.

A max contract for Ayton from another team would be $131.1 million over four years. If a team creates space for Ayton and signs him to a contract, the Suns would have two days to match.

NBA free agency 2022: Which teams have the cap space to sign Ayton?

There’s only four teams currently projected to have max salary cap space, according to Marks. Those teams are the Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic and San Antonio Spurs. The Portland Trail Blazers can also create max space by waiving Josh Hart.

Of course, teams can create salary cap space with trades. To cite one example, a team like the Oklahoma City Thunder has been willing to take on big contracts in exchange for draft picks so teams can create cap space to make offseason moves.

Should Phoenix re-sign Deandre Ayton?

Yes, absolutely. But that’s also easy for me to say because it’s not my money.

There’s no doubt the decision on Ayton became more complicated given his playoff performance. Dallas typically played small with five shooters on the floor, which invited a golden opportunity for Ayton to feast inside. While he did score 20+ points three times in the series, he had a tough time on both ends of the floor against Dallas’ spaced out attack.

Phoenix also has the ability to re-sign Devin Booker to a max extension this year that would make him on the league’s highest paid players when it kicks in in 2024. Can they really afford max deals for Booker and Ayton while Chris Paul is still making nearly $30 million per season and Mikal Bridges is making more than $20 million per season?

In the end, the cost of retaining Ayton for Phoenix is only money. Paul is entering the twilight of his career and doesn’t have a fully guaranteed contract beyond next season. Once CP3 ages out, Phoenix can have a young core of Booker-Ayton-Bridges to build around. The Suns would likely need to slot in another high-level creator to play next to Booker to really contend, but that’s still a great foundation to have in place.

The flip side of the argument is maxing out a center who isn’t an MVP candidate like Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid and doesn’t shoot threes can be a dicey proposition. Hanging over all of this is in the investigation into Suns owner Robert Starver and reporters of racism and misogyny throughout the organization. Starver’s status as Phoenix’s owner may or may not be in jeopardy.

The Suns were the favorites in many circles to win the title heading into the playoffs. If Phoenix won the championship, resigning Ayton and keeping the core together was a no-brainer. The question becomes much more interesting after a disappointing playoff exit. “Running it back” no longer feels good enough — the Suns need to get better.

It’s rare for a former No. 1 overall draft pick to be available at the end of his rookie contract, but that’s the case with Ayton. Whatever the Suns decide to do with him will go a long way towards shaping the future of the franchise.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Regional Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2014-2018, Jan.-June for 2019)

HWDC Releases July 2019 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the July 2019 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector created 1,000 new jobs in June, a gain that represents a 2.7% annualized employment growth rate. Most of this employment growth came from Richmond’s HC&SA sector, which created 2,100 jobs in June. This gain translates into a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 33.2%. In addition, HC&SA employment in Richmond has grown at a 15.2% annualized rate over the past three months. Northern Virginia also enjoyed positive HC&SA employment growth in June with the addition of 600 jobs during the month. With this gain, Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector has now increased employment in each of the past five months. On the other hand, Hampton Roads lost 1,300 HC&SA jobs in June, while HC&SA employment in the Rest of Virginia fell by 400 during the month.

Regional HC&SA employment highlights are included in the table below (in thousands of employees):

Region June 2018 June 2019 YOY Growth Virginia 446.6 454.0 1.7% Hampton Roads 95.5 94.5 -1.0% Northern Virginia 134.1 136.0 1.4% Richmond 85.9 89.0 3.6% Rest of Virginia 131.1 134.5 2.6%

Nursing & Residential Care Facilities enjoyed strong employment growth for the second consecutive month in June. This HC&SA subsector created 1,700 new jobs in June, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 29.1%. This subsector is also enjoying strong long-term employment growth. Over the past year, employment in Nursing & Residential Care Facilities has grown by 3.5%. This represents the fastest 12-month employment growth rate in the state among Virginia’s four HC&SA subsectors. Meanwhile, Hospitals created 400 new jobs in June, and Ambulatory Health Care Services added 300 new jobs during the month. So far this year, Ambulatory Health Care Services has increased employment by 3,300. This represents the highest year-to-date employment gain in the state. Finally, Virginia’s Social Assistance subsector lost 1,400 jobs in June.

Additional employment highlights by HC&SA subsector are included in the table below (in thousands of employees):

Subsector June 2018 June 2019 YOY Growth Total HC&SA 446.6 454.0 1.7% Ambulatory Health Care 186.1 192.3 3.3% Hospitals 105.8 106.3 0.5% Nursing & Residential Care 78.1 80.8 3.5% Social Assistance 76.6 74.6 -2.6%

To access the full brief, click the image above. To see all Virginia Health Care Workforce Briefs and to access archival briefs, visit our website.

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Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – January 2019

  Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper league – January edition!

  As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point are a matter of team needs or personal bias. These rankings are late this month due to the extensive work done in the 11th annual Midseason Fantasy Guide (pick it up here right now!). Going over all the players very closely, lots of adjustments were made here. The Midseason Guide, besides having second-half projections, also has over a dozen NCAA free agents that NHL teams are looking at, plus European players of interest, a look at the 2019 draft, some prospects who could join their NHL club late in the season and help you – and much more! Check it out here!

  Click any player name to be taken to his phenomenal player profile…

  Jan Player Team DEF? Rating Dec Nov Change 1 Connor McDavid EDM   280.4 1 1 0 2 Nikita Kucherov TBL   251.6 3 2 1 3 Nathan MacKinnon COL   231.9 2 3 -1 4 Mikko Rantanen COL   209.9 4 11 0 5 Sidney Crosby PIT   194.1 7 5 2 6 Johnny Gaudreau CGY   192.8 14 10 8 7 Blake Wheeler WPG   188.9 11 15 4 8 Mitchell Marner TOR   188.0 5 7 -3 9 Mark Scheifele WPG   185.5 9 18 0 10 Brayden Point TBL   178.3 29 44 19 11 Auston Matthews TOR   175.5 6 8 -5 12 John Tavares TOR   168.7 8 6 -4 13 Patrick Kane CHI   161.2 18 20 5 14 David Pastrnak BOS   157.9 25 25 11 15 Jack Eichel BUF   157.2 15 16 0 16 Alex Ovechkin WAS   156.5 13 12 -3 17 Claude Giroux PHI   153.6 12 17 -5 18 Phil Kessel PIT   153.0 19 13 1 19 Brad Marchand BOS   152.1 17 9 -2 20 Artemi Panarin CBJ   149.3 22 22 2 21 Leon Draisaitl EDM   148.6 24 28 3 22 Nicklas Backstrom WAS   146.8 16 21 -6 23 Sean Monahan CGY   146.6 37 37 14 24 Gabriel Landeskog COL   145.2 46 84 22 25 Steven Stamkos TBL   144.9 27 26 2 26 Jonathan Huberdeau FLA   144.8 34 42 8 27 Evgeni Malkin PIT   142.6 10 4 -17 28 Aleksander Barkov FLA   138.6 31 33 3 29 Matthew Tkachuk CGY   136.5 44 71 15 30 Taylor Hall NJD   135.0 20 14 -10 31 Evgeny Kuznetsov WAS   134.3 21 19 -10 32 Erik Karlsson SJS y 133.4 80 78 48 33 Mathew Barzal NYI   133.3 28 29 -5 34 Brent Burns SJS y 132.7 43 41 9 35 Mark Stone OTT   131.1 36 39 1 36 Sebastian Aho CAR   131.0 38 43 2 37 Tyler Seguin DAL   130.5 26 23 -11 38 Morgan Rielly TOR y 127.4 40 48 2 39 Elias Pettersson VAN   120.9 30 27 -9 40 Elias Lindholm CGY   119.6 67 76 27 41 John Carlson WAS y 118.7 50 66 9 42 Patrice Bergeron BOS   117.8 94 69 52 43 Patrik Laine WPG   116.2 23 30 -20 44 Mikael Granlund MIN   114.3 39 40 -5 45 Alexander Radulov DAL   112.6 49 58 4 46 Jamie Benn DAL   112.1 35 32 -11 47 Jakub Voracek PHI   109.0 32 24 -15 48 Jake Guentzel PIT   106.7 51 64 3 49 Kyle Connor WPG   106.7 52 75 3 50 Ryan O'Reilly STL   105.5 47 51 -3 51 Matt Duchene OTT   104.8 69 85 18 52 Logan Couture SJS   104.6 65 74 13 53 Thomas Chabot OTT y 103.6 45 57 -8 54 Ryan Johansen NSH   102.1 55 55 1 55 Cam Atkinson CBJ   101.5 76 90 21 56 Max Domi MON   100.2 70 79 14 57 Anze Kopitar LAK   99.6 53 34 -4 58 Sam Reinhart BUF   99.0 93 94 35 59 William Karlsson VGK   99.0 54 54 -5 60 Dylan Larkin DET   97.9 82 81 22 61 Clayton Keller ARI   97.8 59 52 -2 62 Vladimir Tarasenko STL   96.5 33 31 -29 63 Mike Hoffman FLA   96.1 78 96 15 64 Jeff Skinner BUF   95.7 60 77 -4 65 Timo Meier SJS   95.7 84 92 19 66 Ryan Getzlaf ANA   95.5 48 47 -18 67 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM   95.2 64 62 -3 68 Evgenii Dadonov FLA   94.5 66 83 -2 69 Alex DeBrincat CHI   93.2 57 56 -12 70 Jonathan Marchessault VGK   92.8 41 35 -29 71 Jonathan Drouin MON   92.3 56 93 -15 72 Joe Pavelski SJS   91.8 90 111 18 73 Teuvo Teravainen CAR   91.4 71 65 -2 74 Brock Boeser VAN   91.3 73 59 -1 75 Pierre-Luc Dubois CBJ   89.4 85 108 10 76 Nico Hischier NJD   89.0 58 50 -18 77 Bo Horvat VAN   89.0 86 89 9 78 Sean Couturier PHI   88.8 63 68 -15 79 Filip Forsberg NSH   87.3 42 36 -37 80 Victor Hedman TBL y 86.5 62 46 -18 81 Tyson Barrie COL y 86.2 77 119 -4 82 Mika Zibanejad NYR   86.1 88 97 6 83 Kris Letang PIT y 82.3 101 95 18 84 Tyler Johnson TBL   82.3 100 99 16 85 Alex Tuch VGK   81.3 103 149 18 86 Keith Yandle FLA y 81.3 107 132 21 87 Tomas Hertl SJS   81.1 106 102 19 88 Kyle Palmieri NJD   80.7 91 86 3 89 Jonathan Toews CHI   80.4 99 100 10 90 Viktor Arvidsson NSH   79.9 87 63 -3 91 Vincent Trocheck FLA   79.8 81 38 -10 92 Nikolaj Ehlers WPG   79.6 61 73 -31 93 John Klingberg DAL y 79.4 79 61 -14 94 J.T. Miller TBL   76.8 74 53 -20 95 Brayden Schenn STL   75.2 83 45 -12 96 Torey Krug BOS y 73.9 116 113 20 97 Chris Kreider NYR   73.6 98 105 1 98 Dustin Byfuglien WPG y 73.4 119 114 21 99 Seth Jones CBJ y 72.1 113 115 14 100 Yanni Gourde TBL   71.6 68 60 -32 101 Rickard Rakell ANA   71.0 72 49 -29 102 Zach Parise MIN   70.4 158 249 56 103 Mark Giordano CGY y 70.0 189 242 86 104 Josh Bailey NYI   69.9 75 67 -29 105 Anders Lee NYI   69.7 95 98 -10 106 Kevin Hayes NYR   68.0 137 134 31 107 Gustav Nyquist DET   67.5 162 164 55 108 Kevin Fiala NSH   67.4 134 138 26 109 Jaden Schwartz STL   67.2 97 82 -12 110 William Nylander TOR   66.7 96 88 -14 111 Tomas Tatar MON   66.6 118 123 7 112 Roman Josi NSH y 66.5 124 130 12 113 Evander Kane SJS   66.1 142 124 29 114 David Perron STL   66.0 145 103 31 115 Alex Galchenyuk ARI   65.0 102 87 -13 116 Reilly Smith VGK   64.9 126 157 10 117 Tom Wilson WAS   64.0 132 287 15 118 Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI y 63.6 123 129 5 119 Nazem Kadri TOR   63.1 114 117 -5 120 Max Pacioretty VGK   62.5 112 110 -8 121 Josh Morrissey WPG y 62.4 218 215 97 122 Andreas Athanasiou DET   60.8 133 169 11 123 Kevin Labanc SJS   60.1 111 106 -12 124 Alexander Kerfoot COL   60.1 122 154 -2 125 P.K. Subban NSH y 60.0 92 80 -33 126 Shayne Gostisbehere PHI y 59.3 104 72 -22 127 Zach Werenski CBJ y 58.9 120 136 -7 128 Jakub Vrana WAS   57.6 175 185 47 129 Eric Staal MIN   56.9 89 70 -40 130 Ryan Dzingel OTT   56.7 121 126 -9 131 Travis Konecny PHI   56.0 105 120 -26 132 Jason Zucker MIN   55.4 115 101 -17 133 Drew Doughty LAK y 54.2 117 109 -16 134 Anthony Mantha DET   53.7 141 146 7 135 Chris Tierney OTT   53.4 108 104 -27 136 Rasmus Dahlin BUF y 51.3 150 162 14 137 Brendan Gallagher MON   51.0 128 127 -9 138 Phillip Danault MON   50.7 220 244 82 139 David Krejci BOS   50.0 151 165 12 140 Nick Foligno CBJ   49.9 147 155 7 141 Ondrej Palat TBL   48.1 136 143 -5 142 Brandon Saad CHI   48.0 152 163 10 143 Tyler Toffoli LAK   47.9 127 118 -16 144 Jakob Silfverberg ANA   47.7 139 121 -5 145 Andrei Svechnikov CAR   47.4 153 151 8 146 Patric Hornqvist PIT   47.1 163 187 17 147 Charlie Coyle MIN   45.9 159 145 12 148 Jordan Eberle NYI   45.4 138 131 -10 149 Dougie Hamilton CAR y 44.4 160 122 11 150 Nick Ritchie ANA   43.6 148 216 -2 151 Rasmus Ristolainen BUF y 43.3 186 182 35 152 J.T. Compher COL   43.3 195 240 43 153 Alexander Wennberg CBJ   43.2 135 141 -18 154 Nino Niederreiter MIN   42.7 143 144 -11 155 Colin White OTT   42.6 154 192 -1 156 Christian Dvorak ARI   42.3 146 148 -10 157 Jacob Trouba WPG y 42.0 183 188 26 158 Mattias Ekholm NSH y 41.6 247 279 89 159 Jesperi Kotkaniemi MON   41.1 226 223 67 160 Mats Zuccarello NYR   41.1 157 137 -3 161 Brady Tkachuk OTT �� 41.0 109 173 -52 162 Artturi Lehkonen MON   40.9 149 150 -13 163 Derek Stepan ARI   40.7 140 139 -23 164 Dylan Strome CHI   40.3 203 211 39 165 Kyle Turris NSH   39.6 129 125 -36 166 Ryan Ellis NSH y 39.2 155 142 -11 167 Brock Nelson NYI   38.9 192 201 25 168 Jesper Bratt NJD   38.9 198 231 30 169 Ryan Suter MIN y 38.9 176 204 7 170 Jimmy Vesey NYR   38.4 182 203 12 171 Mikael Backlund CGY   38.1 174 167 3 172 Nikolay Goldobin VAN   38.0 185 200 13 173 Jake Gardiner TOR y 37.8 167 160 -6 174 Wayne Simmonds PHI   37.7 166 135 -8 175 Craig Smith NSH   37.0 201 195 26 176 Kasperi Kapanen TOR   36.9 197 189 21 177 Dustin Brown LAK   36.8 187 197 10 178 Andreas Johnsson TOR   36.7 251 293 73 179 Alex Killorn TBL   36.4 204 224 25 180 Erik Gustafsson CHI y 36.4 420 428 240 181 Matt Dumba MIN y 36.3 131 140 -50 182 Nick Schmaltz ARI   36.0 110 112 -72 183 Jeff Carter LAK   35.9 125 116 -58 184 Erik Haula VGK   35.7 165 168 -19 185 Anthony Beauvillier NYI   35.5 196 178 11 186 Bryan Little WPG   35.1 184 206 -2 187 Marcus Johansson NJD   35.1 191 179 4 188 Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ   34.6 170 156 -18 189 Conor Sheary BUF   34.3 169 153 -20 190 Danton Heinen BOS   33.8 168 152 -22 191 Joonas Donskoi SJS   33.5 243 248 52 192 Brett Connolly WAS   33.2 268 357 76 193 Bobby Ryan OTT   33.1 202 250 9 194 Noah Hanifin CGY y 33.0 258 259 64 195 Alex Pietrangelo STL y 32.8 172 158 -23 196 Jeff Petry MON y 32.2 279 304 83 197 Vladislav Namestnikov NYR   31.8 222 220 25 198 Shea Theodore VGK y 31.8 193 198 -5 199 Eeli Tolvanen NSH   31.6 207 199 8 200 Jack Roslovic WPG   30.8 210 193 10 201 Mark Jankowski CGY   30.7 221 237 20 202 Micheal Ferland CAR   30.2 177 180 -25 203 Ondrej Kase ANA   30.1 211 226 8 204 Nolan Patrick PHI   30.1 156 133 -48 205 James van Riemsdyk PHI   30.0 144 128 -61 206 Jake DeBrusk BOS   29.9 214 208 8 207 Tyler Bertuzzi DET   29.9 212 258 5 208 Ryan Pulock NYI y 29.9 275 228 67 209 Casey Mittelstadt BUF   29.5 161 161 -48 210 Henrik Borgstrom FLA   28.7 219 217 9 211 Christian Fischer ARI   28.5 190 172 -21 212 Adam Henrique ANA   28.4 199 190 -13 213 Darnell Nurse EDM y 28.0 416 410 203 214 Vinnie Hinostroza ARI   27.3 178 174 -36 215 Bryan Rust PIT   27.3 338 251 123 216 Ryan McDonagh TBL y 27.3 181 210 -35 217 Mikko Koivu MIN   27.1 173 239 -44 218 Pavel Buchnevich NYR   27.0 130 107 -88 219 Anthony Cirelli TBL   27.0 283 263 64 220 Brandon Montour ANA y 26.7 223 221 3 221 Jordan Staal CAR   26.4 234 207 13 222 Ilya Kovalchuk LAK   26.4 200 91 -22 223 Sven Baertschi VAN   26.3 180 170 -43 224 Kailer Yamamoto EDM   25.9 235 234 11 225 Charlie McAvoy BOS y 25.6 188 181 -37 226 Aaron Ekblad FLA y 25.1 239 253 13 227 Mikkel Boedker OTT   25.0 225 243 -2 228 Tage Thompson BUF   25.0 240 241 12 229 T.J. Oshie WAS   24.8 164 171 -65 230 Blake Coleman NJD   24.7 261 NR 31 231 Robert Thomas STL   24.7 229 269 -2 232 Kyle Okposo BUF   24.6 171 186 -61 233 Nick Bjugstad FLA   24.5 227 184 -6 234 Jared Spurgeon MIN y 24.4 333 329 99 235 Joe Thornton SJS   24.2 296 183 61 236 Carl Soderberg COL   23.9 304 449 68 237 Boone Jenner CBJ   23.8 249 301 12 238 Cody Eakin VGK   23.7 299 404 61 239 Sam Steel ANA   23.6 250 255 11 240 Martin Necas CAR   23.6 231 229 -9 241 Jesse Puljujarvi EDM   23.5 236 236 -5 242 Brendan Perlini CHI   23.0 217 194 -25 243 Andre Burakovsky WAS   22.9 206 175 -37 244 Pavel Zacha NJD   22.8 242 246 -2 245 Conor Garland ARI   22.6 NR NR NEW 246 Damon Severson NJD y 22.5 232 268 -14 247 Neal Pionk NYR y 22.2 241 271 -6 248 Aleksi Heponiemi FLA   21.9 263 NR 15 249 Devin Shore DAL   21.6 265 292 16 250 Kevin Shattenkirk NYR y 21.5 237 205 -13 251 Kristian Vesalainen WPG   21.2 269 NR 18 252 Mike Matheson FLA y 21.2 228 257 -24 253 Miro Heiskanen DAL y 21.1 297 299 44 254 Jordan Kyrou STL   21.0 271 270 17 255 Mathieu Perreault WPG   21.0 344 341 89 256 Drake Batherson OTT   20.9 230 286 -26 257 Ryan Donato BOS   20.7 282 282 25 258 Mikhail Sergachev TBL y 20.7 244 233 -14 259 Dylan Sikura CHI   20.6 267 266 8 260 Tyson Jost COL   20.5 208 247 -52 261 Calle Jarnkrok NSH   20.5 287 289 26 262 Josh Anderson CBJ   20.4 256 294 -6 263 Joshua Ho-Sang NYI   20.2 277 262 14 264 Dominik Simon PIT   20.1 308 415 44 265 Adrian Kempe LAK   20.0 248 196 -17 266 Connor Brown TOR   20.0 233 219 -33 267 Nick Merkley ARI   19.9 280 280 13 268 Filip Zadina DET   19.7 281 281 13 269 Drake Caggiula CHI   19.7 270 394 1 270 Zach Hyman TOR   19.5 209 212 -61 271 Vitali Abramov CBJ   19.5 285 285 14 272 Jason Robertson DAL   19.5 NR NR NEW 273 Ivan Provorov PHI y 19.4 194 176 -79 274 Kirill Kaprizov MIN   19.1 286 288 12 275 Troy Terry ANA   19.1 288 290 13 276 Denis Malgin FLA   19.1 278 278 2 277 Joel Eriksson Ek MIN   19.0 257 213 -20 278 Charles Hudon MON   18.8 245 238 -33 279 Evan Bouchard EDM y 18.7 293 296 14 280 Andrew Mangiapane CGY   18.7 294 297 14 281 Nicolas Roy CAR   18.6 295 298 14 282 Lars Eller WAS   18.6 259 260 -23 283 Logan Brown OTT   18.5 291 295 8 284 Boris Katchouk TBL   18.4 298 300 14 285 Daniel Sprong ANA   18.1 266 235 -19 286 Justin Williams CAR   18.0 301 302 15 287 Adam Gaudette VAN   17.9 302 303 15 288 Tyler Myers WPG y 17.8 363 356 75 289 Derick Brassard PIT   17.5 276 166 -13 290 Shea Weber MON y 17.3 309 489 19 291 Maxime Comtois ANA   17.2 311 265 20 292 Antti Suomela SJS   17.0 314 311 22 293 Pontus Aberg ANA   16.9 300 352 7 294 Morgan Frost PHI   16.8 319 314 25 295 Brett Howden NYR   16.8 205 191 -90 296 Paul Stastny VGK   16.7 216 214 -80 297 Alex Iafallo LAK   16.7 321 276 24 298 Travis Zajac NJD   16.6 375 373 77 299 Taylor Raddysh TBL   16.5 323 317 24 300 Michael McLeod NJD   16.5 324 318 24                                 Dec Player Team DEF? Rating Nov Oct Change 336 Alexander Edler VAN y 14.3 583 456 247 180 Erik Gustafsson CHI y 36.4 420 428 240 213 Darnell Nurse EDM y 28.0 416 410 203 430 Ryan Murray CBJ y 7.8 579 595 149 303 Colton Sissons NSH   16.4 430 423 127 215 Bryan Rust PIT   27.3 338 251 123 354 Jake Muzzin LAK y 13.2 460 308 106 350 Nick Bonino NSH   13.5 453 463 103 234 Jared Spurgeon MIN y 24.4 333 329 99 121 Josh Morrissey WPG y 62.4 218 215 97                 Jan Player Team DEF? Rating Dec Nov Change 580 Jason Pominville BUF   -0.6 224 273 -356 541 Alexander Steen STL   2.2 238 227 -303 512 Thomas Vanek DET   3.9 255 225 -257 594 Vladislav Kamenev COL   -1.8 352 347 -242 362 Ryan Spooner EDM   12.6 179 147 -183 487 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson BOS   5.0 310 353 -177 413 Richard Panik ARI   9.1 246 230 -167 473 Brendan Leipsic LAK   5.5 306 305 -167                 Jan Player Team DEF? Rating Dec Nov Change 245 Conor Garland ARI   22.6 NR NR NEW 272 Jason Robertson DAL   19.5 NR NR NEW 465 Caleb Jones EDM y 5.8 NR NR NEW

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Annual Change in HC&SA Regional Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2013-2017, Jan.-Apr. for 2018)

HWDC Releases May 2018 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the May 2018 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

Virginia's HC&SA sector created 4,000 new jobs in April, and more than half of this employment growth came from the Rest of Virginia during the month. In April, the Rest of Virginia created 2,100 new HC&SA jobs, which represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 21.4%. In addition, the Rest of Virginia has been responsible for half of all year-to-date HC&SA employment growth in the state. So far this year, HC&SA employment in the Rest of Virginia has risen by 1,200 jobs. This total already exceeds the 700 HC&SA jobs that were created in the region throughout all of 2017. Hampton Roads also enjoyed a strong month of HC&SA employment growth as this region created 1,200 new HC&SA jobs in April. This gain translates into a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 17.1%. Meanwhile, Northern Virginia's HC&SA sector added 500 new jobs during the month. This region continues to sport the largest year-over-year HC&SA employment growth rate in the state at 2.89%. As for Richmond, this region enjoyed its third consecutive month of positive HC&SA employment growth after creating 200 new HC&SA jobs in April.

Regional HC&SA employment highlights are included in the table below (in thousands of employees):

Region Apr. 2017 Apr. 2018 YOY Growth Virginia 433.7 437.5 0.9% Hampton Roads 92.6 91.8 -0.9% Northern Virginia 128.2 131.9 2.9% Richmond 84.1 82.7 -1.7% Rest of Virginia 128.8 131.1 1.8%

For the second consecutive month, Virginia's Ambulatory Health Care Services subsector enjoyed very strong employment growth. After creating 1,300 jobs in March, Ambulatory Health Care Services added an even more impressive 1,800 jobs in April. This gain represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 12.9%. In addition, employment in this subsector has grown by 1.1% over the past year. This represents the highest year-over-year employment growth rate of any HC&SA subsector in the state. At the same time, Nursing & Residential Care Facilities also enjoyed a strong month of employment growth in April with the creation of 1,200 new jobs. April's result translates into a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 20.9%. Employment growth in Virginia's Social Assistance subsector was not far behind during the month. This subsector added 1,000 new jobs in April. In addition, employment in this subsector has grown at a 7.2% annualized rate over the past three months. Only Virginia's Hospitals failed to create any new jobs in April. This subsector experienced no change in employment during the month.

Additional employment highlights by HC&SA subsector are included in the table below (in thousands of employees):

Subsector Apr. 2017 Apr. 2018 YOY Growth Total HC&SA 433.7 437.5 0.9% Ambulatory Health Care 176.7 178.6 1.1% Hospitals 106.0 107.0 0.9% Nursing & Residential Care 76.3 76.6 0.4% Social Assistance 74.7 75.3 0.8%

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US factory orders post biggest gain in 8 months

Motor vehicle production has decreased for three straight quarters. General Motors and Ford Motor have both announced they will cut production during the second half of this year. U.S. auto sales fell 6.1 percent in July from a year ago to a seasonally adjusted rate of 16.73 million units.

Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department also showed orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft — seen as a measure of business spending plans — were unchanged in June instead of slipping 0.1 percent as reported last month. Orders for these so-called core capital goods rose 0.8 percent in May.

Shipments of core capital goods, which are used to calculate business equipment spending in the gross domestic product report, edged up 0.1 percent instead of the previously reported 0.2 percent gain.

In June, orders for machinery increased 0.4 percent after advancing 2.6 percent in May. Mining, oilfield and gas field machinery orders increased 3.8 percent after accelerating 10.3 percent in May.

Orders for transportation equipment jumped 19.0 percent, the biggest rise since July 2014, reflecting a 131.1 percent surge in civilian aircraft orders. Motor vehicle orders nudged up 0.1 percent after rising 0.3 percent in May.

Unfilled orders at factories increased 1.3 percent in June, the largest gain since July 2014. Manufacturing inventories rose 0.2 percent while shipments fell 0.2 percent. The inventories-to-shipments ratio rose to 1.38 from 1.37 in May.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Subsector Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2013-2017, Jan.-Mar. for 2018)

HWDC Releases April 2018 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the April 2018 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

After experiencing negative employment growth during the second half of 2017, Richmond's HC&SA sector is finally showing signs of improvement. Richmond's HC&SA sector increased employment for the second consecutive month in March after creating 500 new jobs during this month. This gain represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 7.6%. In addition, Richmond was the only region in the state that increased HC&SA employment in Q1 2018. During the past three months, HC&SA employment in Richmond has grown by 400. Meanwhile, the Rest of Virginia also created 500 HC&SA jobs in March. Regardless, the Rest of Virginia's HC&SA sector lost 700 jobs in Q1 2018, which translates into a three-month annualized employment growth rate of -2.1%. As for Northern Virginia, its HC&SA sector added 300 new jobs during the month. Although this region lost 100 HC&SA jobs in Q1 2018, it also currently has the highest 12-month HC&SA employment growth rate in the state at 2.7%. Hampton Roads was the only region in Virginia that lost HC&SA jobs in March. HC&SA employment in this region fell by 200 during the month.

Regional HC&SA employment highlights are included in the table below (in thousands of employees):

Region Mar. 2017 Mar. 2018 YOY Growth Virginia 432.4 433.5 0.3% Hampton Roads 92.5 90.6 -2.1% Northern Virginia 127.6 131.1 2.7% Richmond 84.0 82.6 -1.7% Rest of Virginia 128.3 129.2 0.7%

Employment in Virginia's Ambulatory Health Care Services subsector rebounded strongly in March after losing jobs in each of the three previous months. This subsector created 1,900 new HC&SA jobs in March, which translates into a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 13.8%. In addition, employment in Ambulatory Health Care Services has grown by 1.4% over the past year. This represents the fastest 12-month employment growth rate of any HC&SA subsector in the state. Meanwhile, Virginia's Hospitals created 400 new jobs in March, a gain that represents a 4.6% annualized growth rate. However, Virginia's two other HC&SA subsector lost jobs during the month. Employment in Nursing & Residential Care Facilities fell for the third consecutive month in March after this subsector lost 800 jobs during the month. Long-term job growth in the Nursing & Residential Care Facilities subsector has not been any better given its current 12-month employment growth rate of -1.7%. As for Social Assistance, this subsector lost 400 jobs in March. Despite this month's employment decline, however, Social Assistance was the only HC&SA subsector in Virginia that created jobs in Q1 2018.

Additional employment highlights by HC&SA subsector are included in the table below (in thousands of employees):

Subsector Mar. 2017 Mar. 2018 YOY Growth Total HC&SA 432.4 433.5 0.3% Ambulatory Health Care 174.9 177.4 1.4% Hospitals 106.8 107.0 0.2% Nursing & Residential Care 76.2 74.9 -1.7% Social Assistance 74.5 74.2 -0.4%

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Bryce Alford’s season of redemption is exactly what UCLA needed

After years of criticism from a passionate fanbase, Alford has found himself as a senior. UCLA is rolling because of it.

Bryce Alford saw the plane pulling the banner that called for his father to be fired. He knew what it meant when a petition started to circulate begging AD Dan Guerrero to restore UCLA basketball to its former glory. He couldn’t escape the heckling whenever he had a rough shooting night, and there were lots of them on the way to a devastating 15-17 season last year.

No player in college basketball has faced as much criticism as Alford during his time in Westwood. To UCLA diehards, he wasn’t just a streaky shooter and inefficient scorer for some perennially underwhelming Bruins teams. He was a symbol of how one of the sport’s most prestigious programs had lost its shine.

Playing for your father can be an unforgiving proposition, especially at a place like UCLA where expectations are always sky high. It didn’t matter that Alford once hit nine three-pointers in an NCAA tournament game. It didn’t matter that he helped lead the Bruins to the Sweet 16 twice or that he’s averaged at least 15 points per game every year since his sophomore season.

For frustrated UCLA fans, Alford was the personification of nepotism and unchecked privilege. His father Steve was the embattled head coach and Bryce was the backcourt gunner who never would have been at a blue blood if his dad didn’t give him a chance.

It took four long years for Bryce Alford to find absolution, but it’s finally happened this season. UCLA is a legitimate national title contender and Alford is one of the nation’s most prolific shooters. He’s been reborn moving off the ball, where he’s developed into a lethal three-point threat for the No. 1 offense in the country. Freshman star Lonzo Ball gets all of the attention for the Bruins, but the entire system would fall apart without a knockdown shooter next to him like Alford.

Alford has already broken his own record for the most three-pointers made in a single season at UCLA. He’s about to move into the program’s top-five all-time leading scorers. The only thing left is an extended run through March Madness to cement his season of redemption and fully remove his father from the hot seat.

The March Madness moment Alford has been waiting for might finally be coming. There are no questions about whether he can play at this level anymore.

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It takes a certain caliber of recruit to play at UCLA. From 2012 to 2015, 11 of the 16 players the Bruins signed out of high school were ranked in the top 100 of their class by ESPN. That includes McDonald’s All-Americans like Kyle Anderson and one-and-done NBA draft picks like Shabazz Muhammad and Zach LaVine.

Only one player from that time was able to carve out regular minutes without being a five- or four-star recruit. That was Bryce Alford.

Steve Alford was never shy about trusting his son. Even as a freshman on a loaded 2013-14 Bruins team, Bryce finished fifth in total minutes. He played about as much as LaVine, and often played over him.

When the Bruins made their run to the Sweet 16, Alford played 70 minutes to LaVine’s 57. LaVine bolted for the NBA after the season — a decision that drew widespread criticism from the college basketball media at the time — partly because of the lack of opportunity.

Bryce started every game the next year as a sophomore and UCLA again made the Sweet 16, but only after it snuck into the tournament as the weakest at-large selection. The Bruins memorably beat SMU in the opening round on an Alford airball that was called for goaltending (his ninth three-pointer of the game), then dispatched 14-seeded UAB. That run did little to take heat off the Alfords when the season eventually ended against Gonzaga. Bryce was still very much a high usage, low efficiency scorer.

The wheels finally came off UCLA last year, culminating in a sub-.500 season that had the fanbase angry and vocal. This was the peak of what Bruins fans called Daddy Ball, the suggestion that Bryce received favorable treatment from his father and UCLA was suffering because of it.

For the third straight season, Bryce shot under 40 percent from the field. This time there was no tournament run to save the Alfords. Something had to give following one of the worst seasons in UCLA history, setting the table for a make-or-break year as Bryce entered his senior season.

Salvation arrived by way of nearby Chino Hills High School. Lonzo Ball didn’t only save Steve Alford, he gave Bryce a new lease on his career, too.

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It seems obvious now that Bryce was miscast as a point guard for his first three years. Playing next to a savant like Ball has unlocked his offensive game and made the Bruins a national contender in the process.

Alford never posted a true shooting percentage higher than 55.8 percent before this season. This year it’s at 66 percent. He never had an offensive rating better than 113. This year he’s at 131.1 — a top-15 mark in the country. He’s shooting over 40 percent from the field for the first time in his career (47.0 percent). He’s made more three-pointers than any power conference player in the country, and he’s doing it at a 45.4 percent clip.

Ball’s imprint on the Bruins has been undeniable, but having shooters around him has been an equally big part of UCLA’s turnaround. Aaron Holiday, Isaac Hamilton and T.J. Leaf have been excellent too, but there’s no question Bryce is the leader.

This has been a season of exoneration for the Alfords, both father and son. The Bruins are rolling, Bryce is playing a pivotal role, and the recruiting pipeline is hot.

After so much criticism, Bryce Alford has finally found himself as a senior. He might just help the Bruins find their way into the Final Four, too.