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After winning the Phoenix Open twice in a three-year span, J.B. Holmes was starting to make a name for himself on the PGA Tour. Thanks in part to his second victory at the greatest show on turf, Holmes made his first Ryder Cup team, and looked destined to be a long-standing member of U.S. international teams. That was all derailed when he began battling vertigo-like symptoms in the 2011 season. In his last three starts that year, he missed two cuts and had to withdraw from the PGA Championship. Shortly thereafter, Holmes was on the operating table undergoing brain surgery. He was diagnosed with structural defects in his cerebellum, or Chiari malformations. During the surgery, he had a quarter-sized piece of his skull removed. He came back and played a full season on the PGA Tour in 2012, but managed only two top-10 finishes, both of which came before the Masters. In March of last year, Holmes was roller-blading as part of his conditioning routine, but suffered an awkward fall in which he broke his left ankle. As he rehabbed that injury, Holmes decided it was time to go under the knife, again. This time, Holmes was going to have his troublesome left elbow fixed. Why not? He wasnt fully ready to come back to the tour anyway. Once the calendar changed to 2014, Holmes was ready to go. He waited until late January at the Farmers Insurance Open to make his debut. It has been a slow build to fully get back into game shape. He had more finishes outside the top 50 -- five -- than he had inside the top 20 -- four. However, all four of those top-20 finishes came in his last five starts before the Wells Fargo Championship. Entering the Wells Fargo, Holmes had shot par or better in 14 or his last 20 rounds, and that trend continued at Quail Hollow. Holmes shot 2-under 70 in the opening round, then went 11-under par in the middle two rounds to take the lead entering the final round. Coming down the stretch, he led by two and made the finish interesting. Jim Furyk sat two strokes back and had been in the clubhouse for nearly two hours. He started to pack his things while Holmes was on 18, but stopped when Holmes hit a poor chip shot. Needing to get down in two putts for the win, Holmes did just that to close out a 1-under 71. The win was his third on the PGA Tour. Among the biggest aspects of the victory for Holmes is that he now qualifies for all four majors. When he tees it up at Pinehurst for the U.S. Open next month, it will mark his first start in a major since that 2011 PGA Championship, which he had to withdraw from. Next spring, hell return to Augusta National for the Masters for the first time since 2008. He also moved himself into contention for a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Holmes did go 2-0-1 as a captains pick at the 2008 Ryder Cup, and not many Americans in line for this years team have winning records. Those things are far off at this point, but for Holmes to even be in that conversation is a huge victory by itself. Now that he is healthy, we are seeing what kind of player Holmes once was, and can be again. A word of warning, though. After Holmes other two wins, which were in February 2006 and February 2008, he posted only two more top-10 finishes in those seasons and both were in 08. The way Holmes is playing now, it isnt hard to see him bucking that trend the rest of this season. LPGAS BEST AMERICANS TOO HOT, TOO SOON? Whether it is the Solheim Cup, Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, each teams captain wants her players to be playing their best heading into that event. Three potential U.S. Solheim Cup team members are off to scorching starts this year on the LPGA Tour. Stacy Lewis just earned her first win this past weekend in Texas, and that was her eighth top-10 finish in nine starts. Michelle Wie also has a win and six top-10s in nine events, while team stalwart Cristie Kerr has six top-10s in eight tournaments. Is it too much too soon? The Solheim Cup wont be played for another 16 months. Captain Juli Inkster has to be happy to see how well some of her potential team members are playing right now. The Americans suffered a crushing defeat last year at the Solheim Cup, and the players from that team, and those hoping to make the 2015 squad, want to make sure what happened last year doesnt happen again. Five of the 10 winners this year on the LPGA Tour have been Americans, while two wins were by a European, Anna Nordqvist. With many of the tours top players hailing from Asia, having Americans winning half of the tours events is a great start for the team. Lets just hope they can keep the momentum going. MINI-TIDBITS - Dont try to blame John Daly for slow play problems, whatever tour he may be playing on. Daly was the first out in the final round of the Web.com event last weekend, and played as a single. Daly cruised around in 2 hours, 21 minutes. There are twosomes that dont play nine holes that fast at some tournaments. - From the where-are-they-now category, we bring you the curious case of Anthony Kim. According to a Golf Channel report last week, Kim rarely plays golf anymore. Kim had three PGA Tour wins by the age of 25, but he hasnt been seen on tour since 2012. The 28-year-old battled wrist, forearm and elbow injuries before tearing his Achilles. We might never know how great he could have been had he stayed healthy. Eric Dickerson Jersey . Spezza scored a power-play goal with 5 minutes left and Stephane Da Costa had the other two goals to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Lamarcus Joyner Jersey . 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John Sullivan Jersey .What they got was a bevy of players chipping in to pick up the slack.Josh Smith scored 18 points and James Harden added 17 as the Rockets used a balanced scoring effort to outlast the Mavericks for a 99-94 victory.On the weekend, there were a few things that got me wondering: First, was this piece by Sarah McLellan about Coyotes LW Paul Bissonnette, who is hoping to expand his role beyond part-time fourth-line muscle. Among players with at least 100 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time this season, Bissonnette ranks seventh in points per 60 minutes, which may be a small-sample fluke, but theres a lot of room between Bissonnettes current role and that of a regular in the lineup. The Coyotes have made sure to put Bissonnette in situations where he can succeed, with offensive zone starts and relatively low quality of competition, but hes generated positive possession numbers over the past three seasons, enough to think that he might warrant consideration for more time. Trouble is, with the Coyotes life-and-death to make the playoffs, they dont seem inclined to give him that opportunity right now. The second thing that caught my attention was Flyers tough guy Jay Rosehill scoring a pretty nifty goal against the Bruins. And third, that was against the Bruins, a team that is sort of the prototype for the fighting teams, ranking second in the league with 46 fighting majors this season. The Bruins have Milan Lucic, a first-line winger who fights; Jarome Iginla, a first-line winger who fights; and Shawn Thornton, a fourth-line winger who fights and gets regular ice time (8:32 per game this year and played 22 playoff games last year). Injured D Adam McQuaid and rookie D Kevan Miller are also a couple of tough customers who play third pair minutes for the Bruins. Theres also been a lot of talk this year about Torontos fourth line which, for a time, included both Frazer McLaren and Colton Orr, and the relative ineffectiveness of that fourth line seemed to cause issues higher up the depth chart. Figuring out playing time for a line that employs two enforcers that dont have enough hockey skills to keep up is, at the very least, challenging. Finally, with the playoffs around the corner, the time will come when teams make hard lineup decisions and, in many cases, that means the designated enforcer goes to the press box. If he can play a bit, though, that can tilt the decision. So, all of this wondering led me to try and find out which of the leagues fighters are actually doing enough to warrant regular ice time; basically, who can play? One look at hockeyfights.com provided a list of 75 players that might be considered fighters (there are probably a few more that could have been included), but it was basically every player involved in at least five fights this season, plus a select few that had four and come with a reputation/track record (Steve Ott, Steve Downie, John Scott, Troy Bodie) and then Bissonnette, who has fought only three times in 37 games. There is an obvious top tier, which includes Iginla (with his most fights since 2009-2010), Lucic and Philadelphias Wayne Simmonds, forwards that play on scoring lines, but have an aggressive side that comes out on occasion. They might as well be excluded from the examination because, even with zero fights, they clearly produce enough offensively to play prominent roles on their respective teams. Teams can use tough guys in lower-leverage situations. As Tyler Dellow pointed out a couple of weeks ago, teams can be judicious in their use of their tough guys, which mitigates their liability, but if the tough guys cant play a lick, it makes it increasingly difficult to be judicious. It should be noted that not all fights, and fighters are created equally. There are heavyweights, who tend to only fight other heavyweights; there are agitators who end up fighting because theyre being called to task for one of (likely) many transgressions; and there are players who, battling for a spot in the lineup or consistent playing time, are willing to use that as one more reason for the team to keep them in the lineup. What makes a fighter useful enough to handle a regular fourth-line shift? Players that have at least 47% Corsi is a decent place to start. From a Dellow post last year, he determined averages for first, second, third and fourth-line players. Sure, theres some room for variance, but if the player is going to be used as more than as a spare part, he cant spend all of his shifts scrambling in the defensive zone. Among the 75 listed below, nearly half (36) had a Corsi over 47%. 23 were at 50.0% or better. Players that have at least an even Relative Corsi. From the list below, that includes only 15 of the 75 players, but that makes sense. Fourth-liners are unlikely to have better possession stats than players higher on the depth chart. There are a dozen players that have both a 50% Corsi and at least a break-even relative Corsi (actually, its 10, but Lucic and Iginla are just below that threshold.) If we can take the position that a fighter isnt likely to be the one driving his teams possession numbers, then if they arent significantly worse than their teammates, that at least puts them in consideration for a regular role. There are obvious exceptions to this case too, particularly when it comes to the Bruins, where the Patrice Bergeron line is so dominant that the likes of Gregory Campbell and Shawn Thornton have no hope of being close in terms of relative Corsi. Really, if a player fits in a teams top nine, theres not much question whether hes a useful player. Some are more useful than others, of course, but its not as if the league is overrun by third line forwards that dont even warrant a spot in the league. Maybe this should table should count as an appreciation for Patrick Maroon, the suddenly-valuable winger for the Ducks. While one of the leagues most active fighters, with 13, hes a strong possession player (54.8%) who, like most Ducks, has spent time on the wing with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, but hes been more productive recently while playing with Mathieu Perreault and Kyle Palmieri. Maroon has 12 points (3 G, 9 A) in his past 15 games, a marked improvement over 17 points in his first 59 career games. Maroons a big guy (6-foot-3, 229 pounds) who paid his dues in the minors, playing 353 AHL games, but hes also been more than merely a puncher, scoring 58 goals and 124 points in 139 games over the previous two AHL seasons. Its been a long road since he was drafted in the sixth round by Philadelphia in 2007, but hes starting to pay dividends for the Ducks. Take what you will from the data below and there is surely some debate over some of these players being on the bubble in terms of value, but when more and more tangible measures are available for players, it becomes increasingly difficult to justify a players spot in the lineup for intangible benefits. Possession stats come from the indispensable www.extraskater.com PLAYER TEAM POS GP G A PTS PIM CF% CFRel% FT Jarome Iginla BOS RW 76 30 31 61 47 53.8% -0.3% 5 Milan Lucic BOS LW 77 24 34 58 87 54.0% -0.1% 7 Wayne Simmonds PHI RW 78 26 31 57 106 48.5% -2.2% 6 Nick Foligno CBJ LW 70 18 21 39 80 51.2% 1.6% 6 Antoine Roussel DAL LW 77 14 15 29 195 51.8% 1.7% 10 Patrick Maroon ANA LW 59 8 18 26 101 54.8% 5.6% 13 Chris Stewart BUF RW 60 15 11 26 116 48.1% -4.8% 6 Ryane Clowe NJ LW 43 7 19 26 33 51.8% -2.8% 5 Kevin Bieksa VAN D 74 4 20 24 104 51.3% 0.4% 6 Steve Downie PHI RW 60 4 20 24 106 50.0% 0.4% 4 Matt Calvert CBJ LW 52 9 13 22 53 51.3% 1.3% 5 Steve Ott STL C 78 9 13 22 76 44.0% -3.3% 4 Eric Nystrom NSH LW 75 15 6 21 60 46.9% -2.5% 6 Gregory Campbell BOS C 78 7 12 19 43 45.4% -10.7% 5 Marcus Foligno BUF LW 70 7 10 17 80 43.5% 0.1% 5 Derek MacKenzie CBJ D 67 9 8 17 47 49.7% -1.0% 5 Andrew Desjardins SJ C 78 3 13 16 86 50.2% -4.2% 10 Ryan Malone TB LW 57 5 10 15 23 50.4% 1.2% 5 Dale Weise MTL RW 58 5 10 15 59 44.7% -5.4% 5 Barret Jackman STL D 76 3 12 15 95 52.8% 0.0% 5 Chris Neil OTT RW 72 8 6 14 204 50.7% -2.1% 14 Matt Martin NYI RW 75 8 6 14 88 45.dddddddddddd2% -5.3% 10 Brandon Bollig CHI LW 79 7 7 14 92 51.1% -5.4% 6 Cody McLeod COL LW 71 5 8 13 122 42.0% -5.6% 12 Brandon Prust MTL LW 52 6 7 13 121 42.2% -6.7% 11 Tanner Glass PIT LW 64 4 9 13 83 38.8% -12.3% 6 Mark Stuart WPG D 67 2 10 12 33 47.7% -2.2% 7 Deryk Engelland PIT D 55 6 6 12 58 44.1% -4.5% 6 Travis Moen MTL LW 65 2 10 12 49 45.7% -2.1% 5 David Clarkson TOR RW 57 5 6 11 93 42.6% 0.4% 9 Chris Thorburn WPG RW 55 2 9 11 65 43.3% -7.1% 7 Luke Schenn PHI D 75 4 7 11 58 47.8% -3.2% 6 Tom Wilson WAS RW 78 3 7 10 151 46.1% -2.5% 14 B.J. Crombeen TB RW 54 3 7 10 79 48.6% -3.0% 11 Robert Bortuzzo PIT D 53 0 10 10 74 45.3% -3.6% 6 Jordan Nolan LA RW 62 6 4 10 54 52.0% -4.9% 6 Bryan Allen ANA D 66 0 10 10 73 50.1% 0.2% 5 Troy Bodie TOR RW 44 3 7 10 24 43.6% 1.1% 4 Tom Sestito VAN LW 75 5 4 9 203 44.4% -7.6% 19 Patrick Bordeleau COL RW 78 5 4 9 105 40.9% -6.7% 6 Brian McGrattan CGY LW 73 4 4 8 100 38.4% -9.3% 11 Derek Dorsett NYR RW 48 4 4 8 109 50.3% -3.8% 9 Kyle Clifford LA LW 68 3 5 8 81 53.1% -4.1% 9 Erik Gudbranson FLA D 62 2 6 8 114 50.8% -1.5% 7 Paul Bissonnette PHX LW 37 2 6 8 49 52.9% 2.0% 3 Matt Hendricks EDM LW 74 5 2 7 112 42.1% -4.8% 12 Shawn Thornton BOS RW 60 5 2 7 70 47.8% -8.0% 10 Ryan Reaves STL RW 59 2 5 7 124 45.8% -8.8% 10 Cody McCormick MIN LW 40 2 5 7 50 38.3% -7.6% 8 Kevin Westgarth CGY RW 45 4 3 7 64 42.8% -7.5% 6 Rich Clune NSH RW 54 2 4 6 152 48.5% 0.5% 16 Adam McQuaid BOS D 30 1 5 6 69 50.4% -2.6% 7 Sheldon Brookbank CHI D 45 2 4 6 50 51.5% -4.5% 6 Mike Weber BUF D 64 1 5 6 69 40.3% -4.2% 5 Dalton Prout CBJ D 47 2 4 6 37 49.7% -0.9% 5 Mike Brown SJ RW 55 2 3 5 94 46.0% -7.3% 12 Tim Jackman ANA RW 36 4 1 5 103 49.5% 1.3% 10 Clayton Stoner MIN D 62 1 4 5 82 47.2% -1.6% 8 Daniel Carcillo NYR LW 56 4 1 5 100 50.3% -3.6% 6 Luke Gazdic EDM LW 67 2 2 4 127 36.8% -8.3% 15 Krystofer Barch FLA RW 55 0 4 4 99 44.1% -6.9% 13 Eric Boulton NYI LW 23 2 2 4 88 36.8% -13.0% 8 Anthony Peluso WPG RW 51 2 2 4 65 45.9% -5.9% 8 Zac Rinaldo PHI RW 67 2 2 4 153 46.4% -4.5% 7 Zenon Konopka BUF C 58 1 2 3 83 42.8% -4.8% 11 Matt Carkner NYI D 49 0 3 3 145 49.0% -0.7% 9 Jay Rosehill PHI LW 32 2 0 2 90 43.8% -6.9% 10 Jared Boll CBJ RW 25 1 1 2 60 41.3% -7.1% 8 Mark Fraser EDM D 39 1 1 2 76 42.7% -1.8% 6 Aaron Volpatti WAS LW 41 2 0 2 49 39.5% -9.7% 5 George Parros MTL RW 21 0 1 1 80 28.3% -20.7% 8 Matt Kassian OTT LW 32 0 1 1 56 48.0% -4.0% 8 John Scott BUF LW 54 1 0 1 96 39.3% -5.2% 4 Frazer McLaren TOR LW 27 0 0 0 77 40.6% -3.1% 9 Colton Orr TOR RW 51 0 0 0 98 38.7% -4.9% 6 Cheap Bruins Jerseys Wholesale Sabres Jerseys Red Wings Jerseys From China Wholesale Canadiens Jerseys Wholesale Lightning Jerseys Cheap Maple Leafs Jerseys Discount Hurricanes Jerseys Blue Jackets Jerseys Outlet Adidas Devils Jerseys Cheap Islanders Jerseys Rangers Jerseys From China Discount Flyers Jerseys Discount Penguins Jerseys Discount Capitals Jerseys Wholesale Blackhawks Jerseys Cheap Avalanche Jerseys Cheap Team USA Hockey Jerseys Cheap Stars Jerseys Wholesale Wild Jerseys Discount Predators Jerseys Discount Blues Jerseys Discount Ducks Jerseys Adidas Coyotes Jerseys Flames Jerseys Outlet Wholesale Oilers Jerseys Discount Sharks Jerseys Cheap Canucks Jerseys Golden Knights Jerseys Outlet Authentic NHL Winter Classic Jerseys ' ' '