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You should be allowed to jump once the play clock hits zero, even if the ball hasn’t been snapped.

Aaron Rodgers is out. Mason Randolph will be starting today’s game against the Bears. We wish him the very best!

Pivotal stop.

DeBrincat! OT winner!

Comeback! Wings were down 3-1 to Columbus, have just tied it with 6 minutes left in 3rd

We should submit a Detroit Lions Confidence Report of each poster prior to each game. I'm higher than Questionable, but less than Full.

One thing I can't fault Yzerman for is trying to fix the goalie position. He has drafted Cossa and Augustine. He has brought in a string of experienced goalies that seemed they could pay off like Bernier, Nedeljkovic, Husso, Lyon, Reimer, Talbot, Gibson. You'd think ONE of them would have turned into a reliable #1 by now. But noooooo.

Josh Allen is getting thumped by the Houston defense, especially in the 3rd quarter. Sacked four times tonight.

4-0. Geesh.

Ugh, laying an egg vs NYI tonight. 3-0 Islanders early in the 2nd, Horvat has just scored.

The Wings have had at least 25 points through 20 games in 3 of the past 4 seasons including this one. They were 11-6-3 in late November 2023. They were 11-5-4 in late November 2022. One difference about those years is that the Wings were well off the division lead because the Atlantic was stacked. In past years, Toronto-Tampa-Florida-Boston were a wall you had to get through to secure one of the Atlantic's three guaranteed playoff spots. That doesn't exist this year, IMO.

TSN's Core 4 U-24 ranking is out and the Wings rank #6. That's down from #3 last year, but not bad considering Seider is no longer counted. https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/canadiens-top-tsns-core-4-u-24-team-ranking-for-second-straight-year/ TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button and FloHockey’s NHL Draft & Prospect Analyst Chris Peters assessed every NHL team’s collection of assets 23 or younger (as of regular season’s start Oct. 7) – blending evaluations of current level of play with projected further development to assign 2025-26 grades. Players are labeled AAA (superstar), AA (elite), A (No. 1 goalie, top-pair defenceman, first-line forward) or B (tandem goalie, top-four defenceman, top-six forward) or C (backup goalie, depth defenceman, bottom-six forward). Listed are all players rated B or better, with C players included only to round out Core 4 lists. The Habs are #1 with Hutson and Demidov both with AAA and Slavkosky and 20-year old goalie Fowler both at A. I was wondering where is goalie Dobes who has gotten a bunch of starts this year but he's already 24. Personally, I'd put Hutson as only an AA, probably Demidov the same. Wings at #6 have Raymond as a AA and Augustine, Edvinsson and ASP all as As. Then, although not counting in the Core 4 U-24, listed are all the Wings they assign a B to: Kasper, Finnie, Plante, Bear, MBN, Genborn and Cossa. Should Edvinsson be an AA? And wait, where's Danielson?! The teams between the Habs and Wings are Chicago (led by Bedard and Nazar), San Jose (led by Celebrini and Will Smith), Anaheim (Leo Carlsson and Gauthier) and Utah (Cooley and Guenther). Ottawa is #8, Leafs #23, Bruins #25, Canucks #26, Oilers #27, Tampa #30, Florida #31 and Vegas #32.

I didn't realize John C. Reilly was an All Star game starting pitcher.

These four losses could be gifts. They provide the Lions’ coaching staff with insight into the team’s vulnerabilities and how opponents have been able to exploit that. And instead of being forced into halftime adjustments, they have 7 games in the next 2 months to crack the case before the playoffs start. Now, with that being said, no more gifts please! Especially not until the Rams game at the earliest

Even worse for the Leafs (and better for us!) is that 14 of the Leafs’ 20 games have been at home and I believe only 4 were against teams that made the playoffs last year.

I’m still not sure they’re that much better than last year. But it is an encouraging start in the standings. They’re 6th overall in the NHL although if they had lost in regulation last night they’d have been 16th overall. I still could see them finishing as high as 2nd in the Atlantic behind Florida or as low as 7th in the Atlantic ahead of Buffalo. At this point, my best guess would be low-mid 90s in points and squeaking out a wildcard spot.

I think I heard on the radio yesterday that 30% of the games have ended in ties. That may have been just for this month not the whole season, or just for one of the two conferences. I joined that segment midway through. But it would explain some of the standings compression.

Notable MLBers from Curaçao include Andruw Jones, Kenley Jansen and Ozzie Albies. Plus former Tigers Jair Jurjjens and Jonathan Schoop.

It will be forgotten because it was called back. But it deserves a moment. https://x.com/ryanhanawwp/status/1990956396330799464?s=46&t=rxX1apj3uwtfqL1XE791ww

Makes Cape Verde, who recently qualified from Africa, look like a giant with a population of 500,000. I'll be honest, I wouldn't have known where to put Curacao on the map. 50 miles north of Venezuela.

And Haiti! First time in 52 years.

So the expectation is that Jaxson Dart will be ready to start by Sunday, correct?

Ha, is this true?

1st place Red Wings!