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NEW YORK -- When Troy Vincent mentioned in April the NFLs
interest in establishing a developmental league, he
couldnt have imagined the response it would get.
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got more than 100 proposals," he said with a laugh. "I
think that shows it is worth a look." And that is what it
will get, although the NFL has no timetable for
establishing such a league. Why is it likely to get off
the ground? Vincent, who recently became the NFLs head of
football operations, cites a bunch of reasons, from
training coaches and officials to finding players to
testing rules. "It would be an opportunity to enhance our
game on many levels, to develop the future, preserve and
innovate the game," he said. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin
would like to see it happen. "Im in favour of anything
that increases opportunities for guys to grow and
develop," Tomlin said, "and ultimately improve the
product of our game for our fans, particularly at some
positions." Notably, quarterback. Tomlin is well aware of
how former Super Bowl QBs Kurt Warner and Jake Delhomme
were helped by their time in the minors. "Quarterbacks
often dont come to you ready-made, particularly with the
way college football is played now with so many spread
offences and half-field reads and so forth," Tomlin said.
Tomlin is right that the NFL relies on the college game
for developing the skills of potential pro players. That
wont change but, as the number of undrafted free agents
who populate NFL rosters shows -- 31.4 per cent in 2014 -
- there are hundreds of players who would benefit from
having a place to showcase themselves if the NFL doesnt
come calling. Not since NFL Europe disappeared in 2007
has there been an NFL-affiliated place where players
could go to prove themselves worthy of a look by one of
the leagues 32 teams. Same thing for officials and
coaches. "Thats what NFL Europe was intended to be, a
developmental league," said Falcons defensive co-
ordinator Mike Nolan, a former head coach in the NFL. "I
thought it was great for coaches, I thought it was great
for players, I thought it was great for officials. It
wasnt my money they were spending on it, but I always
thought the time was worth it. " There are dozens of
questions accompanying any project: When and where would
the league play games? How many teams would be in a
developmental league? Who would play and coach? Would
television be interested? Marc Ganis, president of
SportsCorp, a Chicago-based consulting firm, has a strong
relationship with many team owners. He envisions a league
being established for spring play, with all of the teams
supplying players they want to see more from. "After the
NFL season and before the training camps, say March to
July," Ganis said. "Its an open time in the sports
schedule. The colleges are done and the NBA and NHL
playoffs wind down. "A league in the fall is really
tough. It is not like baseball, where teams can be
calling up players every day from the minors. There would
be lots of restrictions on player movement then." This
wont be an international venture, either. In fact, it
probably would be done regionally, cutting down on travel
costs. "I do envision some sort of developmental league,
based maybe in Florida or Texas or Arizona," said former
NFL general manager Phil Savage, who now is the executive
director of the Senior Bowl. "Anywhere from four to six
teams; I dont think more than eight. "I see it as tightly
managed, with not a ton of travel. And I dont think it
would matter the size of the stadiums and crowds, because
its a minor league, a place to look at players from the
lower end of the roster or players trying to make it into
the NFL." Ganis says not to worry about TV interest. "The
networks have open time in the spring, and its an NFL
product. There would be room on the networks for games on
the weekend, and on the cable outlets for weeknights," he
said. "Theres really a dearth of major sports on the
weekends then. "I think you would see all the networks
with cable channels -- CBS, Fox, NBC, and of course NFL
Network -- to be interested. And ESPN would likely want
in on the mix, although they need it the least." Savage
was most intrigued by Vincents suggestion that an academy
for training players, coaches and officials could
accompany a D-league. But he foresees such an academy
being held during the NFL season. "It would be in one
centralized location and these players go there and they
keep their football life afloat for another few months or
another season," Savage said. "And maybe they show enough
to play in the developmental league the next spring. Or
maybe they get discovered for the NFL." One major caveat
would be the status of the players. Would they be NFL
Players Association members? What sort of medical
coverage would they have? What would their salaries be?
Savage believes the league, the union and the American
Football Coaches Association -- the organization for
college coaches -- could work out a strategy that would
lead to a developmental league by the end of the decade,
perhaps much sooner. "I think it could be a really neat
thing and can help a lot of players," he said. Rams coach
Jeff Fisher, co-chairman of the NFLs influential
competition committee, agrees. "Theres been discussions
over the last couple years. I dont know what direction
its going, but I think we have a need for it," Fisher
said. "I think it would be beneficial from a young
players standpoint. ... if you have to make an outside
roster move to get somebody thats in shape that you can
evaluate on film." Vincent, naturally, is in a position
to help bring a league, and an academy, into existence.
"If it is something sustainable and it is good for the
sport, and we can make it work," Vincent said, "its worth
pursuing."
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Jersey . However, it wasnt a problem on Monday
night. Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for his 56th career
shutout in the New York Islanders 3-0 win over the
Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.
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St. Louis Cardinals were scheduled to arrive in Boston in
time for a workout on Tuesday afternoon. Much of Mondays
discussion focused on Bostons lineup considerations as
the series progresses, specifically when the venue shifts
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giving him 13 goals in 16 AHL games this season -- to
power the Toronto Marlies to a 5-2 victory over the
visiting Lake Erie Monsters in AHL action on Sunday.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Once the game goes to a shootout, the
New Jersey Devils are already a beaten team. They have
been pushed past overtime 10 times this season, and have
lost every one of the tiebreakers. The latest, a 2-1
defeat to the also-ran New York Islanders on Saturday
night, pushed the Devils closer to missing the playoffs.
"Even if we were just .500 on those, wed have an extra
four or five points and we wouldnt be in this situation,"
said forward Patrik Elias, whose miss in the second round
ended the game. Not only arent the Devils coming out on
top, they are having trouble scoring. Only once in 30
shootout tries this season have they managed a goal. In
seven of the 10 shootouts, they were behind 1-0 before
their first attempt. That was the case again Saturday
when Frans Nielsen started with a goal, and Brock Nelson
added one in the second round. New Jersey has lost 14
consecutive shootouts, including two in the past two
games. "Were at the point we can pretty much try
everything because what were doing is not working,"
forward Damien Brunner said. "Maybe we have to start
throwing some jokes around on the bench. It cant get any
worse." Nielsen scored in the second period, when a puck
struck Elias in the pants and caromed in to give the
Islanders a brief 1-0 lead. Cory Schneider played well
otherwise and made 19 saves, but the Devils are five
points below the wild-card cutoff with eight games left
and will have to jump over several teams. "We had a
chance to actually get ourselves back in the race," he
said of the Devils, 2-4-2 in their past eight. "We got a
point, but if we had gotten two extra points the past two
wed really be making noise. "I dont know if its in our
heads or what. There is no real point in elaborating. Its
just not good enough." The Islanders are 5-2-1 in the
last eight games, relishing the role of late-season
spoilers. "It was a fun game to play," Nielsen said.
"Were a young team and were working hard." In this
shootout, New Yorks Anders Nilsson turned aside Adam
Henrique, who scored in regulation, and then Elias to win
it. Nilsson made 23 traditional saves. New Jersey closed
the gap in shots during the second and erased its deficit
on Henriques career-high 25th goal with 9:40 leeft.
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Henrique has a goal in back-to-back games following a
seven-game drought. The Islanders had gone ahead 2:12
into the second. Nielsen drove to the net, and defenceman
Peter Harrold tried to sweep away the puck but knocked it
in off teammate Elias for Nielsens 23rd goal. "It hit me
somewhere in the pants," Elias said. "A little unlucky
there. I knew I was in trouble." The Devils nearly got
even sooner when Mark Fayne fired a hard shot from the
blue line that Nilsson smothered in his midsection at
4:23. It was New Jerseys third shot of the second, one
more than in the first. Nielsen almost struck again when
he came in on a short-handed breakaway with 6:47 left in
the second. He drew a slashing penalty, but New York
couldnt capitalize. The Islanders were outshot 11-7 in
the frame, yet killed three Devils power plays. New
Jersey had a 7-3 shots advantage in the uneventful and
scoreless third period and 4-1 in overtime. The Islanders
had only 11 shots after the first period. They came out
aggressively early and finished checks in all three zones
in the first, including big hits by Colin McDonald, Matt
Martin and Cal Clutterbuck that riled up the crowd. Mike
Halmo also threw his body around, and then ripped a shot
that Schneider snagged with his glove to keep the game
scoreless with 4:36 left. That gave New York a 7-2 edge
in shots. "The first period was a disaster," Brunner
said, "but then we got better." When Ryan Carter got a
hit in, he was called for boarding for drilling Islanders
forward Johan Sundstrom from behind in front of the
penalty box with 4:15 to go. The Islanders outshot the
Devils 9-2 in the first and outhit them 19-4 -- with
Anders Lee having four. "Were battling and working
extremely hard," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. "I
dont think we gave them much." NOTES: The Devils matched
their season low with the two-shot first period. ...
Steve Bernier was in the New Jersey lineup after being a
healthy scratch the previous two games. ... Reid Boucher,
now playing with AHL Albany, scored the Devils lone
shootout goal this season. ... With Kyle Okposo missing
his second straight game because of a lower-body injury,
the Islanders had 10 rookies in the lineup.
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