#east division

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"Opening Day"

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galaxy brain take: the east division isn't good now because it will be less good in the future

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Mid Season Check In: East

Nyi

Consistency. Lou one said of his outward stoicism when watching a game “like a duck, calm up top but scrambling beneath the surface”. Despite an injury to captain and net front goal scorer Anders Lee, Coach Trozt’s group continues to roll. Pelech/Pulock is a really good pair and the defence does not miss Toews despite his strong play. Barzal/Nelson/Pageau is a great centre group. It’s been nice to see Wahlstrom emerge as a contributor. Sorokin is great which shouldn’t be a surprise behind a strong defence, Varlamov having a strong late career stint as well and has stayed healthy for a while now, an issue that has plagued him over the years.

Wsh

Epitomized by the sustained excellence of their Captain, this team has pliers through the regular season for over a decade and continues to make it look easy. Vrana has continued to be strong in a secondary scoring role. Vanacek has been instrumental in weathering the storm that is Samsonov’s injuries. As the core continues to age, it’s inevitable the wheels will fall off eventually, but it is not this day.

Bos

The depth has been tested a bit, as a tough year for the Krejci/Debrusk line has rendered the Bruins in a more fragile light than usual. An upgrade at the deadline might be necessary, but despite the departure of Chara this team still has enough to throw with anyone. Vladar has looked good and bodes well for their goaltending future. Marchand is fine wine.

Pit

The Penguins have looked vulnerable in the past few years, and Malkin is not quite where he was at his best. Matheson has worked out pretty nicely, adding a powerful, athletic skating to the back end has given the blue line a different element. Crosby has still got it. There’s still a chance for this team to go on a run come playoff time. Despite not performing well in the playoffs since their cup runs, I wouldn’t be too worried as an oft overlooked detail is their struggles between the 9-10 16-17 cup finals years.

Phi

It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster, as usual for the Flyers. Hart has had a tough year behind a concerning defensive performance. Vigneault might be in an increasingly hot seat, but maybe we’ll see a more aggressive attempt to upgrade the blueline. There’s a lot of good pieces on this roster so the result has been quite disappointing, yet there are options for a potential move. It’s tough to see AV returning at this point.

Nyr

It hasn’t been meteoric, but it’s safe to say things are trending in the right direction for the Rangers. Kakko has been much more effective, and any concerns about him or Lafreniere should be muted. Fox is really amazing, and plays a very subtle and nuanced game for someone who is so dynamically skilled. Whenever he should make it into the playoffs he will be such a big focal point in any given series. She sterling has been solid in net and not shouldn’t be a surprise. It’s been tumultuous for Panarin and Zibanejad but both are really strong players and are starting to come back out the other side.

Nj

Maybe a team that could’ve been expecting better results, but very positive developments thus far. Hughes is still growing and is becoming more and more impactful. Sharengovic has been a nice find. Ty Smith looks very promising in an area of great need. It would’ve been nice to get more of a goalie tandem for Blackwood’s development but he’s continuing to look strong. Should Hischier ever get healthy this team will look a bit better as well. Things are starting to look up for a Devils team that has had a tougher stretch in the last decade.

Buf

Openly terrible.

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The east really said points for everyone today.

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Wisconsin gives West hope of challenging B10 East dominance

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Wisconsin gives West hope of challenging B10 East dominance

The Big Ten West might not be best, but it is getting closer to challenging the East Division’s conference dominance.

Wisconsin returns the entire offensive line and a 1,900-yard rusher from its record-setting 13-win team, and some see the Badgers as a contender for the College Football Playoff.

Iowa has the nation’s top tight end in Noah Fant, Northwestern is coming off its second 10-win season in three years and Purdue is on the rise under Jeff Brohm. Nebraska, mostly a non-factor since joining the league in 2011, is poised to make a move up after native son Scott Frost was brought home to revive the proud program.

Teams from the current East, dating to the years of the Legends and Leaders divisions, have won five straight conference championships.

Ohio State, which will break in a new quarterback, is the favorite again.

Penn State has a favorable schedule and a quarterback who’s passed for more than 3,500 yards two straight years. Michigan State returns a bevy of skilled players from last year’s 10-win team.

Michigan, winless against Ohio State and 1-2 against Michigan State the last three years, is looking for more in year four under Jim Harbaugh.

“The West will be the most competitive it’s been since the Big Ten has been split up geographically,” said Big Ten Network analyst and former coach Gerry DiNardo, who also noted facility upgrades across the West, Brohm’s fast start and how Frost’s hiring has energized Nebraska fans.

The East is the flashpoint for off-the-field issues this preseason.

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is on administrative paid leave while his handling of domestic violence allegations against former receivers coach Zach Smith is investigated. Maryland coach DJ Durkin is on leave amid allegations of an abusive culture in the program and the team’s failure to properly react after offensive lineman Jordan McNair fell ill during a May 29 workout and later died.

CHAMP EXCLUDED FROM CFP The Big Ten champion has been left out of the four-team playoff the last two years, coinciding with the start of the nine-game conference schedule. A one-loss Ohio State made the playoff in ’16 over two-loss league champion Penn State; the two-loss champion Buckeyes were left out in 2017.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt that playing nine games in the kind of rigorous schedule that we play makes achieving an undefeated season more difficult. And it is true that the committee has not selected a team with two losses from any conference,” commissioner Jim Delany said. “We continue to build a conference and want to be as good as we can be, and we think that includes playing each other as much as we can, playing the best teams in the country in the nonconference as well as postseason and continuing to make the case that our teams are among the four best in the country.”

FROST FIX? Frost is the Big Ten’s only first-year coach, returning to the program he quarterbacked to a share of the 1997 national title. The Huskers haven’t won a conference championship since 1999 (Big 12) and are 12-14 in Big Ten games the last three years. The Huskers’ difficult schedule means progress might not be measured in wins and losses this season. Frost wants to bring back the physicality and player development that spawned championships in the program’s 1990s heyday. Then he will set his sights on overtaking Wisconsin.

“A lot of what Wisconsin is doing is the Nebraska model,” Frost said.

“They’ve been out-Nebraska-ing Nebraska, and we’re here to fix that.”

TOP PLAYERS Offense: Ohio State RB J.K. Dobbins started 12 games as a freshman and set a school rookie record with 1,403 yards. Penn State QB Trace McSorley has thrown a TD pass in 28 straight games, the longest active streak in the FBS. Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor ran for 1,977 yards to set the Bowl Subdivision freshman rushing record.

Defense: Michigan DE Rashan Gary, one of the most athletically gifted players in the college game, had 12 tackles for loss and six sacks. Ohio State DE Nick Bosa led his team with 16 tackles for loss and eight sacks. Wisconsin LB T.J. Edwards was the Badgers’ second-leading tackler, and his four interceptions tied for most by a Power Five linebacker.

REMEMBER THESE NAMES Northwestern RB Jeremy Larkin rushed for 503 yards and averaged 6 yards per carry as the backup to star Justin Jackson.

Iowa QB Nate Stanley flies under the radar even in his own conference. His 26 TD passes against six interceptions showed he’s the real deal.

Indiana safety-linebacker Marcelino Ball, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, was stellar in 2016 and ready to re-emerge.

PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

East 1, Ohio State. 2, Penn State. 3, Michigan State. 4, Michigan. 5, Indiana. 6, Maryland. 7, Rutgers.

West 1, Wisconsin. 2, Iowa. 3, Northwestern. 4, Purdue. 5, Nebraska. 6, Minnesota. 7, Illinois.

By ERIC OLSON ,Associated Press

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Bold Postseason Predictions: NL East

Foretelling in baseball is always very amusing. Although you may keep a very long statistics sheet with precise data about which the best players are, none of that guarantees a 100% of effectivity in the prognostics, mainly because numbers don’t really show the whole dimension of the game. However, in a creative exercise, we adventured ourselves to predict which will be the teams that will classify to the MLB postseason of this 2018, starting our foreboding with the East Division of the National League.

http://usfl.newsgur.com/2018/04/bold-postseason-predictions-nl-east.html

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